1 syllable:
-ence, bence, bense, cense, cents, dense, ensce, fence, flense, hence, hense, lense, mense, pence, pense, pfsense, sence, sense, spence, spens, ssense, tense, thence, vence, whence

2 syllables:
adsense, arvense, commence, compense, condense, defence, defense, dispence, dispense, eightpence, encense, expense, extense, ferenc, fivepence, forefence, fourpence, gnewsense, good sense, halfpence, hisense, homesense, horse sense, hortense, immense, incense, insense, intense, lovense, make sense, mike pence, mispense, missense, misspense, negrense, nunsense, odense, offence, offense, opnsense, ourense, past tense, prepense, pretence, pretense, primesense, propense, protense, rail fence, recense, ring-fence, road sense, sisense, sithence, sixpence, sixth sense, snake fence, subsense, subtense, sunk fence, suspense, tenpence, twopence, unfence, word sense, worm fence

3 syllables:
air defense, antisense, cognoscence, cointense, commonsense, common sense, dualsense, effulgence, flower-fence, fluminense, future tense, geo-fence, herehence, hypertense, idefense, in a sense, in suspense, mill-sixpence, moral sense, multisense, muscle sense, ninepence, non-defense, non-nonsense, nondefense, on the fence, penitence, perfect tense, peter's pence, picket fence, point-defence, present tense, quitoense, recommence, recompense, recondense, refulgence, sandwicense, self-defence, self-defense, superdense, trade expense, twelvepence

4 syllables:
biodefence, biodefense, business expense, canadiense, civil defense, hasty defence, hasty defense, imperfect tense, incomprehense, intellisense, line of defence, line of defense, minor expense, misrepresents, moving expense, past perfect tense, progressive tense, radiodense, tower defense, virginia fence, visual sense

5 syllables:
active air defense, at any expense, auditory sense, capital offense, chemical defence, chemical defense, continuous tense, future perfect tense, labyrinthine sense, lobbying expense, medical expense, nvidia nvenc, passive air defense, past progressive tense, peacock flower fence, personal expense, present perfect tense

6 syllables:
deliberate defence, deliberate defense, department of defense, future progressive tense, incidental expense, king's indian defence, present progressive tense, sicilian defence, statutory offense

7 syllables:
organization expense, regulatory offense, secretary of defense

9 syllables:
biological warfare defense

3 syllables:
atriplex, appetence, antapex, analects, claviceps, castanets

4 syllables:
casualness