engagement | (noun) the act of sharing in the activities of a group | Synonyms: involution, involvement, participation |
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(noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war | Synonyms: battle, conflict, fight |
(noun) the act of giving someone a job | Synonyms: employment |
(noun) employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time | Synonyms: booking |
(noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: betrothal, troth |
(noun) contact by fitting together | Synonyms: interlocking, mesh, meshing |
(noun) a meeting arranged in advance | Synonyms: appointment, date |
engelmannia | (noun) common erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers | - |
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engine | (noun) motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | - |
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(noun) a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks | Synonyms: locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive |
(noun) an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc. | - |
(noun) something used to achieve a purpose | - |
engineer | (noun) a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems | Synonyms: applied scientist, technologist |
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(noun) the operator of a railway locomotive | Synonyms: engine driver, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer |
engineering | (noun) the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry | - |
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(noun) a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located | Synonyms: engine room |
(noun) the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Synonyms: applied science, engineering science, technology |
enginery | (noun) machinery consisting of engines collectively | - |
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engobe | (noun) a clay slip which is colored with metal oxides or stains, used for coating the surface of a pot either before or after bisque firing. | - |
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engorgement | (noun) eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation | - |
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(noun) congestion with blood | - |
engram | (noun) a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory | Synonyms: memory trace |
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engraver | (noun) a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate | - |
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(noun) a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching | - |
engraving | (noun) making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them | Synonyms: etching |
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(noun) a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved | - |
(noun) a print made from an engraving | - |
engrossment | (noun) the quality of being intent and concentrated | Synonyms: intentness |
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(noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, preoccupancy, preoccupation |
(noun) complete attention; intense mental effort | Synonyms: absorption, concentration, immersion |