Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
engaging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Encage, of Engage, Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. |
engender |
verb t. |
To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget., To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife., To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced., To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace., One who, or that which, engenders. |
engineer |
noun |
A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n., One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver., One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager., To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road., To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. |
enginery |
noun |
The act or art of managing engines, or artillery., Engines, in general; instruments of war., Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement. |
enginous |
adjective |
Pertaining to an engine., Contrived with care; ingenious. |
engirded |
imp. & past participle |
of Engird |
engirdle |
verb t. |
To surround as with a girdle; to girdle. |
engorged |
imp. & past participle |
of Engorge, Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts., Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested. |
engouled |
adjective |
Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled. |
engoulee |
adjective |
Same as Engouled. |
engraved |
imp. |
of Engrave, of Engrave, Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving., Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines. |
engraven |
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of Engrave |
engraver |
noun |
One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood. |
engregge |
verb t. |
To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on. |
engrieve |
verb t. |
To grieve. |
engulfed |
imp. & past participle |
of Engulf |