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Enfeoffmentnoununder the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of serviceverified
Enfilade FirenounMWEgunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formationverified
Enfranchisementnouna statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)verified
Engagementnounemployment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of timeverified
Engagement LetternounMWEThis record contains formal agreements to perform services in exchange for compensation.ArtifactConfidential
Engelmannianouncommon erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowersverified
Enginenounan instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.verified
Engineernounn. 3a: a designer or builder of engines; b: a person who is trained in or follows as a profession a branch of engineering; c: a person who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; 4: a person who runs or supervises an engine or an apparatus. v. 1: to lay out, construct, or manage as an engineer.Role
Engineeringnounthe discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problemsverified
Engineering SchoolnounMWEa technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciencesverified
Engineering SciencenounMWEthe discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problemsverified
Engramnouna postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memoryverified
Engravernouna skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etchingverified
Enhancernounanything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualitiesverified
Enigmatic CanonnounMWEa canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)verified
Enigmatical CanonnounMWEa canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)verified
Enjambementnounthe continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pauseverified
Enjambmentnounthe continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pauseverified
Enjoiningnoun(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activityverified
Enjoinmentnoun(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activityverified
Enkephalinnounan endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhereverified
Enlargernounphotographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photographverified
Enlightenmentnoun(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnationverified
Enolnounan organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atomverified
Enrollment ManagernounMWEThe management role that is responsible for assigning user identities to management and non-management roles.Role
Ensemblenouna machine learning paradigm where multiple models (often called “weak learners”) are trained to solve the same problem and combined to get better results. The main hypothesis is that when weak models are correctly combined we can obtain more accurate and/or robust models.Capability
Ensignnouna person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guardverified
Ensilagenounfodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a siloverified
Entablaturenoun(architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roofverified
Enteric-Coated AspirinnounMWEaspirin that is treated to pass through the stomach unaltered and to dissolve in the intestinesverified
Enterobiasisnounan infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularisverified
Enterokinasenounenzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsinverified