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Enfant TerriblenounMWEa person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses othersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enfeeblementnounserious weakening and loss of energyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enfeoffmentnoununder the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of serviceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enfilade FirenounMWEgunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enfoldingnounthe action of enfolding somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enforcementnounthe act of enforcingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enforcernounone whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superiorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enfranchisementnouna statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Engagementnounemployment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of timeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engagement LetternounMWEThis record contains formal agreements to perform services in exchange for compensation.ArtifactConfidentialMay 9, 2026
Engelmannianouncommon erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enginenounan instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.verifiedMay 18, 2026
Engine BlocknounMWEa metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engine Cooling SystemnounMWEequipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engine DrivernounMWEthe operator of a railway locomotiveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engine FailurenounMWEengine does not runverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engine RoomnounMWEa room (as on a ship) in which the engine is locatedverifiedMay 18, 2026
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.RoleMay 18, 2026
Engineer's ChainnounMWEa unit of length (100 ft)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Engineeringnounthe discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problemsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engineering SchoolnounMWEa technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciencesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engineering SciencenounMWEthe discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problemsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enginerynounmachinery consisting of engines collectivelyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engorgementnouneating ravenously or voraciously to satiationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engramnouna postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memoryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engravernouna skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etchingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engravingnounmaking engraved or etched plates and printing designs from themverifiedMay 18, 2026
Engrossmentnounthe mental state of being preoccupied by somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enhancementnounan improvement that makes something more agreeableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enhancernounanything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualitiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enigmanounsomething that baffles understanding and cannot be explainedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enigmatic CanonnounMWEa canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Enigmatical CanonnounMWEa canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Enjambementnounthe continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pauseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enjambmentnounthe continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pauseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enjoiningnoun(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enjoinmentnoun(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enjoyablenessnounpleasantness resulting from something that can be enjoyedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enjoyernouna person who delights in having or using or experiencing somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enjoymentnoun(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning propertyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enkephalinnounan endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhereverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlarged HeartnounMWEan abnormal enlargement of the heartverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlargementnounthe act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scopeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlargernounphotographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photographverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlightenmentnoun(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlisted MannounMWEa male enlisted person in the armed forcesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlisted OfficernounMWEa military officer appointed from enlisted personnelverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlisted PersonnounMWEa serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlisted WomannounMWEa female enlisted person in the armed forcesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlisteenounany new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlistingnounthe act of getting recruitsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlistmentnounthe act of enlisting (as in a military service)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Enlivenernounan agent that gives or restores life or vigorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enmitynounthe feeling of a hostile personverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enneadnounthe cardinal number that is the sum of eight and oneverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ennoblementnounthe act of raising someone to the nobilityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ennuinounthe feeling of being bored by something tediousverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enolnounan organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atomverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enologistnouna specialist in wine makingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enologynounthe art of wine makingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enophilenounsomeone who appreciates wineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enormitynounthe quality of extreme wickednessverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enormousnessnoununusual largeness in size or extent or numberverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enosisnounthe union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Enquirernounsomeone who asks a questionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enquirynouna systematic investigation of a matter of public interestverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enragementnouna feeling of intense angerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enrichmentnouna gift that significantly increases the recipient's wealthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enrolleenouna person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of studyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enrollmentnounthe body of people who register or enroll at the same timeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enrollment ManagernounMWEThe management role that is responsible for assigning user identities to management and non-management roles.RoleMay 9, 2026
Enrolmentnounthe body of people who register or enroll at the same timeverifiedMay 18, 2026
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.CapabilityMay 18, 2026
Ensiform LeafnounMWEa sword-shaped leafverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ensignnouna person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast GuardverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ensilagenounfodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a siloverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enslavementnounthe act of making slaves of your captivesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Entablaturenoun(architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roofverifiedMay 18, 2026
Entailmentnounsomething that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Entanglementnounan intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victimverifiedMay 18, 2026
Entasisnouna slight convexity in the shaft of a columnverifiedMay 18, 2026
Entelechynoun(Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realizedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Entellusnounlangur of southern AsiaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ententenouna friendly understanding between political powersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Entente CordialenounMWEa friendly understanding between political powersverifiedMay 18, 2026
enternounBegin to be involved in.candidateMay 9, 2026
Enteric BacterianounMWErod-shaped Gram-negative bacteriaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enteric FevernounMWEserious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulcerationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enteric-Coated AspirinnounMWEaspirin that is treated to pass through the stomach unaltered and to dissolve in the intestinesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Entericsnounrod-shaped Gram-negative bacteriaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enteringnouna movement into or inwardverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enteritisnouninflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Enterobacterianounrod-shaped Gram-negative bacteriaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enterobiasisnounan infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularisverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enteroceptornounany receptor that responds to stimuli inside the bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enterokinasenounenzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsinverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enterolithnouna calculus occurring in the intestinesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enterolithiasisnounthe presence of calculi in the intestinesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Enteronnounthe alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Enteropathynouna disease of the intestinal tractverifiedMay 18, 2026