engineering |
1. v. present participle of engineer | |
2. n. The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology. | |
3. n. The area aboard a ship where the engine is located. | |
4. n. Actions controling the motion, shape, and/or substance of any physical object(s). | |
5. n. Designates office area of the professional engineering staff. | |
fulfilling |
1. adj. Which causes fulfillment; emotionally or artistically satisfying. | |
2. v. present participle of fulfill | |
3. v. present participle of fulfil | |
4. n. fulfilment | |
fulfil |
1. v. UK spelling of fulfill. | |
2. v. (British) standard spelling of fulfill | |
fulfill |
1. v. To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). | |
You made a promise, son, and now you must fulfill it. | |
2. v. To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest. | |
This is the most fulfilling work I've ever done. | |
3. v. To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.). | |
Unfortunately, you don't fulfill the criteria for extra grants at the present time. | |
4. v. (archaic) To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up. | |
My lady is positively fulfilled of grace. | |
an |
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
4. conj. (archaic) If | |
5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
intermediate |
1. adj. Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range. | |
2. n. Anything in an intermediate position. | |
3. n. An intermediary. | |
4. n. (chemistry) Any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To mediate, to be an intermediate. | |
6. v. To arrange, in the manner of a broker. | |
Central banks need to regulate the entities that intermediate monetary transactions. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
secondary |
1. adj. enum, primary, tertiary, Latinate | |
2. adj. Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc. | |
3. adj. Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body | |
the work of secondary hands | |
4. adj. (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals | |
5. adj. (geology) Produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rock mass. | |
6. adj. (geology) Developed by pressure or other causes. | |
secondary cleavage | |
7. adj. (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird. | |
8. adj. (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease. | |
Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. | |
the secondary symptoms of syphilis | |
9. adj. Of less than primary importance. | |
a secondary issue | |
10. adj. (education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18. | |
11. adj. (industry) Relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials. | |
12. adj. (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors. | |
Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color. | |
13. n. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird. | |
14. n. (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation. | |
15. n. (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs. | |
16. n. (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or similar | |
17. n. One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy. | |
the secondary, or undersheriff, of the city of London | |
18. n. (astronomy) A secondary circle. | |
19. n. (astronomy) A satellite. | |
20. n. (education) A secondary school. | |
There are four secondaries in this district, each with several thousand pupils. | |
21. n. Anything secondary or of lesser importance. | |
function |
1. n. What something does or is used for. | |
2. n. A professional or official position. | |
3. n. An official or social occasion. | |
4. n. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance. | |
5. n. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain. | |
6. n. (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result. | |
7. n. (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part. | |
8. n. (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound. | |
9. n. (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To have a function. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action. | |