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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.
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