engine.
engineer.
engineering.
engraved.
engraver.
engraving.
England.
English.
England
English
engineer
engineering
First recorded in 1955–60; by analogy with the names of m and n; see also agma ( def. )
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By the time I was trying to transfer to another eng organization, this number had dropped down to less than 6%.
From The Verge ● Oct. 23, 2017
No need to run my creds, I'll still be an eng without your validation.
From Time ● Aug. 5, 2015
There was no mistake about their referring to him; and amid the chaos of sounds I caught the words eng and engert.
From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by J. Irwin Brown
It generally ends in ing, eng, or g; as, Tebahkooneding, Ruling, &c.
From Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages To Which is Added a Vocabulary of some of the Most Common Words by John Summerfield
N. Y., P. M. gen, a m, mrs, no, u s a, n e, eng, p o, rev, prof, dr, gram, capt, coi, co, va, conn.
From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed
Shares in Enagas ENG 15.08%increase; green up pointing triangle jumped to a two-year high after Spain’s competition and markets authority set out a framework for new renewable gases remuneration incentives covering 2027-32.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
These experiments are possible because of the work of Keith Brown, an ENG associate professor of mechanical engineering, and his team in the KABlab.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
It will either read ENG / US or ENG / INTL.
From The Verge ● Apr. 26, 2022
The booths are decorated with Japanese art from famous masters like Hokusai, and carry labels like JPN or ENG to designate the languages being worked.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
On one scrap, an inscription clearly read ENG.
From Time Magazine Archive
Merrill, W. E., colonel and eng., in charge of railroad defences; on construction and use of blockhouses.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Jacob Dolson Cox
Whittlesey, Chas., colonel and eng. on Cox's staff; appointed colonel of 20th Ohio.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Jacob Dolson Cox
Weight on truck with steam eng. & boil., lbs.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
Wagner, O. G., lieutenant of eng., superintends fortifications at Gauley; modest young man of great promise, killed at Yorktown.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Jacob Dolson Cox
J., captain eng. and aide-de-camp on Schofield's staff, takes message to Sherman.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Jacob Dolson Cox
In England, the teaching of "Eng. lit." is a relatively new thing.
From Time Magazine Archive
When at New Haven, or Princeton, or Cambridge, Mass., or Cambridge, Eng., he is persona grata among a group of serious-minded young men distinguished by their piety and their wealth.
From Time Magazine Archive
At a religious conference at Barnet, Eng., last fortnight, The.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rabbit In Bedford, Eng., died one William Rabbit, for 59 years a gardener.
From Time Magazine Archive
The common form has the stems hairy downward.—Wet places, N. Eng. to Del.; rare.—Var. críspa, Benth., is a glabrous or glabrate form, with lacerate-dentate and crisped leaves.—Ditches,
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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