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proper noun
- The landing unit of Apollo 11.
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| earthwork |
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noun
- Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification
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| echelon |
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noun
- A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
- (military) A formation of troops, ships, etc. in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front.
verb to echelon
- To form troops into an echelon
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| effective |
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adjective
- Having the power to produce an effect or effects;
- producing a decided or decisive effect;
- efficient, serviceable, or operative;
- as an force, remedy, speech;
- actually in effect
- The curfew is at midnight.
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| ejector |
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noun
- One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
- (Mech.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. It´s user to suck vapors or air. {Ejector condenser} (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.
- ejector seat: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute.
- That part of the mechanism of a breech-loading firearm which ejects the empty shell.
- A lever for removing circuit boards from an electronic chassis.
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| Em |
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proper noun
- Shortening of the given name Emily.
- Auntie , Auntie ...
abbreviation
- exametre, exameter
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| enfilade |
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noun
- gunfire directed along the length of a target
- (architecture) a series of doors that provide a vista when open
verb (enfilad, ing)
- (transitive) to rake something with gunfire
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| engine |
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noun
- A mechanical device used to produce rotation to move vehicle or otherwise provide the force needed to generate kinetic energy.
- A powered locomotive used for pulling cars on railways.
- A person or group of people which influence a larger group.
- informal: the brain or heart.
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| engineer |
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noun
- A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.
- A person who, given a problem and a specific set of goals and constraints, finds a technical solution to the problem that satisfies those goals within those constraints. The goals and constraints may be technical, social, or business related.
- (formerly) A person who operates an engine (such as a locomotive).
verb
- (transitive) To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.
- (transitive) To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.
- (transitive) To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.
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| enlistment |
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noun
- Voluntary service based on an individuals' desire to serve a cause.
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| ensign |
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noun
- The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
- A flag or banner carried by military units. See standard, color, colour.
- The principal flag or banner flown by a ship to indicate nationality.
- A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th Centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign.
- A prominent flag or banner.
- Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanced. -Milton, Paradise Lost.
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| Enterprise |
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proper noun
- the name of a series of starships in the Star Trek television and movie series.
- the name of one of the US Space Shuttles
- the name of two US Navy aircraft carriers
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| envelopment |
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noun
- The act of enveloping
- (military) An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement
- (fencing) An action to seize the opponent's blade in one line and lead it (without losing contact) through a full circle to end in the same line
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| epaulet |
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noun
- A decoration or flourish worn on the shoulders, as on a uniform.
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| escadrille |
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noun
- A small squadron.
- A unit of (usually) ten or more aircraft in World War I France.
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| escort |
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noun
- A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea.
- The troops of my marched at the ordinary rate. -Burke.
- Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
- A Ford Escort
verb
- To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.
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| evacuation |
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noun - The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.
- Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc.
- Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
- That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
- Abolition; nullification.
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| evolution |
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noun
- (context, general) A gradual process of development, formation, or growth, esp. one leading to a more advanced or complex form.
- (biology) The change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations.
- (mathematics) The extraction of a root from a quantity.
- (military) One of a series of ordered movements.
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| evzone |
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noun
- An infantryman of a select corps of the Greek army..
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| expendable |
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noun
- An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.
- Private Johnson was afraid the Lieutenant considered him an , since he was always picked as point man.
adjective
- Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
- Oil and other resources are frequently the subject of military disputes.
- Designed for a single use; not reusable.
- The anti-aircraft rocket is fired from an launch platform.
- Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
- The research department was deemed , and its funding was not renewed.
- That which is regarded as not worth preserve, preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
- In the internecine rivalries of large corporations, whole departments may become in the execution of one executive's power play.
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