Definition of engine

"engine" in the noun sense

1. engine

motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

2. engine

something used to achieve a purpose

"an engine of change"

3. locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive

a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

4. engine

an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

"medieval engines of war"

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Quotations for engine

Eloquence is an engine invented to manage and wield at will the fierce democracy, and, like medicine to the sick, is only employed in the paroxysms of a disordered state. [ Montaigne ]

No villainy or flagitious action was ever yet committed but, upon a due inquiry into the cause of it, it will be found that a lie was first or last the principal engine to effect it. [ South ]

Fiction is no longer a mere amusement; but transcendent genius, accommodating itself to the character of the age, has seized upon this province of literature, and turned fiction from a toy into a mighty engine. [ Channing ]

engine in Scrabble®

The word engine is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters engine:

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engine in Words With Friends™

The word engine is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters engine:

ENGINE
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Words within the letters of engine

2 letter words in engine (2 words)

3 letter words in engine (3 words)

4 letter words in engine (2 words)

5 letter words in engine (1 word)

6 letter words in engine (1 word)

Word Growth involving engine

Shorter words in engine

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Longer words containing engine

engined multiengined

engineer bioengineer bioengineered

engineer bioengineer bioengineering

engineer bioengineer bioengineers

engineer engineered bioengineered

engineer engineered nonengineered

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engineer engineering engineerings microengineerings

engineer engineering geoengineering

engineer engineering microengineering microengineerings

engineer engineering nonengineering

engineer engineering overengineering

engineer engineering reengineering

engineer engineering underengineering

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engineer engineers reengineers

engineer engineers underengineers

engineer nonengineer nonengineered

engineer nonengineer nonengineering

engineer overengineer overengineered

engineer overengineer overengineering

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engineer reengineer reengineered

engineer reengineer reengineering

engineer reengineer reengineers

engineer underengineer underengineered

engineer underengineer underengineering

engineer underengineer underengineers

enginehouse enginehouses

engineless

enginelike

engineman

enginemen

engineroom enginerooms

engines steamengines

multiengine multiengined

searchengine

steamengine steamengines