LexiTopic: Engineering
The LexiConnexxions analysis has identified 131 words that are used in 149 different ways related to Engineering in the A-O portion of Spelling Bee lexicon, which comprises 74% of the entire lexicon.
The list is given below, followed by the topical analysis, with definitions.
Words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Words Related to ENGINEERING in the Spelling Bee lexicon: Word List
ANODEARCINGBALLCOCKBANDBENTBLEWBLINDBLIPBLOWBLOWINGBLOWNBOARDBOBBINBOWLBROWNOUTCABLECAPACITANCECAPACITORCAPACITYCARRYCARRYING
CELL
CHARGINGCHIPCHOKECIRCUITCIRCUITCLOGCOCKCOILCOILCONDUCTCONDUCTEDCONDUCTIONCONDUITCONTACTCORONACOUPLECOUPLEDCYCLEDAMMEDDAMMINGDEADDETECTDETECTED
DIGITALDIGITALLYDIKEDIODEDONORDOZEDOZEDDOZINGDRAGDRAINDRAININGDROPDUCTDUCTEDDUTYELBOWEMBANKEMBANKEDEMBANKMENTFARADFAUCET
FLIPFLOPFLOATFLOODWALLFONTFOUNTGAINGAINEDGAININGGATEGIGAWATTGLITCHGLITCHINGGRADINGGRIDGROUNDHARDHATCHHEADHYDRANTHYDROINDUCEINDUCEDINDUCTION
IRRIGATORJACKJETTEDKILLKILLEDKILLINGKINETICLAGOONLAVATORYLEACHLEACHEDLEADLEVEELINELINEMANLINEMENLINKLIQUIDLIVELOADLOADEDLOCK
LOOPLOOPINGMACHINEMADEMAINMAKEMAKINGMEGOHM*MOLENIPPLENONCONDUCTORNULL
OCULAROHMAGE*OPENOPTICOPTICALOUTGOOUTLETOUTPUT
Words Related to ENGINEERING in the Spelling Bee lexicon: Topical Arrangement
Subject Headings
Civil Engineering Roadways are in TransportationElectricity and Electrical EngineeringElectronic Engineering generalFluid Technologies and PlumbingMechanical Engineering
Optics
Civil Engineering
BENT: engineering: a transverse framework (as in a bridge) to carry lateral as well as vertical loadsCONDUIT: a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed (e.g., a conduit for rainwater)DAMMED: to provide or restrain with a barrier that prevents the flow of water: to provide or restrain with a damDAMMING: to provide or restrain with a barrier that prevents the flow of water: to provide or restrain with a damDIKE: in civil engineering: an artificial watercourse or ditch; a bank, usually of earth constructed to control or confine water, or levee; or a barrier preventing passage especially of something undesirable; or a raised causeway DOZE: to bulldoze: to move, clear, gouge out, or level off by pushing with or as if with a bulldozerDOZED: to bulldoze: to move, clear, gouge out, or level off by pushing with or as if with a bulldozerDOZING: to bulldoze: to move, clear, gouge out, or level off by pushing with or as if with a bulldozerEMBANK: to enclose or confine by an embankmentEMBANKED: to enclose or confine by an embankmentEMBANKMENT: a raised structure (as of earth or gravel) used especially to hold back water or to carry a roadwayFLOODWALL: a wall (as a levee) built to prevent inundation by high waterGRADING: to level off to a smooth horizontal or sloping surfaceHATCH: a floodgate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing a body of water: a sluiceHEAD: a body of water kept in reserve at a height; also: the containing bank, dam, or wall; also, a mass of water in motion (as in a rip current)LAGOON: a shallow artificial pool or pond (as for the processing of sewage or storage of a liquid)LEVEE: an embankment for preventing flooding; also, a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded; also (verb) to provide with a leveeLOAD: the forces to which a structure is subjected due to superposed weight or to wind pressure on the vertical surfaces; broadly: the forces to which a given object is subjectedLOADED: the forces to which a structure is subjected due to superposed weight or to wind pressure on the vertical surfaces; broadly: the forces to which a given object is subjectedMOLE: a massive work formed of masonry and large stones or earth laid in the sea as a pier or breakwater; also, the harbor formed by a mole
Electricity and Electrical Engineering
ARCING: to form an electric arcBLEW: to become damaged or destroyed as a result of an electrical overload (the fuse blew)BLIND: having but one opening or outlet (blind sockets)BLOW: to become damaged or destroyed as a result of an electrical overload (the fuse blew)BLOWING: to become damaged or destroyed as a result of an electrical overload (the fuse blew)BLOWN: to become damaged or destroyed as a result of an electrical overload (the fuse blew)BOBBIN: a coil of insulated wire, also, the reel it is wound onBROWNOUT: a period of reduced voltage of electricity caused especially by high demand and resulting in reduced illuminationCABLE: an assembly of electrical conductors insulated from each other but laid up together (as by being twisted around a central core)CAPACITANCE: the property of an electric nonconductor that permits the storage of energy as a result of the separation of charge that occurs when opposite surfaces of the nonconductor are maintained at a difference of potential; also, the measure of this property that is equal to the ratio of the charge on either surface to the potential difference between the surfaces; also, a part of a circuit or network that possesses capacitanceCAPACITOR: a device that is used to store electrical energyCAPACITY: capacitance: the quantity of electricity that a battery can deliver under specified conditionsCELL: a receptacle containing electrodes and an electrolyte either for generating electricity by chemical action or for use in electrolysis; also, a fuel cell; also, a single unit in a device for converting radiant energy into electrical energy or for varying the intensity of an electrical current in accordance with radiationCHARGING: to give an electric charge to; to restore the active materials in (a storage battery) by the passage of a direct current through in the opposite direction to that of discharge; of a battery or battery-powered device: to gain an electric charge: to receive and store a greater quantity of electrical energyCHOKE: a reactor, a device (such as a coil, winding, or conductor of small resistance) used to introduce reactance into an alternating-current circuitCIRCUIT: the complete path of an electric current including usually the source of electric energyCOIL: a number of turns of wire wound around a core (as of iron) to create a magnetic field for an electromagnet or an induction coil; also, an induction coil, an apparatus for obtaining intermittent high voltage that consists of a primary coil through which the direct current flows, an interrupter, and a secondary coil of a larger number of turns in which the high voltage is inducedCONDUCT: to have the quality of transmitting light, heat, sound, or electricity; also, to act as a medium for conveying or transmitting (metals conduct electricity well)CONDUCT: to have the quality of transmitting light, heat, sound, or electricity; also, to act as a medium for conveying or transmitting (metals conduct electricity well)CONDUCTED: to have the quality of transmitting light, heat, sound, or electricity; also, to act as a medium for conveying or transmitting (metals conduct electricity well)CONDUCTED: to have the quality of transmitting light, heat, sound, or electricity; also, to act as a medium for conveying or transmitting (metals conduct electricity well)CONDUCTION: conductivity: the quality or power of conducting or transmitting: such as the reciprocal of electrical resistivityCONDUCTION: transmission through or by means of a conductor; also: the transfer of heat through matter by communication of kinetic energy from particle to particle with no net displacement of the particlesCONDUIT: a pipe, tube, or tile for protecting electric wires or cablesCONTACT: the junction of two electrical conductors through which a current passes; also, a special part made for such a junctionCORONA: a faint glow adjacent to the surface of an electrical conductor at high voltageCOUPLE: to bring (two electric circuits) into such close proximity as to permit mutual influenceCOUPLED: to bring (two electric circuits) into such close proximity as to permit mutual influenceCYCLE: one complete performance of a vibration, electric oscillation, current alternation, or other periodic processDEAD: electrical engineering: free from any connection to a source of voltage and free from electric charges (a dead electrical circuit)DROP: electrical engineering: a decrease in electric potentialDUCT: a pipe, tube, or channel that conveys a substance; a pipe or tubular runway for carrying an electric power line, telephone cables, or other conductors DUCTED: a pipe, tube, or channel that conveys a substance; a pipe or tubular runway for carrying an electric power line, telephone cables, or other conductors FARAD: the unit of capacitance equal to the capacitance of a capacitor between whose plates there appears a potential of one volt when it is charged by one coulomb of electricity, named for Michael FaradayGATE: an electronic switch that allows or prevents the flow of current in a circuitGIGAWATT: a unit of power equal to one billion watts (from James Watt †1819)GRID: a network of conductors for distribution of electric powerGROUND: an object (such as one made of a wire or metal) that makes an electrical connection with the earth, or the electric connection with a groundHYDRO: shortened form of hydroelectric powerINDUCE: to produce by induction, as to induce an electric current (induction is the process by which an electrical conductor becomes electrified when near a charged body…)INDUCED: to produce by induction, as to induce an electric current (induction is the process by which an electrical conductor becomes electrified when near a charged body…)INDUCTION: the process by which an electrical conductor becomes electrified when near a charged body…JACK: a female fitting in an electric circuit used with a plug to make a connection with another circuitKILL: to check the flow of electrical current through (kill the lights, kill the circuit)KILLED: to check the flow of electrical current through (kill the lights, kill the circuit)KILLING: to check the flow of electrical current through (kill the lights, kill the circuit)LEAD: an insulated electrical conductor connected to an electrical deviceLINE: the principal circuits of an electric power systemLINEMAN: one who sets up or repairs electric wire communication or power linesLINEMEN: one who sets up or repairs electric wire communication or power linesLINK: the fusible member of an electrical fuseLIVE: connected to electric powerLOAD: the demand on the operating resources of a system (such as a telephone exchange or a refrigerating apparatus)LOOP: a closed electric circuit; also, to connect (electric conductors) so as to complete a loopLOOPING: a closed electric circuit; also, to connect (electric conductors) so as to complete a loopMADE: to cause (an electric circuit) to be completedMAKE: to cause (an electric circuit) to be completedMAKING: to cause (an electric circuit) to be completedMEGOHM*: one million ohms (an ohm is the practical meter-kilogram-second unit of electric resistance equal to the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one ampere, named for Georg Simon Ohm)NONCONDUCTOR: a substance that conducts heat, electricity, or sound only in very small degreeNULL: a minimum or zero value of an electric current or of a radio signalOHMAGE*: the resistance of a conductor expressed in ohmsOPEN: being an incomplete electrical circuit; not allowing the flow of electricity (an open switch); also, having no protective covering (open wiring)OUTLET: a receptacle for the plug of an electrical deviceOUTPUT: the terminal for the output on an electrical device
Electronic Engineering
ANODE: the electron-collecting electrode of an electron tube; broadly: the positive electrode of a diodeBAND: a more or less well-defined range of wavelengths, frequencies, or energiesBLIP: a trace on a display screen (such as an oscilloscope) especially: a spot on a radar screenBOARD: electronics: a sheet of insulating material carrying circuit elements and terminals so that it can be inserted in an electronic apparatus (such as a computer)CHIP: an integrated circuit; also, a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuitCIRCUIT: an assemblage of electronic elements: a hookupDETECT: to demodulate, to extract the information from (a modulated signal)DETECTED: to demodulate, to extract the information from (a modulated signal)DIGITAL: of, relating to, or utilizing devices constructed or working by the methods or principles of electronics: electronic; also: characterized by electronic and especially computerized technologyDIGITALLY: of, relating to, or utilizing devices constructed or working by the methods or principles of electronics: electronic; also: characterized by electronic and especially computerized technologyDIODE: an electronic device that has two electrodes or terminals and is used especially as a rectifierDONOR: an impurity added to a semiconductor to increase the number of mobile electronsDONOR: an impurity added to a semiconductor to increase the number of mobile electronsDRAIN: electronics: an electrode in a field-effect transistor toward which charge carriers moveFLIPFLOP: M-W hyphenates flip-flop: a usually electronic device or a circuit (as in a computer) capable of assuming either of two stable statesGAIN: the increase (as of voltage or signal intensity) caused by an amplifier, especially: the ratio of output over inputGAINED: the increase (as of voltage or signal intensity) caused by an amplifier, especially: the ratio of output over inputGAINING: the increase (as of voltage or signal intensity) caused by an amplifier, especially: the ratio of output over inputGATE: an electrode in a field-effect transistor that modulates the current flowing through the transistor according to the voltage applied to the electrodeGLITCH: a false or spurious electronic signalGLITCHING: M-W does not have “glitching” nor does it have a verb form of glitch
Fluid Technologies and Plumbing
BALLCOCK: M-W shows as open compound: ball cock: an automatic valve whose opening and closing are controlled by a hollow float at the end of a leverBOWL: the receptacle of a toiletCARRY: to contain and direct the course of (as drains carry water)CARRYING: to contain and direct the course of (as drains carry water)CLOG: a mass of material that blocks movement through a pipe or vessel (a clog in the kitchen sink); to cause blockage in —often used with up (arteries clogged up by cholesterol)COCK: a device (such as a faucet or valve) for regulating the flow of a liquidCOIL: a series of connected pipes in rows, layers, or windingsDEAD: not running or circulating: stagnant (dead water)DRAIN: a means (such as a pipe) by which usually liquid matter is drained; also, to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely (drained all the water out of the pool); to make gradually dry (drain a swamp); to become emptied or freed of liquid by its flowing or dropping (waiting for the tub to drain)DRAINING: a means (such as a pipe) by which usually liquid matter is drained; also, to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely (drained all the water out of the pool); to make gradually dry (drain a swamp); to become emptied or freed of liquid by its flowing or dropping (waiting for the tub to drain)DUCT: a pipe, tube, or channel that conveys a substance; a pipe or tubular runway for carrying an electric power line, telephone cables, or other conductors DUCTED: a pipe, tube, or channel that conveys a substance; a pipe or tubular runway for carrying an electric power line, telephone cables, or other conductors ELBOW: an angular pipe fitting resembling an elbowFAUCET: a fixture for drawing or regulating the flow of liquid especially from a pipeFLOAT: a hollow ball that floats at the end of a lever in a cistern, tank, or boiler and regulates the liquid levelFONT: an artificially produced jet of water; also: the structure from which it risesFOUNT: an artificially produced jet of water; also: the structure from which it risesGATE: a door, valve, or other device for controlling the passage especially of a fluidHARD: of water: characterized by the presence of salts (as of calcium or magnesium) that prevent soap from latheringHYDRANT: a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from a water main (as for fighting fires)IRRIGATOR: a person or company who uses water supplied to their land to help crops and plants grow [Cambridge Dictionary]; also, a person employed in agricultural irrigation; an irrigation technician; also, a device used for irrigationJETTED: to spout forth: to gush;: to emit in a stream: to spoutLAVATORY: a vessel (such as a basin) for washing, especially: a fixed bowl or basin with running water and drainpipe for washing; also, a toiletLEACH: to dissolve out by the action of a percolating liquid; to subject to the action of percolating liquid (such as water) in order to separate the soluble componentsLEACHED: to dissolve out by the action of a percolating liquid; to subject to the action of percolating liquid (such as water) in order to separate the soluble componentsLEAD: a channel of water especially through a field of ice; also, to serve as a channel for (a pipe leads water to the house)LINE: piping for conveying a fluid (installed a new gas or water line)LIQUID: a fluid (such as water) that has no independent shape but has a definite volume and does not expand indefinitely and that is only slightly compressible; having the properties of a liquid: being neither solid nor gaseousLOCK: an air lock, a stoppage of flow caused by air being in a part where liquid ought to circulateMAIN: a pipe, duct, or circuit which carries the combined flow of tributary branches of a utility systemNIPPLE: a device with an orifice through which the discharge of a liquid can be regulated; a pipe coupling consisting of a short piece of threaded tubingOPEN: not made up of a continuous closed circuit of channels (the insect circulatory system is open)OUTGO: an outlet, a place or opening through which something is let out: an exit, ventOUTLET: a place or opening through which something is let out: an exit, a vent
Mechanical Engineering
DEAD: mechanical engineering: not imparting motion or power although otherwise functioning (a dead rear axle); not turning (the dead center of a lathe)DRAG: mechanical engineering: friction between engine parts; also: a slowing due to frictionDUTY: the service required (as of an electric machine) under specified conditionsKINETIC: of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewithLOAD: external resistance overcome by a machine or prime moverMACHINE: an assemblage of parts that transmit forces, motion, and energy one to another in a predetermined manner; also, an instrument (such as a lever) designed to transmit or modify the application of power, force, or motion
Optics
OCULAR: an eyepiece, the lens or combination of lenses at the eye end of an optical instrumentOPTIC: an optical instrument; also, any of the elements (such as lenses, mirrors, or light guides) of an optical instrument or system —usually used in pluralOPTICAL: of or relating to the science of optics