Air engine
() An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. |
Cuttoo plate
() A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle. |
Engine
(n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity |
Engine
(n.) Anything used to effect a purpose |
Engine
(n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced |
Engine
(n.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. |
Engine
(v. t.) To assault with an engine. |
Engine
(v. t.) To equip with an engine |
Engine
(v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack |
Engine-sized
(a.) Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp |
Plate
(n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions |
Plate
(n.) Metallic armor composed of broad pieces. |
Plate
(n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver. |
Plate
(n.) Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold. |
Plate
(n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table. |
Plate
(n.) A piece of money, usually silver money. |
Plate
(n.) A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed |
Plate
(n.) A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from |
Plate
(n.) That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc. |
Plate
(n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers |
Plate
(n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent. |
Plate
(n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light. |
Plate
(n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest. |
Plate
(v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping. |
Plate
(v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal |
Plate
(v. t.) To adorn with plated metal |
Plate
(v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae. |
Plate
(v. t.) To calender |
Plate-gilled
(a.) Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks. |
Steam engine
() An engine moved by steam. |
Water engine
() An engine to raise water |
Water plate
() A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket. |
spin the plate
spin the platter | a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called, the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit |
ctene
comb-plate | a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused |
| aircraft engine | the engine that powers and aircraft |
armor plate
armour plate
armor plating
plate armor
plate armour | specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire |
| automobile engine | the engine that propels an automobile |
auxiliary engine
donkey engine | (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) |
bite plate
biteplate | a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes |
| cooling system engine cooling system | equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine |
| cover plate | covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle |
denture
dental plate
plate | a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth |
| dessert plate | a small plate on which dessert can be served |
diesel
diesel engine
diesel motor | an internalombustion engine that burns heavy oil |
| dinner plate | a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal |
| engine | motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work |
| engine | an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc., medieval engines of war |
engine block
cylinder block
block | a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine, the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked |
engineering
engine room | a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located |
| externalombustion engine | a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy |
fanjet
fan-jet
fanjet engine
turbojet
turbojet engine
turbofan
turbofan engine | a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust |
| fashion plate | a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress |
finger plate
escutcheon scutcheon | a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers |
fire engine
fire truck | any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire |
four-stroke engine
four-stroke internalombustion engine | an internalombustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke, work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke |
| gas engine | an internalombustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vapor |
gasoline engine
petrol engine | an internalombustion engine that burns gasoline, most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines |
| gold plate | a thin plating of gold on something |
| gold plate | tableware that is plated with gold |
| gusset gusset plate | a metal plate used to strengthen a joist |
| heat engine | any engine that makes use of heat to do work |
home plate
home base home plate | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands, it must be touched by a base runner in order to score, he ruled that the runner failed to touch home |
hot plate
hotplate | a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm |
internalombustion engine
ICE | a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace, heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine |
| ion engine | a type of reaction-propulsion engine to propel rockets in space, a stream of positive ions is accelerated to a high velocity by an electric field |
| jet engine | a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion |
license plate
numberplate | a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number |
locomotive
engine locomotive engine
railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
| L-plate | a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner |
| paper plate | a disposable plate made of cardboard |
| pilot engine | a locomotive that precedes a train to check the track |
| plate | dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten |
| plate scale shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
| plate | a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic |
| plate collection plate | a shallow receptacle for collection in church |
| plate | structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage |
| plate | a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) |
| plate photographic plate | a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded |
| plate | the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube |
plate glass
sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
| plate iron | a plate of iron |
| plate rack | a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed |