ignition
firing
lighting
kindling
inflammation | the act of setting something on fire |
| aircraft engine | the engine that powers and aircraft |
| 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) |
| cooling system engine cooling system | equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine |
diesel
diesel engine
diesel motor | an internalombustion engine that burns heavy oil |
| 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 |
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 |
fuel line
gas line petrol line | a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine, the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line |
| 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 |
gasoline gauge
gasoline gage
gas gauge
gas gage
petrol gauge
petrol gage | gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle |
gasoline station
gas station
filling station
petrol station | a service station that sells gasoline |
gas pump
gasoline pump
petrol pump
island dispenser | a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks |
gas tank
gasoline tank
petrol tank | a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle |
| heat engine | any engine that makes use of heat to do work |
ignition
ignition system | the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internalombustion engine |
| ignition coil | an induction coil that converts current from a battery into the high-voltage current required by spark plugs |
| ignition key | a key that operates the ignition switch of an automotive engine |
| ignition switch | switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter |
interlock
ignition interlock | a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting, car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock |
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 |
| lock ignition lock | a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key |
locomotive
engine locomotive engine
railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
Molotov cocktail
petrol bomb
gasoline bomb | a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick |
| pilot engine | a locomotive that precedes a train to check the track |
radial engine
rotary engine | an internalombustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase |
ramjet
ramjet engine
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flying drainpipe | a simple type of jet engine, must be launched at high speed |
reaction-propulsion engine
reaction engine | a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream |
| reciprocating engine | an internalombustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders |
rocket
rocket engine | a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion |
| rotary engine | an internalombustion engine in which power is transmitted directly to rotating components |
spark arrester
sparker | a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack |
| spark arrester | electrical device to reduce sparking when electrical contacts are opened or closed |
spark chamber
spark counter | an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles |
| spark coil | an induction coil used to create sparks |
| spark gap | the gap between two high-potential terminals |
| spark gap | a component of an ignition system, consists of two shaped electrodes and the space between them |
| spark lever | (on early automobiles) a lever mounted on the steering column and used to adjust the timing of the ignition |
spark plug
sparking plug
plug | electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internalombustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark |
| spark transmitter | an early radio transmitter using a discharge across a spark gap as the source of its power |
| steam engine | externalombustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder |