Air engine
() An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. |
Auxiliary
(a.) Conferring aid or help |
Auxiliary
(n.) A helper |
Auxiliary
(n.) Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war |
Auxiliary
(sing.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs |
Auxiliary
(sing.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae. |
Block
(v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky |
Block
(v. t.) The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded. |
Block
(v. t.) The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped. |
Block
(v. t.) The pattern or shape of a hat. |
Block
(v. t.) A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building |
Block
(v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not. |
Block
(v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force |
Block
(v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept. |
Block
(v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction |
Block
(v. t.) A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work. |
Block
(v. t.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high. |
Block
(v. t.) A blockhead |
Block
(v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below. |
Block
(n.) To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress |
Block
(n.) To secure or support by means of blocks |
Block
(n.) To shape on, or stamp with, a block |
Block book
() A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types. |
Block tin
() See under Tin. |
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 |
Fish-block
(n.) See Fish-tackle. |
Heating
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heat |
Heater
(n.) One who, or that which, heats. |
Heater
(n.) Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated. |
Heating
(a.) That heats or imparts heat |
Independent
(a.) Not dependent |
Independent
(a.) Affording a comfortable livelihood |
Independent
(a.) Not subject to bias or influence |
Independent
(a.) Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence |
Independent
(a.) Separate from |
Independent
(a.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents. |
Independent
(a.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation |
Independent
(a.) Not bound by party |
Independent
(n.) One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority. |
Independent
(n.) One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances |
Park
(n.) A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant. |
Park
(n.) A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like. |
Park
(n.) A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation |
| block grant | a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs, block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare |
fastball
heater
smoke hummer
bullet | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity, he swung late on the fastball, he showed batters nothing but smoke |
| block vote | a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents |
blocking
block | the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements |
| trap block | (American football) an illegal block |
| aircraft engine | the engine that powers and aircraft |
| amphibian amphibious vehicle | a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water |
armored vehicle
armoured vehicle | a vehicle that is protected by armor plate |
auction block
block | a platform from which an auctioneer sells, they put their paintings on the block |
| automobile engine | the engine that propels an automobile |
| auxiliary airfield | an airfield that functions in a subsidiary capacity |
auxiliary boiler
donkey boiler | (nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port) |
auxiliary engine
donkey engine | (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) |
auxiliary pump
donkey pump | a supplementary pump available if needed |
| auxiliary research submarine | a submarine for research purposes |
auxiliary storage
external storage
secondary storage | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
ballpark
park | a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games), take me out to the ballpark |
Belmont Park
Belmont | a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island, site of the Belmont Stakes |
| block | a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides), the pyramids were built with large stone blocks |
| block | housing in a large building that is divided into separate units, there is a block of classrooms in the west wing |
blockage
block closure
occlusion
stop stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube, we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
| block and tackle | pulley blocks with associated rope or cable |
| block diagram | a diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system) |
| block plane | a small plane used on end grains of wood |
bollock
bullock block | a pulley-block at the head of a topmast |
| building block | a block of material used in construction work |
a bus
autobus
coach charabanc
double-decker
jitney
motorbus
motorcoach
omnibus
passenger vehicle | a vehicle carrying many passengers, used for public transport, he always rode the bus to work |
butcher board
butcher block | a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood |
| central heating | a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators |
| chopping block | a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split |
cinder block
clinker block
breeze block | a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate, cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain |
| cooling system engine cooling system | equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine |
cube
square block | a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube |
damper block
piano damper | damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration |
diesel
diesel engine
diesel motor | an internalombustion engine that burns heavy oil |
electric heater
electric fire | a small electric space heater |
| 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 |
| gas engine | an internalombustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vapor |
| gas heater | a heater that burns gas for heat |
gasoline engine
petrol engine | an internalombustion engine that burns gasoline, most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines |
| heat engine | any engine that makes use of heat to do work |
heater
warmer | device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room |
| heating element | the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |