boat racing | the sport of racing boats |
boatbill boat-billed heron broadbill Cochlearius cochlearius | tropical American heron related to night herons |
water boatman boat bug | carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs |
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) |
banana boat | a ship designed to transport bananas |
boat | a small vessel for travel on water |
boat deck | the upper deck on which lifeboats are stored |
boat hook | pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats |
boat train | a train taking passengers to or from a port |
boat whistle | a whistle on a boat that is sounded as a warning |
cabin cruiser cruiser pleasure boat pleasure craft | a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board |
canal boat narrow boat narrowboat | a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals |
cattleship cattle boat | a cargo ship for the transport of livestock |
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 |
fishing boat fishing smack fishing vessel | a vessel for fishing, often has a well to keep the catch alive |
flying boat | a large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons |
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 |
gravy boat gravy holder sauceboat boat | a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce |
guard boat | a boat that is on guard duty (as in a harbor) around a fleet of warships |
heat engine | any engine that makes use of heat to do work |
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 |
jolly boat jolly | a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work |
locomotive engine locomotive engine railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
mackinaw Mackinaw boat | a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes |
mailboat mail boat packet packet boat | a boat for carrying mail |
paddle boat paddle | a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat |
patrol boat patrol ship | a vessel assigned to patrol an area |
picket boat | a boat serving as a picket |
pilot boat | a boat to carry pilots to and from large ships |
pilot engine | a locomotive that precedes a train to check the track |
police boat | a boat used by harbor police |
PT boat mosquito boat mosquito craft motor torpedo boat | a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat, P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat |
racing boat | a boat propelled by oarsmen and designed for racing |
radial engine rotary engine | an internalombustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase |
ramjet ramjet engine atherodyde athodyd 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 |