Air engine () An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. |
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. |
Pillar-block (n.) See under Pillow. |
Plumber block () A pillow block. |
Slide (v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling |
Slide (v. t.) Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass inadvertently. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly |
Slide (v. t.) To slip when walking or standing |
Slide (v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. |
Slide (v. t.) To cause to slide |
Slide (v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly |
Slide (n.) The act of sliding |
Slide (n.) Smooth, even passage or progress. |
Slide (n.) That on which anything moves by sliding. |
Slide (n.) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down. |
Slide (n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement. |
Slide (n.) That which operates by sliding. |
Slide (n.) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it. |
Slide (n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides. |
Slide (n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like. |
Slide (n.) A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like |
Slide (n.) The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side |
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 |
block vote | a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents |
Turkish bath steam bath vapor bath vapour bath | you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower |
steam fitting | care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating |
slide glide coast | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it, his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill, the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope |
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 |
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 engine donkey engine | (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) |
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 |
boiler steam boiler | sealed vessel where water is converted to steam |
bollock bullock block | a pulley-block at the head of a topmast |
building block | a block of material used in construction work |
butcher board butcher block | a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood |
calliope steam organ | a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard |
chopping block | a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split |
chute slide slideway sloping trough | sloping channel through which things can descend |
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 |
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 |
gasoline engine petrol engine | an internalombustion engine that burns gasoline, most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines |
hair slide | a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place |
heat engine | any engine that makes use of heat to do work |
highise tower block | tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments, `tower block' is the British term for `highise' |
ingot metal bar block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
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 |
linecut line block line engraving | engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved |
locomotive engine locomotive engine railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
office building office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
pillow block | a cast-iron or steel block for supporting a journal or bearing |