marine animal marine creature sea animal sea creature | any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals |
sea turtle marine turtle | any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers, widely distributed in warm seas |
marine iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus | shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands |
marine mussel mytilid | marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell, live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones |
aircraft engine | the engine that powers and aircraft |
aquarium fish tank marine museum | a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals |
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 |
floating mine marine mine | an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
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 |
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 |
locomotive engine locomotive engine railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
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 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 |
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 |
shipping cargo ships merchant marine merchant vessels | conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry |
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 |
switch engine donkey engine | a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard |
tank engine tank locomotive | a locomotive that carries its own fuel and water, no tender is needed |
traction engine | steam-powered locomotive for drawing heavy loads along surfaces other than tracks |
valve-in-head engine | internalombustion engine having both inlet and exhaust valves located in the cylinder head |
Wankel engine Wankel rotary engine epitrochoidal engine | a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internalombustion engine without reciprocating parts |
marine archeology marine archaeology underwater archeology underwater archaeology | the archeology of underwater sites |
search engine | a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) |
engine failure | engine does not run |
United States Marine Corps United States Marines Marine Corps US Marine Corps USMC | an amphibious division of the United States Navy |
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity MCIA | an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization |
merchant marine | the crew of a merchant vessel |
maritime law marine law admiralty law | the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc. |
engineer locomotive engineer railroad engineer engine driver | the operator of a railway locomotive |
Marine devil dog leatherneck shipboard soldier | a member of the United States Marine Corps |
marine | a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land |