| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
accelerator
,
throttle
,
throttle valve
|
| fire engine carrying ladders |
aerial ladder truck
,
ladder truck
|
| jet engine power-augmenter |
afterburner
|
| engine that powers and aircraft |
aircraft engine
|
| any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking |
antiknock
|
| medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles |
arbalest
,
arbalist
,
ballista
,
bricole
,
catapult
,
mangonel
,
onager
,
trebuchet
,
trebucket
|
| widely used search engine accepting plain English questions or phrases or terms |
Ask Jeeves
|
| simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed |
atherodyde
,
athodyd
,
flying drainpipe
,
ramjet
,
ramjet engine
|
| motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine |
auto
,
automobile
,
car
,
machine
,
motorcar
|
| engine that propels an automobile |
automobile engine
|
| (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) |
auxiliary engine
,
donkey engine
|
| loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine |
backfire
|
| bang caused by the early ignition of fuel in engine cylinder |
backfire
|
| metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine |
block
,
cylinder block
,
engine block
|
| protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine |
bonnet
,
cowl
,
cowling
,
hood
|
| engine blower or compressor that supplies high-pressure air |
booster
,
supercharger
|
| part of an engine responsible for mixing fuel and air |
carburetor
|
| cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat |
Carnot's ideal cycle
,
Carnot cycle
|
| valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine |
choke
|
| dull explosive noise made by an engine |
chug
|
