propulsion
Webster Dictionary
the act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion
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pulsion
Webster Dictionary
the act of driving forward; propulsion; -- opposed to suction or traction
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jet
(ʒɛt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
in the form of or producing a jet or jet propulsion:
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jet plane
(ˈdʒɛtˌlaɪ nər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an airplane moved by jet propulsion.
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jet
(ʒɛt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to move or travel by jet propulsion or jet plane.
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trolley
(ˈtrɒl i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of various other devices, as a pantograph, for collecting current for propulsion.
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sailboat
(ˈseɪlˌboʊt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
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self-propelling
(automotive, self-propelled, self-propelling)
Princeton's WordNet
containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement
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automotive
(automotive, self-propelled, self-propelling)
Princeton's WordNet
containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement
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self-propelled
(automotive, self-propelled, self-propelling)
Princeton's WordNet
containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement
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jet propulsion
(ˈdʒɛtˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
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turbojet engine
(ˈtɜr boʊˌdʒɛt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a jet-propulsion engine in which air is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
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tailfan
(ˈteɪlˌfæn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the fanlike posterior appendage of crayfish and lobsters, used for backward propulsion.
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rocket engine
(rocket, rocket engine)
Princeton's WordNet
a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
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rocket
(rocket, rocket engine)
Princeton's WordNet
a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
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dribbling
(dribble, dribbling)
Princeton's WordNet
the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
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dribble
(dribble, dribbling)
Princeton's WordNet
the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks
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self-propelled vehicle
(self-propelled vehicle)
Princeton's WordNet
a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion
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jet propulsion
(jet propulsion)
Princeton's WordNet
propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear
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motor-assisted
(motor-assisted)
Princeton's WordNet
relying on an engine for propulsion in addition to muscle power
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jet engine
(jet engine)
Princeton's WordNet
a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion
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sail
(ɪl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an area of canvas or other fabric extended on a ship or other vessel or vehicle to catch the wind for propulsion.
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boat
Webster Dictionary
hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats
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airplane
(ˈɛərˌpleɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a heavier-than-air craft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers or jet propulsion.
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ski pole
(ˈskiˌpleɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a slender pole or stick used by skiers for balance and propulsion, with a metal point below a ring at the lower end and a loop for the hand at the upper.
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reaction engine
(reaction-propulsion engine, reaction engine)
Princeton's WordNet
a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream
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reaction-propulsion engine
(reaction-propulsion engine, reaction engine)
Princeton's WordNet
a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream
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reaction propulsion
(reaction propulsion)
Princeton's WordNet
propulsion that results from the ejection at high velocity of a mass of gas to which the vehicle reacts with an equal and opposite momentum
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autogyro
(autogiro, autogyro, gyroplane)
Princeton's WordNet
an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller
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gyroplane
(autogiro, autogyro, gyroplane)
Princeton's WordNet
an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller
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