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adj
- Of an engine: tuned so as to be more powerful than intended by the manufacturer.
- Of a string or string instrument: tuned so as to be excessively tight.
- Of a sense or mode of perception: trained so as to be excessively sensitive.
- (video games) Of a raid or similar challenge: excessively difficult.
- (video games) Of a character, item, ability, etc.: excessively powerful; overpowered.
- Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality), especially:
- (figuratively, by extension) Excessive in some respect (without any implication of having been tuned).
verb
noun
- An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.
- A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.
- A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
- an energetic person with unusual initiative
- an electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine
noun
- (informal) An engine.
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- move about in a confused manner
- grind with a mill
noun
- The act by which an engine is revved.
- (Internet, uncountable) A technique for reducing web page loading times by assigning far-future expiration dates to the resources on the page (so that the browser caches them indefinitely) and, if changes are needed, using different filenames for those resources.
verb
noun
- A series of adjustments to an engine in order to improve its performance
- adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance
- A match or race (frequently one exhibition in nature) contested as preparation for a match or race of high stakes.
- A series of preparations for vigorous exercise; a warm-up
- exercising in preparation for strenuous activity
noun
- (slang) A two-stroke engine.
- (baseball, informal) A fastball.
- (slang) An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
- A person or an apparatus that smokes food.
- A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.
- A smoking car on a train.
- (slang, by extension) Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.
- A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
- A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
- A tobacco pipe that produces smoke well when used.
- (slang) Synonym of stag film.
- a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke
- a person who smokes tobacco
- a party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only)
noun
- The second gear of an engine.
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- Something that is number two in a series.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- (baseball) Second base.
- (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- (informal) A second-class honours degree.
- following the first in an ordering or series
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- a speech seconding a motion
adj
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
adv
verb
- (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
- (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
- (transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
- give support or one's approval to
- transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
noun
- An engine that operates on the four-stroke principle.
- an internal-combustion 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
noun
- A vehicle, such as a traction engine, fitted with these devices.
- A device intended to replace the wheel of a self-propelled vehicle, allowing traversal of rough roads and the ability to climb over obstacles. The tread consists of a number of rubber-shod feet connected by ball-and-socket joints to the ends of sliding spokes attached to rollers and springs.
noun
- (rare) A traction engine.
- (slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed.
- (economics) A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the United States.
- (rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A servomotor.
- A servomechanism.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.
- control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
verb
adj
noun
- (usually) A piston engine driven by steam.
- Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
- (especially British) A steam locomotive.
- external-combustion 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
noun
- Initialism of engine control module.
- (military) Initialism of Electronic countermeasure.
- (materials science) Abbreviation of engineered cellular magmatic.
- (astronomy) Abbreviation of extra-cluster medium.
- (medicine) Initialism of extracellular matrix.
- (grammar) Initialism of exceptional case-marking.
- (mathematics) Initialism of elliptic curve method.
- (computing) Initialism of enterprise content management.
- electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum
name
noun
- a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
- a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- (historical) A light van to take mails between a post office and a railway station.
- (computing) A computer component using dedicated hardware to accelerate the processing and display of graphics.
- (computing) An accelerator key.
- (vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
- A device for causing acceleration.
- (physiology, medicine) A muscle or nerve that speeds the performance of an action.
- (chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
- (business) A mentoring program for startup companies.
- One who, or that which, accelerates.
- (physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.
- (photography) A chemical that reduces development time.
noun
- a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
- A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
verb
- (transitive) To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- reduce the air supply
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
- (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
noun
- (automotive) A vehicle equipped with such a motor engine.
- (automotive) A hemispherical cylinder head from such a motor.
- (by extension) Domed versions of the above that have cylinder heads that are not exactly hemispherical
- (automotive) A motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads.
- (automotive) A combustion chamber with the hemispherical cylinder head from such an engine.
noun
noun
- (mechanical engineering) A prechamber in an indirect injection internal combustion engine.
- (medicine) A terminal dilation of the bronchiole in lungs or similar organs where gas exchange occurs.
- (electrical engineering) An electrochemical cell that uses air as a terminal, such as the metal-air electrochemical cell.
- (medicine) Spaces that contain air in the bones of the skull.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see air cell.
- a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
adj
verb
name
- A prime mover powered by a two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine.
- (Scotland, informal) A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.
- A General Motors diesel truck or diesel locomotive, or the diesel engine thereof; (by extension) any GMC truck, even a gasoline-powered pickup or SUV.
- A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
noun
noun
- A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.
- A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.
noun
- (automotive, mechanical engineering) A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.
- The act of igniting.
- The initiation of combustion.
- (physics) The phenomenon of a thermonuclear fusion reaction becoming self-sustaining and no longer requiring external heating.
- (automotive) Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle.
- the act of setting something on fire
- the process of initiating combustion or catching fire
- the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
noun
- (mechanical engineering) An internal combustion engine of piston engine type that operates using the Diesel cycle, with diesel fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke.
- (rail transport) a diesel locomotive.
- (usually automotive, transport) Such an engine that burns diesel (diesel fuel).
- an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil
noun
- (mining) The person who operates such an engine.
- (slang) A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
- A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
- A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
- A winding plant.
- Pronunciation spelling of window.
- One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
- A spool around which something is wound.
- A winnowing fan.
- (mining) An engine that raises and lowers the cages in a mine.
- a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
- mechanical device around which something can be wound
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
verb
noun
- A cantilevered tool for installing or removing a vehicle's engine block.
- (figurative) A person or group that picks only evidence which supports an argument and ignores evidence which contradicts it; one who cherry-picks.
- (literal) A person or device that harvests cherries, or that aids in the harvesting of cherries.
- A piece of equipment consisting of a large basket at the end of an extensible boom, often mounted on a truck body, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places such as power lines and tall trees.
- (figurative) A person or group that picks the best for themselves; one who cherry-picks.
noun
- An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.
- A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.
- A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
- an energetic person with unusual initiative
- an electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine
noun
- (informal) An engine.
- One thousandth part in millage rates of property tax.
- (historical) A prison treadmill.
- (collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- One thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process; any similar apparatus that otherwise processes.
- (engineering, manufacturing) Alternative form of mil (“one thousandth of an inch”).
- A milling cutter used on such a machine.
- (mining) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- (CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
- (US military slang, World War I, World War II) A military prison, either guardhouse or post prison.
- (collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.
- (figurative, derogatory) An institution or pseudo-institutional business awarding credentials (such as diplomas, degrees, certificates, or certifications) of either dubious value or fraudulent nature; one selling essays or other documents for the buyers (usually students) to fraudulently pass off as their own.
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- (informal) Clipping of millimeter.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- The building complex housing such a plant; the place of business comprising such buildings and their grounds.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- (figurative, usually derogatory) An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality. (The notion of churning out massive amounts indiscriminately underlies the figurative metaphor.)
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.
- (military slang, World War I, World War II) A delousing station: a cootie mill.
- (die sinking) A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- (informal) Alternative form of mil (“million”).
- (mining) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
- machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
- a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
verb
- (transitive) To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- (intransitive) To undergo hulling.
- (transitive) To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- (transitive) To cause to mill, or circle around.
- (intransitive, slang) To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- (transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- (zoology, of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.
- (transitive, mining) To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- (zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- (transitive, Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- (transitive) To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- (intransitive, followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
- (transitive) To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- (transitive, slang) To beat; to pound.
- (transitive) To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
- roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
- produce a ridge around the edge of
- move about in a confused manner
- grind with a mill
noun
- The act by which an engine is revved.
- (Internet, uncountable) A technique for reducing web page loading times by assigning far-future expiration dates to the resources on the page (so that the browser caches them indefinitely) and, if changes are needed, using different filenames for those resources.
verb
noun
- A series of adjustments to an engine in order to improve its performance
- adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance
- A match or race (frequently one exhibition in nature) contested as preparation for a match or race of high stakes.
- A series of preparations for vigorous exercise; a warm-up
- exercising in preparation for strenuous activity
noun
- (slang) A two-stroke engine.
- (baseball, informal) A fastball.
- (slang) An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).
- A person or an apparatus that smokes food.
- A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.
- A smoking car on a train.
- (slang, by extension) Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.
- A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
- A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
- A tobacco pipe that produces smoke well when used.
- (slang) Synonym of stag film.
- a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke
- a person who smokes tobacco
- a party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only)
noun
- The second gear of an engine.
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- Something that is number two in a series.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- (baseball) Second base.
- (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- (informal) A second-class honours degree.
- following the first in an ordering or series
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- a speech seconding a motion
adj
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
adv
verb
- (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
- (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
- (transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
- give support or one's approval to
- transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
noun
- An engine that operates on the four-stroke principle.
- an internal-combustion 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
noun
- A vehicle, such as a traction engine, fitted with these devices.
- A device intended to replace the wheel of a self-propelled vehicle, allowing traversal of rough roads and the ability to climb over obstacles. The tread consists of a number of rubber-shod feet connected by ball-and-socket joints to the ends of sliding spokes attached to rollers and springs.
noun
- (rare) A traction engine.
- (slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed.
- (economics) A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the United States.
- (rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A servomotor.
- A servomechanism.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.
- control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
verb
adj
noun
- (usually) A piston engine driven by steam.
- Any heat engine that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work.
- (especially British) A steam locomotive.
- external-combustion 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
noun
- Initialism of engine control module.
- (military) Initialism of Electronic countermeasure.
- (materials science) Abbreviation of engineered cellular magmatic.
- (astronomy) Abbreviation of extra-cluster medium.
- (medicine) Initialism of extracellular matrix.
- (grammar) Initialism of exceptional case-marking.
- (mathematics) Initialism of elliptic curve method.
- (computing) Initialism of enterprise content management.
- electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum
name
noun
- a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
- a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- (historical) A light van to take mails between a post office and a railway station.
- (computing) A computer component using dedicated hardware to accelerate the processing and display of graphics.
- (computing) An accelerator key.
- (vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
- A device for causing acceleration.
- (physiology, medicine) A muscle or nerve that speeds the performance of an action.
- (chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
- (business) A mentoring program for startup companies.
- One who, or that which, accelerates.
- (physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.
- (photography) A chemical that reduces development time.
noun
- a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
- A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
verb
- (transitive) To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- reduce the air supply
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
- (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
noun
- (automotive) A vehicle equipped with such a motor engine.
- (automotive) A hemispherical cylinder head from such a motor.
- (by extension) Domed versions of the above that have cylinder heads that are not exactly hemispherical
- (automotive) A motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads.
- (automotive) A combustion chamber with the hemispherical cylinder head from such an engine.
noun
noun
- (mechanical engineering) A prechamber in an indirect injection internal combustion engine.
- (medicine) A terminal dilation of the bronchiole in lungs or similar organs where gas exchange occurs.
- (electrical engineering) An electrochemical cell that uses air as a terminal, such as the metal-air electrochemical cell.
- (medicine) Spaces that contain air in the bones of the skull.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see air cell.
- a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
noun
- A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.
- A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.
noun
- (automotive, mechanical engineering) A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.
- The act of igniting.
- The initiation of combustion.
- (physics) The phenomenon of a thermonuclear fusion reaction becoming self-sustaining and no longer requiring external heating.
- (automotive) Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle.
- the act of setting something on fire
- the process of initiating combustion or catching fire
- the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
noun
- (mechanical engineering) An internal combustion engine of piston engine type that operates using the Diesel cycle, with diesel fuel being sprayed into the hot, high-pressure air in the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke.
- (rail transport) a diesel locomotive.
- (usually automotive, transport) Such an engine that burns diesel (diesel fuel).
- an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil
noun
- (mining) The person who operates such an engine.
- (slang) A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
- A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism
- A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
- A winding plant.
- Pronunciation spelling of window.
- One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
- A spool around which something is wound.
- A winnowing fan.
- (mining) An engine that raises and lowers the cages in a mine.
- a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
- mechanical device around which something can be wound
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
verb
noun
- A cantilevered tool for installing or removing a vehicle's engine block.
- (figurative) A person or group that picks only evidence which supports an argument and ignores evidence which contradicts it; one who cherry-picks.
- (literal) A person or device that harvests cherries, or that aids in the harvesting of cherries.
- A piece of equipment consisting of a large basket at the end of an extensible boom, often mounted on a truck body, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places such as power lines and tall trees.
- (figurative) A person or group that picks the best for themselves; one who cherry-picks.
noun
- a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
- A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
verb
- (transitive) To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- reduce the air supply
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
- (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
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adj
- Of an engine: tuned so as to be more powerful than intended by the manufacturer.
- Of a string or string instrument: tuned so as to be excessively tight.
- Of a sense or mode of perception: trained so as to be excessively sensitive.
- (video games) Of a raid or similar challenge: excessively difficult.
- (video games) Of a character, item, ability, etc.: excessively powerful; overpowered.
- Tuned or adjusted so as to be excessive (in terms of some quality), especially:
- (figuratively, by extension) Excessive in some respect (without any implication of having been tuned).