English words for 'Abbreviation of engine.'
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noun
- (automotive) Acronym of internal combustion engine.
- (automotive) Initialism of in-car entertainment.
- Initialism of intercontinental exchange.
- (computing) Initialism of in-circuit emulator/emulation.
- (medicine) Initialism of ice, compress, elevation (first-aid).
- (programming) Initialism of internal compiler error.
- Acronym of iridocorneal endothelial syndrome.
- 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
adj
name
- Initialism of International Cultural Exchange.
- (sports) Abbreviation of Iceland.
- Initialism of Institution of Civil Engineers.
- (government, US) Acronym of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“law-enforcement agency responsible for immigration and customs matters of the United States Federal government”).
- (rail transport) Initialism of Intercity-Express (“German high speed train”).
phrase
verb
- (slang, neologism, transitive, uncommon) To apprehend or deport by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- (automotive, slang) To occupy a reserved electric car parking space (especially one equipped with a charger) with a traditional car equipped with an internal combustion engine.
- (slang, neologism, transitive, uncommon) To kill (in reference to and often by Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
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
- (Australia, slang) A car's engine.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A dense mist or drizzle
- (Northern England, Scotland) A mouldy dampness; mouldiness
- buttocks
- (Australia, slang) A fool.
- (slang) A donkey (the animal).
- (British, uncountable) A sub-genre of Scouse house music containing distinctive percussion sounds.
- (poker, slang, derogatory) A poor player who makes mistakes.
- (Northern England, Scotland) dampness; moistness
- A 1971 to 1976 Chevrolet Caprice or Impala that has been modified, usually by being raised and given bigger wheels.
adj
verb
- (Northern England, Scotland) To drizzle
- (slang, intransitive, Canada, US) To mess around, to play
- (slang, transitive) To hit
- (poker slang) To make a donk bet.
- (Northern England, Scotland) To moisten; dampen
- (Australia, colloquial, slang) To provide a second person with a lift on a bicycle (formerly, on a horse), seating the passenger either in front (on the handlebar) or behind (sharing the seat); to travel as a passenger in such manner.
noun
- (aviation) Acronym of current engine option.
- (UK, countable) Initialism of civil enforcement officer.
- (Internet slang, humorous) A notional title for a leading partaker in, or advocate of something or someone.
- (Philippines, government) Initialism of city engineering office.
- (countable, business) Initialism of chief executive officer.
- the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
verb
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
- 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
- Abbreviation of utility vehicle.
- Abbreviation of ultraviolet.
- (computer graphics, attributive) The axes of a two-dimensional texture, as opposed to those (X, Y, Z) of the three-dimensional model to which it is applied.
- radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
adj
noun
- (energy) Acronym of reciprocating internal combustion engine.
- (chemistry) Acronym of reaction, initial, change, equilibrium (“a tabular system for keeping track of changing concentrations in an equilibrium reaction”).
- (medicine) Acronym of rest, immobilization, cold, elevation (“a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries”).
- (medicine) Acronym of rest, ice, compression, elevation (“a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries”).
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
- (automotive) Acronym of high-output turbo (turbocharger).
- (electronics) Acronym of hybrid-orientation technique, a technique that applies the technology.
- (video games) Initialism of health over time: a status effect that restores health points as time passes.
- (road transport) Acronym of high occupancy or toll lane.
- (electronics) Acronym of hybrid-orientation technology (“CMOS fabrication technology that uses PMOS and NMOS substrates with differing orientations”).
adj
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
- (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
- (construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
- A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
- (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
- (Scotland) A sudden or heavy fall of rain; a deluge.
- A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
- The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
- a well or other hole in which water has collected
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (automotive, slang) One horsepower.
- a contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight
- (Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
- (slang) A ponytail hairstyle.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
- (endearing) A horse of any size.
- (regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
- (slang) A chorus girl of small stature.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance from the 1960s in which the dancer mimics the high-stepping prance of a pony.
- (UK, slang) Twenty-five pounds (money).
- (slang, derogatory, video games) Ellipsis of Sony pony.
- A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- (US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
- a range horse of the western United States
- any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
- a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
- an informal term for a racehorse
- a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
adj
verb
noun
- (nautical) A small auxiliary engine.
- A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
- A stubborn person.
- (UK, nautical) A sailor's storage chest.
- (poker slang) A bad poker player.
- A fool.
- domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn
- the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
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
- (automotive) Acronym of internal combustion engine.
- (automotive) Initialism of in-car entertainment.
- Initialism of intercontinental exchange.
- (computing) Initialism of in-circuit emulator/emulation.
- (medicine) Initialism of ice, compress, elevation (first-aid).
- (programming) Initialism of internal compiler error.
- Acronym of iridocorneal endothelial syndrome.
- 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
adj
name
- Initialism of International Cultural Exchange.
- (sports) Abbreviation of Iceland.
- Initialism of Institution of Civil Engineers.
- (government, US) Acronym of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“law-enforcement agency responsible for immigration and customs matters of the United States Federal government”).
- (rail transport) Initialism of Intercity-Express (“German high speed train”).
phrase
verb
- (slang, neologism, transitive, uncommon) To apprehend or deport by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- (automotive, slang) To occupy a reserved electric car parking space (especially one equipped with a charger) with a traditional car equipped with an internal combustion engine.
- (slang, neologism, transitive, uncommon) To kill (in reference to and often by Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
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
- (Australia, slang) A car's engine.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A dense mist or drizzle
- (Northern England, Scotland) A mouldy dampness; mouldiness
- buttocks
- (Australia, slang) A fool.
- (slang) A donkey (the animal).
- (British, uncountable) A sub-genre of Scouse house music containing distinctive percussion sounds.
- (poker, slang, derogatory) A poor player who makes mistakes.
- (Northern England, Scotland) dampness; moistness
- A 1971 to 1976 Chevrolet Caprice or Impala that has been modified, usually by being raised and given bigger wheels.
adj
verb
- (Northern England, Scotland) To drizzle
- (slang, intransitive, Canada, US) To mess around, to play
- (slang, transitive) To hit
- (poker slang) To make a donk bet.
- (Northern England, Scotland) To moisten; dampen
- (Australia, colloquial, slang) To provide a second person with a lift on a bicycle (formerly, on a horse), seating the passenger either in front (on the handlebar) or behind (sharing the seat); to travel as a passenger in such manner.
noun
- (aviation) Acronym of current engine option.
- (UK, countable) Initialism of civil enforcement officer.
- (Internet slang, humorous) A notional title for a leading partaker in, or advocate of something or someone.
- (Philippines, government) Initialism of city engineering office.
- (countable, business) Initialism of chief executive officer.
- the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
verb
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
- 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
- Abbreviation of utility vehicle.
- Abbreviation of ultraviolet.
- (computer graphics, attributive) The axes of a two-dimensional texture, as opposed to those (X, Y, Z) of the three-dimensional model to which it is applied.
- radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
adj
noun
- (energy) Acronym of reciprocating internal combustion engine.
- (chemistry) Acronym of reaction, initial, change, equilibrium (“a tabular system for keeping track of changing concentrations in an equilibrium reaction”).
- (medicine) Acronym of rest, immobilization, cold, elevation (“a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries”).
- (medicine) Acronym of rest, ice, compression, elevation (“a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries”).
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
- (automotive) Acronym of high-output turbo (turbocharger).
- (electronics) Acronym of hybrid-orientation technique, a technique that applies the technology.
- (video games) Initialism of health over time: a status effect that restores health points as time passes.
- (road transport) Acronym of high occupancy or toll lane.
- (electronics) Acronym of hybrid-orientation technology (“CMOS fabrication technology that uses PMOS and NMOS substrates with differing orientations”).
adj
noun
- (automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
- (construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
- A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
- (nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
- (Scotland) A sudden or heavy fall of rain; a deluge.
- A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
- The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
- a well or other hole in which water has collected
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (automotive, slang) One horsepower.
- a contraption built like a mount, strong enough to support one's weight
- (Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
- (slang) A ponytail hairstyle.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
- (endearing) A horse of any size.
- (regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
- (slang) A chorus girl of small stature.
- (preceded by definite article) A dance from the 1960s in which the dancer mimics the high-stepping prance of a pony.
- (UK, slang) Twenty-five pounds (money).
- (slang, derogatory, video games) Ellipsis of Sony pony.
- A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- (US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
- a range horse of the western United States
- any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
- a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
- an informal term for a racehorse
- a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
adj
verb
noun
- (nautical) A small auxiliary engine.
- A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
- A stubborn person.
- (UK, nautical) A sailor's storage chest.
- (poker slang) A bad poker player.
- A fool.
- domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn
- the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
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
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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).