Term: internal-combustion engine: 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
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: lygaeid: a true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: skivvy: a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: major term: the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: passive voice: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: illegality: unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: genus chaenactis: genus of flowering herbs of western United States
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: merluccius: hakes
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: puddingwife: bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: agent: any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
Broader: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work | Unrelated: loner: a person who avoids the company or assistance of others