Term: four-stroke engine: 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
Broader: engine: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | Unrelated: deanery: the official residence of a dean
Broader: engine: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | Unrelated: alluvial sediment: clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Broader: engine: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | Unrelated: barrenwort: slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover
Broader: engine: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | Unrelated: pseudohallucination: an image vivid enough to be a hallucination but recognized as unreal
Broader: engine: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | Unrelated: superficies: the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance; -R.W.Speaight
Broader: engine: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | Unrelated: music hall: a theater in which vaudeville is staged
Broader: engine: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | Unrelated: rating: standing or position on a scale
Broader: engine: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | Unrelated: furring: a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue
Broader: engine: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | Unrelated: noctiluca: large bioluminescent marine protozoan
Broader: engine: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | Unrelated: strainer: a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through