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Afflation
noun · 78% connection
A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Amphoric
adjective · 78% connection
Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Anti-trade
noun · 78% connection
A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Bellows
n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection
An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air throug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Blast
noun · 78% connection
A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Blast pipe
unknown · 78% connection
The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Blore
noun · 78% connection
The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Blow
noun · 78% connection
A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Camel
noun · 78% connection
A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow wate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Chest
noun · 78% connection
A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Condenser
noun · 78% connection
An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of S…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Cushion
noun · 78% connection
a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Cut-off
noun · 78% connection
The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Cylinder
noun · 78% connection
The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is moved by the force of steam.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Distribution
noun · 78% connection
The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Fresh-water
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
Frigate
noun · 78% connection
Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vesse…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
High-pressure
adjective · 78% connection
Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hyd…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: blowing, steam, water.
