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Aeolipyle
noun · 78% connection
An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which stea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
Barge
noun · 78% connection
A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
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: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
Booking clerk
unknown · 78% connection
A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
Booking office
unknown · 78% connection
An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
Calliope
noun · 78% connection
A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
Catamaran
noun · 78% connection
Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable fo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
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: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
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: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
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: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
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: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
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: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
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: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
Felucca
noun · 78% connection
A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
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: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
Funnel
verb · 78% connection
A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the iron chimney of a steamship or the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
Galley
noun · 78% connection
A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
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: vessel, propelled, steam, steamship, steamboat.
