| afterburner |
a device that increases the thrust of a jet engine by injecting fuel into the exhaust gases for burning. [1/2 definitions] |
| airplane |
a machine that can fly because of the force of air upon its wings; plane. An airplane is driven by propellers or a jet engine. |
| B-1 |
a heavy U.S. jet bomber built for the 1980s. |
| B-52 |
a heavy U.S. bomber with eight jet engines. |
| backwash |
in aeronautical terminology, air that a propeller, jet engine, or the like pushes toward the rear of an airplane. [1/4 definitions] |
| combustion chamber |
an engine chamber, esp. in a jet or rocket, in which fuel or a propellant is burned. |
| combustor |
the apparatus in a jet engine in which combustion occurs. |
| cruise missile |
a long-range guided missile, propelled by a jet or rocket and capable of being launched from an aircraft, ship, or submarine. |
| douche |
a stream or jet of water or air directed at or into a part or cavity of the body, in order to cleanse it. [2/5 definitions] |
| fanjet |
a jet engine that uses an impeller fan to draw in more air than is needed for fuel combustion, the excess being mixed with the products of the combustion to form an exhaust jet that provides extra thrust; turbofan. [1/2 definitions] |
| flame-out |
failure of the combustion of a jet engine while the aircraft is in flight. |
| gas burner |
the nozzle at the end of a gas fixture; gas jet. |
| gas mantle |
an incombustible meshwork hood for a gas jet or kerosene wick that gives off a brilliant incandescent light when a flame is lit within it. |
| hydrazine |
a colorless and corrosive fuming liquid substance of nitrogen and hydrogen that is used in rocket and jet fuels. |
| jato |
an act or the process of taking off by an aircraft using auxiliary or disposable jet or rocket engines (acronym for "jet-assisted takeoff"). [1/2 definitions] |
| jet1 |
to travel in a jet airplane. [1/5 definitions] |
| jet2 |
made of jet. [2/4 definitions] |
| jet engine |
an engine that causes forward movement by the power of a stream of gases being forced out under pressure in the opposite direction. Jet engines are often used in aircraft. |
| jet lag |
a temporary disruption of biological rhythms as the result of traveling by jet airplane across several time zones. |
| jetliner |
a commercial jet airplane used for carrying passengers or cargo. |
| jetport |
an airport designed with long runways for use by jet aircraft. |