n. 25B6; noun
a car engine : MOTOR, machine, mechanism. See list.
the main engine of change : CAUSE, agent, instrument, originator, initiator, generator.
(historical) engines of war : DEVICE, contraption, apparatus, machine, appliance, mechanism, implement, instrument, tool.
Engines
beam engine ramjet engine
Diesel engine rebore
donkey engine reciprocating engine
double-acting engine rocket engine
dynamo rotary engine
electric motor stationary engine
external-combustion engine steam engine
flat-four engine sterndrive
flathead engine Stirling engine
four-stroke (engine) straight-eight
gas turbine turbine
heat engine turbofan
internal-combustion engine turbojet
ion engine turboprop
jet engine turboshaft
linear motor twin-cam engine
Otto engine two-stroke (engine)
petrol engine ullage rocket
piston engine V engine
pulse jet engine Wankel engine
radial engine