DONKEY ENGINE Synonyms

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

• an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

• an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

• any improvised arrangement for temporary use

• the act of devising something

• an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

• something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

• any clever maneuver

• any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

• an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)

• motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

• something used to achieve a purpose

• a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

• an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

• an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• an apparatus that produces a vapor or gas

• engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction

• someone who originates or causes or initiates something

• an electronic device for producing a signal voltage

• instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end

• apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design

• ensure observance of laws and rules

• pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue

• a device that requires skill for proper use

• the means whereby some act is accomplished

• a person used by another to gain an end

• (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

• the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process

• any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

• equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling

• write an instrumental score for

• address a legal document to

• any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

• an efficient person

• an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently

• a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

• a group that controls the activities of a political party

• a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

• turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

• make by machinery

• the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

• the technical aspects of doing something

• a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

• device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

• machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion

• a nonspecific agent that imparts motion

• conveying information to the muscles from the CNS

• causing or able to cause motion

• travel or be transported in a vehicle

• an implement used in the practice of a vocation

• the means whereby some act is accomplished

• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

• obscene terms for penis

• drive

• ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it

• furnish with tools

• work with a tool

• external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder

• (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass)

• a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard