'propellant' definitions:
Definition of 'propellant'
From: WordNet
adjective
Tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought" [syn: propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive]
noun
Any substance that propels [syn: propellant, propellent]
Synonyms of 'propellant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- active,
- airscrew,
- alcohol,
- benzine,
- briquette,
- burnable,
- butane,
- carbon,
- catalyst,
- charcoal,
- charge,
- coal,
- coke,
- combustible,
- dope,
- driver,
- driving,
- ethane,
- ethanol,
- exhaust,
- fan,
- fireball,
- firing,
- flammable,
- flammable material,
- fuel,
- fuel additive,
- fuel dope,
- gas,
- gas carbon,
- gasoline,
- heptane,
- hexane,
- impeller,
- impelling,
- impetus,
- impulse,
- in motion,
- incentive,
- incitation,
- inflammable,
- inflammable material,
- isooctane,
- jet fuel,
- jet propulsion,
- kerosene,
- liquid oxygen,
- methane,
- methanol,
- mobile,
- motile,
- motivation,
- motivational,
- motive,
- motor,
- moving,
- natural gas,
- octane,
- oil,
- paddle wheel,
- paraffin,
- peat,
- pentane,
- piston,
- prop,
- propane,
- propeller,
- propelling,
- propulsion charge,
- propulsive,
- propulsor,
- propulsory,
- provocative,
- pulsive,
- pushing,
- reaction propulsion,
- rocket fuel,
- rocket propulsion,
- rotor,
- screw,
- screw propeller,
- shoving,
- spur,
- stimulant,
- stirring,
- thrust,
- transitional,
- traveling,
- turbine,
- turf,
- twin screws,
- wheel
Words containing 'propellant'
- Propel,
- Propelled,
- Propeller,
- Propelling,
- propellent,
- propellant propellent propelling propulsive,
- Hydraulic propeller,
- Jet propeller,
- Propeller wheel,
- Screw propeller,
- Steam propeller,
- Tractor propeller,
- airplane propeller,
- propellant explosive,
- propeller plane,
- rocket propellant,
- rocket propellent,
- jet-propelled,
- rocket-propelled,
- self-propelled,
- self-propelled self-propelling,
- self-propelling,
- Fish-tail propeller,
- double-propeller plane,
- jet-propelled plane,
- self-propelled vehicle,
- single-propeller plane,
- turbo-propeller plane,
- twin-propeller-plane,
- variable-pitch propeller