easily ignited

easily ignited

cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat

One who keeps track of time; a timekeeper, A timepiece, especially one used for measuring and signaling the end of time intervals, as on a stove, A device that controls the timing of the sparks that ignite the fuel in an internal-combustion engine

To move or extend in a certain direction, To manage the activities and transactions of; run, To apply one's attention; attend, transitive verb_ To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard, To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to, To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn, verb_ To make a tender of; to offer or tende, have care of or look after, have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors, Chemical symbol, Si; atomic weight, 28. 19. A non-metallic element which is obtained in three allotropic forms?namely, amorphous, as a dull-brown powder soluble in alkali, which burns when ignited; graphitic, in crystalline leaves having a strong metallic luster and lead-gray color, insoluble in alkali and non-combustible; and crystalline, in octahedral needles having a red luster, and hardness a little less than that of the diamond, Elementary silicon can now he prepared in large qnantity by electrolysis, and in a fused condition. Like its oxid, in cooling from a state of fusion it passes through a plastic stage in which it can be molded into special forms or drawn into threads

A cylindrical tube of pasteboard or metal filled with a mixture of niter, sulphur, charcoal, etc., which, on being ignited at the base, propels the tube forward by the impact of the liberated gases against the atmosphere, A blunt lance head used in the joust, any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine, verb_ propel with a rocket, To attack something with rockets, To accelerate swiftly and powerfully, intransitive verb_ (Sporting), engraving To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective,

The zone of burning gases and fine suspended matter associated with rapid combustion; a hot, glowing mass of burning gas or vapor, A violent or intense passion, The gleam appearing at night from a school of herrings, intransitive verb_ To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor, To burn, ignite, or scorch (something) with a flame, transitive verb_ To kindle; to inflame; to excite, adjective_ Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame

The launching of a missile, rocket, or similar ballistic body, Discharged bullets or other projectiles, Liveliness and vivacity of imagination; brilliance, intransitive verb_ To cause to burn; ignite or set fire to, To start (a fuel-burning engine or a vehicle with such an engine) Often used with up, To bake or dry by heating, as in a kiln

A diesel engine, an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil, A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed, verb_ To ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression, automotive For a spark-ignition internal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to the spark plugs has been turned off This occurs when there's enough heat in the combustion chamber to ignite the air/fuel without a spark, the same way heat and pressure cause ignition in a diesel engine, intransitive verb_ To drive a diesel-powered vehicle, To refuel a diesel-powered vehicle Often used with up, To drive a diesel-powered vehicle