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Automobile, byname auto, also called motorcar or car, a usually four-wheeled vehicle designed primarily for passenger transportation and commonly propelled by an internal-combustion engine using a volatile fuel.
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wagonette
wagonette, horse-drawn carriage designed to carry a large number of passengers who sat on long bench-style seats......
Waterloo Station
Waterloo Station, railway station in the borough of Lambeth, London, England. It is one of the largest stations......
weather satellite
weather satellite, any of a class of Earth satellites designed to monitor meteorological conditions (see Earth...
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo, multinational financial services company with headquarters in San Francisco, California. The founders......
Western Air Lines, Inc.
Western Air Lines, Inc., former American airline that was first incorporated in 1925 as Western Air Express, Inc.,......
whaleboat
whaleboat, light, swift, rowing and sailing boat fitted with a centreboard (retractable keel), initially developed......
wheelchair, electric
electric wheelchair, any seating surface with wheels affixed to it that is propelled by an electrically based power......
Wilhelm Gustloff
Wilhelm Gustloff, German ocean liner that was sunk by a Soviet submarine on January 30, 1945. An estimated 9,000......
wing
wing, in aeronautics, an airfoil that helps lift a heavier-than-air craft. When positioned above the fuselage (high......
Wright flyer of 1903
Wright flyer of 1903, first powered airplane to demonstrate sustained flight under the full control of the pilot.......
Wright flyer of 1905
Wright flyer of 1905, third powered airplane designed, built, and flown by Wilbur and Orville Wright. It represented......
Wright glider of 1902
Wright glider of 1902, biplane glider designed and built by Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton, Ohio, during the......
Wright military flyer of 1909
Wright military flyer of 1909, airplane built by Wilbur and Orville Wright and sold to the U.S. Army Signal Corps......
X-15
X-15, rocket-powered research aircraft built in the 1950s by North American Aviation, Inc., for the U.S. military......
yacht
yacht, a sail- or power-driven vessel, usually light and comparatively small, used for racing or for recreation.......
yawl
yawl, two-masted sailboat, usually rigged with one or more jibsails, a mainsail, and a mizzen. In common with the......
yoke
yoke, wooden bar or frame used to join draft animals at the heads or necks so that they pull together. In the early......
zeppelin
zeppelin, rigid airship of a type originally manufactured by Luftschiffsbau-Zeppelin, consisting of a cigar-shaped,......
Zond
Zond, any of a series of eight unmanned Soviet lunar and interplanetary probes. Zond 1 (launched April 2, 1964)......

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