Technology / Aviation / Cowl: A circular, removable FAIRING around an aircraft engine (generally radial) for the purposes of streamling or cooling: aka RING COWLING.
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Technology / Aviation / Cowl Flap: A controllable louvre to regulating airflow through an engine's cowling. MORE
Technology / Aviation / Bumped Cowling: An engine FAIRING, generally circular, with welts or compound shapes in its surface to accommodate cylinder heads. MORE
Technology / Aviation / Ring Cowling: A circular engine FAIRING. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Ode: A long, often elaborate stanzaic poem of varying line lengths and sometimes intricate rhyme schemes dealing with a serious subject matter and treating it reverently. The ode is usually much longer tha MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Metaphysical Poets: In his 1693 work, Discourse of Satire, John Dryden used the term metaphysical to describe the style of certain poets earlier in the 17th century. Later, Samual Johnson popularized the term in 1779. Th MORE
Entertainment / Photography / Focusing Hood: Light proof cowl used on tlr and most roll film slr cameras to prevent extraneous light falling on the focusing screen. MORE