(nautical, rail transport) Of the movement of a locomotive or a watercraft: by means of the power of its own engines (originally steam engines), rather than pulled or pushed by another vehicle.

Alternative form of bat a thousand

Alternative form of bird of paradise

plural of bird-of-paradise

A pan flute.

(idiomatic) To engage in an honorable fight.

plural of frame of reference

plural of lab on a chip

(UK) Any member of the House of Lords who is not a life peer. / (UK, historical) Any member of the hereditary peerage of the United Kingdom, (chiefly) of the Kingdom of England.

present participle of have one's fingers on the pulse