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• n  any substance that propels
• s  tending to or capable of propelling
  propellant fuel for submarines

• The farther you're going, the more propellant you need, but every pound of it you add means more mass the engine must propel, which requires more fuel still, and on and on.
• A smokeless, solid-propellant, dual-thrust rocket motor propels the missile.
• Liquid-propellant engines or solid-propellant motors can be used on either.

• propellent
• propelling
• propulsive

News & Articles

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• Patent awarded today to NJIT for novel use of water jets to create high tensile strength alloy parts
  ( New Jersey Institute of Technology ) US Patent Number 8,459,078 entitled "System and Method for Forming of Tubular Parts" discloses a method for using propellant driven water. It teaches a method in which a combustion chamber generates a gas to drive water through a tubular part with sufficient force to mold the part into the form provided by the die surrounding the high tensile strength alloy ...
  June 11, 2013 - EurekAlert!
• La. company, employees indicted in explosives case
  Six executives of a Louisiana company that recycles explosives were indicted Monday in an investigation into the improper storage of millions of pounds of military propellant, a discovery that led a small town to evacuate after an explosion.
  June 10, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• La. company, managers indicted in explosives case
  Louisiana authorities have indicted Explo Systems Inc. and six unnamed owners and managers on charges relating to improper storage of millions of pounds of explosive military propellant. Webster Parish ...
  June 10, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News