Converse of object

• spill: Slippery road -- 3.0 % Imagine a truck spills diesel onto a 30mph road.

• power: The iconic American brand Cadillac is now building a diesel powered car for the first time ever.

Adjective modifier

• 2.2-litre: Honda's 140PS 2.2-litre i-CTDi diesel continues; but as aerodynamic efficiency is improved by 12 per cent, fuel economy should improve.

• Red: Red diesel is a rebated fuel for use in agricultural machinery and not for use in road vehicles.

• red: At the moment leisure boaters in the UK fill up with red diesel, a fuel taxed at a lower rate than roadside diesel.

• conventional: Biodiesel can also be mixed, at any ratio, with conventional petroleum diesel.

• marine: Marine diesel contains higher sulfur content than land-based diesel fuel which translates into substantial sulfur dioxide emissions at sea.

• twin: Mechanical power is by Beta 10 hp twin cylinder diesel.

Modifies a noun

• locomotive: We rushed out of the shop in time to see four diesel locomotives hauling an enormous line of wagons to the East.

• engine: Whether a gas turbine is quieter than a diesel engine, I do not know.

• generator: The first vehicle contains a diesel generator for the train heating.

• shunter: The westbound demolition trains in 1968/9 were hauled by class 24 diesel locomotives with diesel shunters being used on eastbound trains.

• loco: The stuff is taken there by road and loaded into wagons which are propelled into the mountain by a Ruston diesel loco.

• railcar: There is a small loco depot here, which also provides re-fuelling facilities for the line's diesel railcar and shunters.

Noun used with modifier

• turbo: Nevertheless, British engined versions of the 600 soon appeared the first of which was the L-Series powered turbo diesel version.

• sulfur: Diesel: Low sulfur diesel cut by 3 pence a liter from April.

• bio: So when thinking of booking your next boating holiday, consider hiring a bio diesel boat to protect the natural environment you enjoy.

• liter: There's a new 3 liter diesel, too, and come the spring a 4.8 liter motor as well.

• four-cylinder: Refinement: noise suppression is not very successful in the four-cylinder diesel.

• petroleum: The energy content of biodiesel is about 90 percent that of petroleum diesel.