Read aircraft engine manuals. They can be bought on Ebay. Read the
material at Sacramento Sky Ranch.

Also try this:

http://www.answers.com/topic/journal...?hl=crankshaft


http://www.100megsfree4.com/dictiona...dicb.htm#Board

Comment: I found this 2nd one by googling mechanic's dictionary. It
is a humongous resource with megs and megs of info.

Thanks for the intellectual stimulation.