flying colors flying colours | complete success, they passed inspection with flying colors |
flight flying | an instance of traveling by air, flying was still an exciting adventure for him |
acrobatics aerobatics stunting stunt flying | the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft |
blind flying blind landing | using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. |
flying mare | a wrestling maneuver |
school assignment schoolwork | a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher |
instrument flying | navigation of an airplane solely by instruments |
flying visit | a visit that last for only a very short time, he wanted to hear all about my flying visit to his old stamping grounds |
carinate carinate bird flying bird | birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles |
flying gecko fringed gecko Ptychozoon homalocephalum | a gecko that has membranous expansions along the sides of its body and limbs and tail that enable it to glide short distances |
dragon flying dragon flying lizard | any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body |
pterosaur flying reptile | an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb |
flying phalanger flying opossum flying squirrel | nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body |
flying mouse | tiny flying phalanger |
flying fox | large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox |
American flying squirrel | New World flying squirrels |
southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans | small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States |
northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus | large flying squirrel, chiefly of Canada |
Asiatic flying squirrel | nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps |
taguan flying marmot flying cat Petaurista petaurista | East Indian flying squirrel |
flying lemur flying cat colugo | arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps |
flying fish | tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight |
monoplane flying fish two-wing flying fish | having only pectoral fins enlarged |
biplane flying fish four-wing flying fish | having both pectoral and pelvic fins enlarged |
flying gurnard flying robin butterflyfish | tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding, unrelated to searobins |
airfield landing field flying field field | a place where planes take off and land |
art school | a school specializing in art |
Ash Can Ashcan school | early thentury United States painting, portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life |
buzz bomb robot bomb flying bomb doodlebug V- | a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb |
day school | a school building without boarding facilities |
flying boat | a large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons |
flying bridge flybridge fly bridge monkey bridge | the highest navigational bridge on a ship, a small (often open) deck above the pilot house |
flying buttress arc-boutant | a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch |
flying carpet | (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go |
flying jib | the outermost of two or more jibs |
music school | a school specializing in music |
old school tie | necktie indicating the school the wearer attended |
ramjet ramjet engine atherodyde athodyd flying drainpipe | a simple type of jet engine, must be launched at high speed |
reformatory reform school training school | correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders |
school schoolhouse | a building where young people receive education, the school was built in , he walked to school every morning |
school bell | a bell rung to announce beginning or ending of class |
school bus | a bus used to transport children to or from school |
school crossing | a pedestrian crossing where school children cross a street on the way to school |
school ship training ship | a ship used to train students as sailors |
school system | establishment including the plant and equipment for providing education from kindergarten through high school |
school schooling | the process of being formally educated at a school, what will you do when you finish school? |
unidentified flying object UFO flying saucer | an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown, especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins |
Flying Dutchman | a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope |
doctrine philosophy philosophical system school of thought ism | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school |
school newspaper school paper | a newspaper written and published by students in a school |