time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
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. |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
flying mare | a wrestling maneuver |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
instrument flying | navigation of an airplane solely by instruments |
time exposure | exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second) |
harvest harvest time | the season for gathering crops |
haying haying time | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
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 |
buzz bomb robot bomb flying bomb doodlebug V- | a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
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 |
line printer line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
page printer page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
ramjet ramjet engine atherodyde athodyd flying drainpipe | a simple type of jet engine, must be launched at high speed |
time-ball | a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time, especially at an observatory |
time bomb infernal machine | a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time |
time capsule | container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time |
time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
time-delay measuring instrument time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
time exposure | a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time |