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 |
deck tennis | game played mainly on board ocean liners, players toss a ring back and forth over a net that is stretched across a small court |
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 |
bell deck | a floor under the bells of an open belfry |
boat deck | the upper deck on which lifeboats are stored |
bridge bridge deck | an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands |
buzz bomb robot bomb flying bomb doodlebug V- | a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb |
cargo area cargo deck cargo hold hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
cassette deck | a tape deck for playing and recording cassette tapes |
deck | any of various platforms built into a vessel |
deck | street name for a packet of illegal drugs |
deck | a porch that resembles the deck on a ship |
deck chair beach chair | a folding chair for use outdoors, a wooden frame supports a length of canvas |
deck-house | a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship |
flight deck landing deck | the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, used as a runway |
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 |
freeboard deck | the uppermost watertight deck |
gun deck | formerly any deck other than the weather deck having cannons from end to end |
hurricane deck hurricane roof promenade deck awning deck | a deck at the top of a passenger ship |
hurricane lamp hurricane lantern tornado lantern storm lantern storm lamp | an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds, candlestick with a glass chimney |
lido deck | an open deck including a swimming pool |
lower deck third deck | the deck below the main deck |
main deck second deck | the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel |