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 |
orgy debauch
debauchery
saturnalia riot bacchanal
bacchanalia drunken revelry | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
riot control
riot control operation | the measures taken to control a riot |
| instrument flying | navigation of an airplane solely by instruments |
riot
public violence | a public act of violence by an unruly mob |
| race riot | a riot caused by hatred for one another of members of different races in the same community |
| 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 |
cruiser police cruiser
patrol car
police car
prowl car
squad car | a car in which policemen cruise the streets, equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters |
| 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 |
ramjet
ramjet engine
atherodyde
athodyd
flying drainpipe | a simple type of jet engine, must be launched at high speed |
| riot gun | a firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death |
| squad room | a room in a barracks where soldiers are billeted |
| squad room | a room in a police station where members of the force assemble for roll call and duty assignments |
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 |
| Riot Act | a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them |
| riot act | a vigorous reprimand, I read him the riot act |
| Distinguished Flying Cross | a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight |
belly laugh
sidesplitter
howler
thigh-slapper
scream wow
riot | a joke that seems extremely funny |
flying start
running start | a quick and auspicious beginning |
| flying start running start | a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line |
| flying squad | a mobile group of trained people (police or executives or officials) able to move quickly in the case of emergencies |
police squad
squad | a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime |