forced landing emergency landing | an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control |
merging meeting coming together | the act of joining together as one, the merging of the two groups occurred quickly, there was no meeting of minds |
emergency procedure | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) |
prayer meeting prayer service | a service at which people sing hymns and pray together |
meeting coming together | the social act of assembling for some common purpose, his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day |
emergency room ER | a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment |
fire escape emergency exit | a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency |
forum assembly meeting place | a public facility to meet for open discussion |
hand brake emergency emergency brake parking brake | a brake operated by hand, usually operates by mechanical linkage |
emergency medicine | the branch of medicine concerned with the prompt diagnosis and treatment of injuries or trauma or sudden illness |
Emergency Alert System EAS | a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA, enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events |
meeting encounter | a casual or unexpected convergence, he still remembers their meeting in Paris, there was a brief encounter in the hallway |
emergency exigency pinch | a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action, he never knew what to do in an emergency |
meet sports meeting | a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held |
race meeting | a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track, the Epsom race meeting was an important social event |
Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA | an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities |
United Nations Children's Fund United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund UNICEF | an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries |
meeting group meeting | a formally arranged gathering, next year the meeting will be in Chicago, the meeting elected a chairperson |
board meeting committee meeting | a meeting for administrative purposes |
camp meeting | religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days |
stockholders meeting | a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company |
meeting get together | a small informal social gathering, there was an informal meeting in my living room |
town meeting | government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters |
summit summit meeting | a meeting of heads of governments |
town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town |
rally mass meeting | a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm |
luncheon meeting lunch meeting | a meeting for lunch, usually to conduct business while eating |
revival revival meeting | an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion |
confluence meeting | a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers), Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers |
meeting house honeysuckle Aquilegia canadensis | columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers |
concurrence meeting of minds | a state of cooperation |
sense of the meeting | general agreement reached by an assembled group, no vote was taken, but after each discussion the chair summed up the sense of the meeting |
emergency | a state in which martial law applies, the governor declared a state of emergency |
go-to-meeting(a) Sunday-go-to-meeting(a) | used of clothing, my good clothes, her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes |