escape flight | the act of escaping physically, he made his escape from the mental hospital, the canary escaped from its cage, his flight was an indication of his guilt |
flight maneuver airplane maneuver | a maneuver executed by an aircraft |
flight | a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports, I took the noon flight to Chicago |
connecting flight | a flight with an intermediate stop and a change of aircraft (possibly a change of airlines) |
direct flight | a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft |
domestic flight | a flight that begins and ends in the same country |
international flight | a flight that takes off in one country and lands in another |
nonstop flight nonstop | a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination, how many nonstops are there to Dallas? |
redeye redeye flight | a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep, he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning |
flight flying | an instance of traveling by air, flying was still an exciting adventure for him |
maiden flight | the first flight of its kind, the Stealth bomber made its maiden flight in |
terrain flight low level flight | flight at very low altitudes |
manual labor manual labour | labor done with the hands |
operations research | research designed to determine most efficient way to do something |
flight control | control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically |
manual of arms manual | (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle |
chemical warfare chemical operations | warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy |
operations trading operations | financial transactions at a brokerage, having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records |
flight feather pinion quill quill feather | any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird |
airstrip flight strip landing strip strip | an airfield without normal airport facilities |
artificial horizon gyro horizon flight indicator | a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope, it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot |
base base of operations | installation from which a military force initiates operations, the attack wiped out our forward bases |
flight flight of stairs flight of steps | a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next |
flight deck landing deck | the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, used as a runway |
flight simulator trainer | simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane |
flight | passing above and beyond ordinary bounds, a flight of fancy, flights of rhetoric, flights of imagination |
dexterity manual dexterity sleight | adroitness in using the hands |
sign manual | the signature of a sovereign on an official document |
manual | a small handbook |
instruction manual instructions book of instructions operating instructions | a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it |
reference manual | a manual containing information organized in a summary manner |
sex manual | a manual containing instruction in sexual techniques, intended to enhance the reader's sexual life |
manual alphabet finger alphabet | an alphabet used by the deaf, letters are represented by finger positions |
flight | an air force unit smaller than a squadron |
flight | a formation of aircraft in flight |
flight | a flock of flying birds |
air lane flight path airway skyway | a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another |
flight path | the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air |
field field of operations theater theater of operations theatre theatre of operations | a region in which active military operations are in progress, the army was in the field awaiting action, he served in the Vietnam theater for three years |
flight line | place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways) |
line of flight | the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air |
flight engineer | the flight crewman responsible for mechanical operation while in flight |
flight surgeon | a medical officer specializing in aviation medicine |
laborer manual laborer labourer jack | someone who works with their hands, someone engaged in manual labor |
steward flight attendant | an attendant on an airplane |
trajectory flight | the path followed by an object moving through space |
megaflop MFLOP million floating point operations per second | (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system |
teraflop trillion floating point operations per second | (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system |
fledge flight | decorate with feathers, fledge an arrow |
flight | fly in a flock, flighting wild geese |