landing | the act of coming to land after a voyage |
landing | the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface), the plane made a smooth landing, his landing on his feet was catlike |
forced landing emergency landing | an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control |
amphibious landing | a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion, MacArthur staged a massive amphibious landing behind enemy lines |
landing approach | the approach to a landing field by an airplane |
blind flying blind landing | using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. |
aircraft landing airplane landing | landing an aircraft |
crash landing | an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft) |
three-point landing | a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time |
instrument landing | an aircraft landing made entirely by means of instruments |
skid slip sideslip | an unexpected slide |
diversionary landing | an amphibious diversionary attack |
Shiloh battle of Shiloh battle of Pittsburgh Landing | the second great battle of the American Civil War (), the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory |
snow bunting snowbird snowflake Plectrophenax nivalis | white Arctic bunting |
snow goose | blue goose in the white color phase |
snow leopard ounce Panthera uncia | large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur |
airfield landing field flying field field | a place where planes take off and land |
airstrip flight strip landing strip strip | an airfield without normal airport facilities |
brake shoe shoe skid | a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation |
coke blow nose candy snow C | street names for cocaine |
flight deck landing deck | the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, used as a runway |
landing landing place | structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods |
landing | an intermediate platform in a staircase |
landing craft | naval craft designed for putting ashore troops and equipment |
landing flap | a flap on the underside of the wing that is lowered to slow the plane for landing |
landing gear | an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground |
landing net | a bag-shaped fishnet on a long handle to take a captured fish from the water |
landing skid | one of two parts of the landing gear of a helicopter |
landing stage | platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded |
skid | one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects |
skid lid | a crash helmet |
skid road | a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled |
snowbank snow bank | a mound or heap of snow |
snow thrower snow blower | a machine that removes snow by scooping it up and throwing it forcefully through a chute |
snow tire | an automobile pneumatic tire with deep tread to give traction in snow |
tire chain snow chain | chain attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow |
undercarriage | framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle |
snow job | a long and elaborate misrepresentation |
snow pea sugar pea | green peas with flat edible pods |
landing party | a part of a ship's company organized for special duties ashore |
snow line | the line on a mountain above which there is perpetual snow and ice |
skid road | the district of a town frequented by loggers |
skid row | a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts |
Snow C. P. Snow Charles Percy Snow Baron Snow of Leicester | English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (-) |
chinook chinook wind snow eater | a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies |
snow snowfall | precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals |
flurry snow flurry | a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that), he had to close the window against the flurries, there was a flurry of chicken feathers |
ice crystal snow mist diamond dust poudrin ice needle frost snow frost mist | small crystals of ice |
snow-in-summer love-in-a-mist Cerastium tomentosum | chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers |
phantom orchid snow orchid Eburophyton austinae | waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers, northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho |