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 |
| check-in | the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel) |
check checkout
check-out procedure | the act of inspecting or verifying, they made a check of their equipment, the pilot ran through the check-out procedure |
| spot check | a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning, spot checks ensure a high level of performance by employees |
checkup
medical checkup
medical examination
medical exam
medical
health check | a thorough physical examination, includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
| check | (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king |
| discovered check | a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop |
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 |
| check | obstructing an opponent in ice hockey |
| poke check | knocking the puck away by jabbing at it with the hockey stick |
| flight control | control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically |
functional magnetic resonance imaging
fMRI | a form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain |
blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging
BOLD FMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation |
| attendance check | a call of students' names in a classroom |
bridle
check curb | the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess, his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper |
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 |
| check | a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard), she wore a skirt with checks |
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 |
houndstooth check
hound's-tooth check
dogstooth check
dogs-tooth check
dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
check
chip | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something |
| flight | passing above and beyond ordinary bounds, a flight of fancy, flights of rhetoric, flights of imagination |
hindrance
hinderance
deterrent
impediment
balk
baulk
check handicap | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
assay
check | an appraisal of the state of affairs, they made an assay of the contents, a check on its dependability under stress |
countercheck
double check | something that checks the correctness of a previous check |
confirmation
verification
check substantiation | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct, fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory |
| bed check | a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be |
parity check
redundancy check
odd-even check | a system of checking for errors in computer functioning |
functional anatomy
physiological anatomy
morphophysiology | the study of anatomy in its relation to function |
| functional genomics | the branch of genomics that determines the biological function of the genes and their products |
predicate calculus
functional calculus | a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions) |
| cyclic redundancy check | an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data |
| check register | a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order) |
stub check stub
counterfoil | the part of a check that is retained as a record |
check
chit
tab | the bill in a restaurant, he asked the waiter for the check |
| rain check | a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain |
check mark
check tick | a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc., as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name |