Bat's-wing
(a.) Alt. of Batwing |
Commander
(n.) A chief |
Commander
(n.) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army. |
Commander
(n.) The chief officer of a commandery. |
Commander
(n.) A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. |
Rank
(superl.) Luxuriant in growth |
Rank
(superl.) Raised to a high degree |
Rank
(superl.) Causing vigorous growth |
Rank
(superl.) Strong-scented |
Rank
(superl.) Strong to the taste. |
Rank
(superl.) Inflamed with venereal appetite. |
Rank
(adv.) Rankly |
Rank
(n. & v.) A row or line |
Rank
(n. & v.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side |
Rank
(n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility |
Rank
(n. & v.) An aggregate of individuals classed together |
Rank
(n. & v.) Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence |
Rank
(n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing |
Rank
(v. t.) To place abreast, or in a line. |
Rank
(v. t.) To range in a particular class, order, or division |
Rank
(v. t.) To take rank of |
Rank
(v. i.) To be ranged |
Rank
(v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life |
Sea wing
() A wing shell (Avicula). |
Standard-wing
(n.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing. |
Water wing
() One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current. |
Wing
(n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming. |
Wing
(n.) Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. |
Wing
(n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures. |
Wing
(n.) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes. |
Wing
(n.) Passage by flying |
Wing
(n.) Motive or instrument of flight |
Wing
(n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc. |
Wing
(n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder |
Wing
(n.) Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. |
Wing
(n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. |
Wing
(n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. |
Wing
(n.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. |
Wing
(n.) One of two corresponding appendages attached |
Wing
(n.) A side building, less than the main edifice |
Wing
(n.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work. |
Wing
(n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant |
Wing
(n.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc. |
Wing
(n.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle. |
Wing
(n.) One of the sides of the stags in a theater. |
Wing
(v. t.) To furnish with wings |
Wing
(v. t.) To supply with wings or sidepieces. |
Wing
(v. t.) To transport by flight |
Wing
(v. t.) To move through in flight |
Wing
(v. t.) To cut off the wings of |
| wing shooting | shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing) |
| buck-and-wing | a solo tap dance emphasizing sharp taps |
| rank order | an arrangement according to rank |
bastard wing
alula
spurious wing | tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing |
| wing | a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) |
forewing
fore-wing
fore wing | either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings |
wing case
elytron | either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings |
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 |
annex
annexe
extension
wing | an addition that extends a main building |
| coulisse wing flat | a flat situated in the wings |
| delta wing | an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle |
| fender wing | a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud, in Britain they call a fender a wing |
rotor blade
rotary wing | the long airfoil that rotates to provide the lift that supports a helicopter in the air |
| wing | one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane |
wing offstage
backstage | a stage area out of sight of the audience |
| wing chair | easy chair having wings on each side of a high back |
wing nut
wing-nut
wing screw
butterfly nut
thumbnut | a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning |
| wing tip | a decorative toecap having a point extending toward the throat of the shoe |
| wing tip | a shoe having a wing-tip toecap |
rank-order correlation coefficient
rank-order correlation
rank-difference correlation coefficient
rank-difference correlation | the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables |
| Kendall partial rank correlation | a nonparametric measure of partial correlation |
tau coefficient of correlation
Kendall's tau
Kendall rank correlation | a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings |
| insignia of rank | an insignia worn on a military uniform |
| wing | the wing of a fowl, he preferred the drumsticks to the wings |
| turkey wing | the wing of a turkey |
| chicken wing | the wing of a chicken |
| buffalo wing | crisp spicy chicken wings |
| barbecued wing | chicken wings cooked in barbecue sauce |
Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
SACLANT | commanding officer of ACLANT, a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council |
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
SACEUR | commanding officer of ACE, NATO's senior military commander in Europe |
| wing | a unit of military aircraft |
rank and file
rank | the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army), the strike was supported by the union rank and file, he rose from the ranks to become a colonel |
membership
rank | the body of members of an organization or group, they polled their membership, they found dissension in their own ranks, he joined the ranks of the unemployed |
| rank and file | people who constitute the main body of any group |
left
left wing | those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare |
right
right wing | those who support political or social or economic conservatism, those who believe that things are better left unchanged |
| rank | a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another, the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen |
flank
wing | the side of military or naval formation, they attacked the enemy's right flank |
| wing | a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function, they are the progressive wing of the Republican Party |
| wing | (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft |
cabstand
taxistand
taxi rank | a place where taxis park while awaiting customers, in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank' |
air force officer
commander | an officer in the airforce |
| commander | someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others |
| commander | a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain |
commander in chief
generalissimo | the officer who holds the supreme command, in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief |
commanding officer
commandant
commander | an officer in command of a military unit |
| lieutenant commander | a commissioned officer in the Navy ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander |
| naval commander | naval officer in command of a fleet of warships |
| wing | a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side |