uplock
tailhook
stick shaker
loiter
glideslope
tailwheel
stabilizer
stick pusher
tailstand
dangle the Dunlops
ACAS
cloche
Cooper vane
anchor
ground tackle
undercarriage
belly landing
nosewheel
flight control
gear-up landing
taildragger
swashplate
beer lever
jet pack
law
airhead
pontoon
bogie
joystick
catapult
ownship
taxi
arresting gear
repulsor
control stick
stick
collective
lockout
interrupter gear
antithrust
arrester
eject
inclined plane
safety
arrester hook
bolter
helicopteron
zero-zero
rotaplane
soar
apron
nosegear
equalizer
thrust reverser
chocks away
pilotless aircraft
trap
black box
drone
ejector seat
radio-controlled aircraft
stab
bicycle landing gear
dual control
localizer
Archie
unspool
elevator
fin
pylon
canard
steering
vertical tail
drogue
sideslip
berth
hydroaviation
jet propulsion
rotorcraft
beartrap
air cover
slat
spot
wing bar
aerotechnics
body gear
high-lift device
jato
rate-of-climb indicator
scramble
wing
tanker aircraft
pushback
launcher
solo
antithrust
zero-zero
uplock
tailhook
stick shaker
glideslope
tailwheel
stabilizer
stick pusher
tailstand
cloche
Cooper vane
anchor
ground tackle
undercarriage
belly landing
nosewheel
flight control
gear-up landing
taildragger
swashplate
beer lever
jet pack
law
airhead
pontoon
bogie
joystick
catapult
ownship
arresting gear
repulsor
control stick
stick
collective
lockout
interrupter gear
arrester
inclined plane
safety
arrester hook
helicopteron
rotaplane
apron
nosegear
equalizer
thrust reverser
pilotless aircraft
black box
drone
ejector seat
radio-controlled aircraft
stab
bicycle landing gear
dual control
localizer
Archie
elevator
fin
pylon
canard
steering
vertical tail
drogue
sideslip
hydroaviation
jet propulsion
rotorcraft
beartrap
air cover
slat
wing bar
aerotechnics
body gear
high-lift device
jato
rate-of-climb indicator
scramble
wing
tanker aircraft
pushback
launcher
solo
loiter
dangle the Dunlops
taxi
eject
bolter
soar
safety
trap
unspool
berth
spot
noun
- An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.
- A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
- A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
- A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
noun
- A mode of operation of the flight controls of a fly-by-wire aircraft.
- Any statement of the relation of acts and conditions to their consequences.
- A person or group that act(s) with authority to uphold such rules and order (for example, one or more police officers).
- The body of such rules that pertain to a particular topic.
- The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.
- The profession that deals with such rules (as lawyers, judges, police officers, etc).
- Common law, as contrasted with equity.
- Jurisprudence, the field of knowledge which encompasses these rules.
- One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
- Litigation; legal action (as a means of maintaining or restoring order, redressing wrongs, etc).
- A rule or principle regarding the construction of language or art.
- An allowance of distance or time (a head start) given to a weaker (human or animal) competitor in a race, to make the race more fair.
- Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)
- A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)
- A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.
- A binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way.
- The control and order brought about by the observance of such rules.
- One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.
- An oath sworn before a court, especially disclaiming a debt. (Chiefly in the phrases "wager of law", "wage one's law", "perform one's law", "lose one's law".)
- A sound law; a regular change in the pronunciation of a language.
verb
noun
- A set of wheels attached to one of an aircraft's landing gear, or the structure connecting the wheels in one such set.
- One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.
- A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
- An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
- A piece of dried mucus in or removed from the nostril.
- A score of one over par on a hole.
- A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
- A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
verb
noun
noun
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- informal terms for the leg
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- threat of a penalty
verb
- put, fix, force, or implant
- stay put (in a certain place)
- stick to firmly
- be or become fixed
- endure
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- be loyal to
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- be a mystery or bewildering to
noun
- A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation.
- An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.
- A situation where the system is not responding to input.
- The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.
- The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
- The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
- The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
- The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown.
verb
- To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.
- To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
- To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
- To come out of a machine.
- To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
- To throw out or remove forcefully.
noun
noun
- A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.
- An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or stepping out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points to the opposite team.
- The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
- Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
- A safety squeeze.
- Preservation from escape; close custody.
verb
verb
- To miss a landing on an aircraft carrier by failing to catch the arresting gear wires with the aircraft's tailhook.
- To pound rapidly.
- To smear or become smeared with a grimy substance.
- To sift or filter through a sieve or bolter.
- To swim or turn sideways while eating.
- To fish using a bolter.
noun
- A horse that wins at long odds.
- A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
- A person who sifts flour or meal.
- A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
- A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
- In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
- A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
- A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
- A filter mechanism.
- An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
- A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
adj
- Pertaining to the ejection of the occupant of an aircraft from a grounded stationary position (i.e. zero altitude and zero airspeed).
- Involving neither of two powers increasing their stockpile of nuclear weapons.
- Pertaining to weather conditions of zero ceiling and zero visibility (i.e., opaque cloud all the way down to ground level), or to aircraft operations in such conditions.
verb
- To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
- To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
- To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
noun
noun
- a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used
- a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
- (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
- the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
noun
- A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
- A device that balances various quantities.
- One who makes equal; a balancer.
- A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
- A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
- A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
- A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
- A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
- An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
- A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
verb
- To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
- To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
- To provide with a trap.
- To leave suddenly, to flee.
- To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
- Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman.
- To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
- to trap foxes
- To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game.
noun
- A person's mouth.
- An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.
- A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
- The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
- A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
- The trapezius muscle.
- A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
- Trapshooting.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
- A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
- A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
- Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
- Belongings.
- The game of trapball itself.
- A cubicle (in a public toilet).
- A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
- A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko, josou.
- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
- An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood.
- A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
- Someone who is anatomically male but who passes as female.
noun
- an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- an unchanging intonation
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
verb
noun
- The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
- A wound made by stabbing.
- An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
- Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
- Criticism.
- An attempt.
- A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
- A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
verb
- To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
- To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- To thrust in a stabbing motion.
- To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
- To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
- To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
- To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
noun
- A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
- A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
- A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
- A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.
- Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
- Anything that raises or uplifts.
- A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
noun
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
- The conning tower of a submarine.
- a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- The finish, the end
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
verb
noun
- A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
- An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
- An obelisk.
- A traffic cone.
- A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg.
- A starting derrick for an aeroplane.
- A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
- A lighting mast; a freestanding support for floodlights.
- A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.
- A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
- A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung.
noun
- A horizontal control and stabilization surface located in front of the main wing of an aircraft.
- A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.
- Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.
- A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
noun
- a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane
- a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
- restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind
- a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly
noun
- A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.
- A flight maneuver to rapidly lose speed and/or altitude whilst not altering the aircraft's ground track.
- The angle between an aircraft's longitudinal axis and its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.
- A flight condition where an aircraft's longitudinal axis is not aligned with its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.
verb
verb
- To use a device to bring a spaceship into its berth/dock
- to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth/berthing
- to assign a berth (bunk or position) to
noun
- A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
- position on the field of play
- Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
- A job or position, especially on a ship.
- Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
- A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc).
- A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
noun
- A device that traps a probe on a rotorcraft, securing it to the helicopter deck of a vessel.
- A system of rotorcraft recovery aboard watercraft in heavy sea states, which uses the beartrap device to land securely and transport the aircraft into the hangar.
- A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.
- A radar trap used by police to catch speeders.
noun
- A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
- A ski.
- A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
- A thin piece of stone; a slate.
verb
verb
- To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
- To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.
- To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
- To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
- To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
noun
- A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
- The act of spotting or noticing something.
- An official determination of placement.
- A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- Penalty spot.
- A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- An autosoliton.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- A parking space.
- One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
- Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
- A difficult situation.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- A decimal point; point.
- A location or area.
- Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
adj
noun
- A support strut on for the wing of an airplane.
- A sand bar or spit at the side of a river, bay, or harbor.
- One of two shallow bars on either side of the flue of a small boiler, designed to fill the space resulting from the extreme curvature of the flue.
- A band of contrasting color or of feathers with a distinct appearance that crosses a bird's wing.
noun
- An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
- An impromptu maneuver or run by a quarterback, attempting to gain yardage or avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.
- A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.
- Any frantic period of competitive activity.
- A variant of golf in which each player in a team tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their second shot from within a club length of where the best ball has come to rest, and the procedure is repeated until the hole is finished.
- A statistic used in assessing a player's short game, consisting of a chip or putt from under 50 yards away that results in requiring one putt or less on the green.
- A motocross race.
verb
- To be quickly deployed in this manner.
- To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
- To gather or collect by scrambling.
- To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
- To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
- To partake in motocross.
- To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
- To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.
- To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner.
- To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
- To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
intj
noun
- Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
- One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly
- Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
- A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
- Passage by flying; flight.
- A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
- A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
- A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
- 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.
- A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
- A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
- The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
- A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
- A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
- Human arm.
- On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.
- A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
- A háček.
verb
noun
- A procedure in which an aircraft is pushed backwards away from the gate by some external force, usually a special tractor.
- Summary expulsion of asylum seekers, especially when violating the principle of nonrefoulement.
- The act of repelling an enemy, etc.
- Criticism of or resistance to a proposal, stance, or event.
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