English words for 'Alternative form of jet-setting.'
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verb
- (aviation) To reduce the thrust of a jet engine to idle in flight.
- (slang, of a film) To play; to be screened.
- (ambitransitive) To lose or cause to lose one's composure; to fall apart.
- (ambitransitive) To flow forth, unfold, or play out.
- To remove (film, cotton, etc.) from a spool; unwind.
- (ambitransitive) To relax or become relaxed; to unwind.
adj
noun
- A place where there is a natural spout or eruption, such as a geyser or jet of lava.
- One who drives or rides in a jet-propelled vehicle.
- Any of a number of devices that eject a pressurized stream of liquid.
- (roller derby) A jammer (player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players) on the televised version of the game.
- An animal, such as a squid or jellyfish, that moves by jet propulsion. (Often used to distinguish it from similar animals with a different method of locomotion.)
- (often science fiction) A vehicle or engine that works by jet propulsion.
noun
- (aviation) A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
- The colour of jet coal, deep grey.
- (mathematics) an operation that takes a differentiable function f and produces a polynomial, the Taylor polynomial (truncated Taylor series) of f, at each point of its domain.
- A turbine.
- (mineralogy) A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.
- A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
- (physics) A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
- A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
- A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
- A rocket engine.
- a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation
- atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
- street names for ketamine
- an artificially produced flow of water
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To spray out of a container.
- (transitive) To spray with liquid from a container.
- To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
- To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
- (intransitive) To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
- (intransitive) To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
- To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet
- To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To leave; depart.
- fly a jet plane
- issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
verb
noun
- (aviation) An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- (political science) The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
- (databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- (informal, automotive) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
- reducing prices back to some earlier level
prefix
noun
- A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.
- (Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.
- Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.
- (telecommunications) Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to Internet Protocol routers.
- A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.
- (electronics, electronic design automation) In integrated circuit or printed circuit board design, an algorithm for adding all wires needed to properly connect all of the placed components while obeying all design rules.
- A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves.
- a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery
- (computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks
- a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves
verb
noun
- Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
- A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
- One who glides.
- A kind of garden swing.
- A pilot of glider aircraft.
- (by extension) Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one which exhibits glide reflection.
- (cellular automata) In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
- Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
- Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
- aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
noun
- (aerospace) Initialism of sustainer engine.
- Initialism of second edition.
- (physics) Initialism of secondary electron.
- Initialism of sound effect.
- Initialism of special edition.
- (train control) Initialism of STM European.
- Abbreviation of southeast.
- (computing) Initialism of software engineering.
- (computing) Initialism of standard edition.
- the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
adj
name
verb
noun
- (South Africa, Iran) Synonym of shared taxi.
- A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
- (aviation, uncountable, countable) The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
noun
- A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
- An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.
- The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
- (electrical engineering) The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.
- A hollow boat-shaped structure.
- (nautical) The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.
- (road transport) A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.
- a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
adj
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
verb
noun
- (aviation) A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
- The colour of jet coal, deep grey.
- (mathematics) an operation that takes a differentiable function f and produces a polynomial, the Taylor polynomial (truncated Taylor series) of f, at each point of its domain.
- A turbine.
- (mineralogy) A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.
- A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
- (physics) A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
- A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
- A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
- A rocket engine.
- a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation
- atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
- street names for ketamine
- an artificially produced flow of water
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To spray out of a container.
- (transitive) To spray with liquid from a container.
- To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
- To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
- (intransitive) To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
- (intransitive) To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
- To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet
- To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
- (slang, intransitive) To leave; depart.
- fly a jet plane
- issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
noun
- A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.
- (Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.
- Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.
- (telecommunications) Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to Internet Protocol routers.
- A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.
- (electronics, electronic design automation) In integrated circuit or printed circuit board design, an algorithm for adding all wires needed to properly connect all of the placed components while obeying all design rules.
- A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves.
- a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery
- (computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks
- a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves
verb
noun
- Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
- A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
- One who glides.
- A kind of garden swing.
- A pilot of glider aircraft.
- (by extension) Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one which exhibits glide reflection.
- (cellular automata) In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
- Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
- Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
- aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
noun
- (aerospace) Initialism of sustainer engine.
- Initialism of second edition.
- (physics) Initialism of secondary electron.
- Initialism of sound effect.
- Initialism of special edition.
- (train control) Initialism of STM European.
- Abbreviation of southeast.
- (computing) Initialism of software engineering.
- (computing) Initialism of standard edition.
- the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
adj
name
noun
- A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
- An enclosure housing machinery or a motor.
- The compartment that holds passengers on a dirigible, hot-air balloon, or other aerostat; a gondola.
- (electrical engineering) The part between the rotor and tower of a wind turbine.
- A hollow boat-shaped structure.
- (nautical) The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH-hulled boat.
- (road transport) A streamlined enclosure on the body or dashboard of a motor vehicle.
- a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
verb
noun
- (aviation) An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- (political science) The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
- (databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- (informal, automotive) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
- reducing prices back to some earlier level
verb
- (aviation) To reduce the thrust of a jet engine to idle in flight.
- (slang, of a film) To play; to be screened.
- (ambitransitive) To lose or cause to lose one's composure; to fall apart.
- (ambitransitive) To flow forth, unfold, or play out.
- To remove (film, cotton, etc.) from a spool; unwind.
- (ambitransitive) To relax or become relaxed; to unwind.
verb
noun
- (aviation) An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- (political science) The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
- (databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- (informal, automotive) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
- reducing prices back to some earlier level
verb
noun
- (South Africa, Iran) Synonym of shared taxi.
- A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
- (aviation, uncountable, countable) The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
- a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
adj
noun
- A place where there is a natural spout or eruption, such as a geyser or jet of lava.
- One who drives or rides in a jet-propelled vehicle.
- Any of a number of devices that eject a pressurized stream of liquid.
- (roller derby) A jammer (player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players) on the televised version of the game.
- An animal, such as a squid or jellyfish, that moves by jet propulsion. (Often used to distinguish it from similar animals with a different method of locomotion.)
- (often science fiction) A vehicle or engine that works by jet propulsion.
adj
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages