- aircraft
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)n. See aviation.II(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.airplane, jet, balloon, helicopter, dirigible, blimp, lighter-than-air craft, airship, airliner, zeppelin, *chopper, *egg beater, flying machine, *whirlibird, flying saucer, UFO, ultralight, Learjet, Cessna Citation, Rockwell Sabreliner, Grumman Gulfstream, Concorde, SST, Airbus, Boeing 707-757, Douglas DC-10.WORD FIND• air hole causing sudden drop: air pocket• air traffic jam: stack• air washed behind: backwash, prop wash, slipstream• altitude measuring device: altimeter• approach to airport: approach, glidepath• automatic flying system: autopilot• boom after exceeding speed of sound: sonic boom• broadside wind hazard: crosswind• cargo, baggage and passengers: payload• climbing stunt turn of 180 degrees: chandelle• cockpit: cabin• course: flight path• cover over motor: cowling• crash-land in water: ditch• dangerous wind condition: wind shear• detracted landing gear and flaps: flying clean• distance required for safe landing: rollout• disturbed air: turbulence• double-winged craft: biplane• drive on ground: taxi• exhaust trail in sky: contrail• falling out of sky due to low air speed: stall• faster than speed of sound: supersonic, hypersonic• flap on trailing edge of wing: aileron, airfoil• flap that slows aircraft or increases rate of descent: spoiler• flashing white lights on wingtips: strobes• flight data recorder: black box• fluid-based controls: hydraulics• green identification light on right side: starboard light• high-speed wind stream: jet stream• ice accumulation: icing• international flight route: corridor• late-night flight: redeye• light, single-seat aircraft: ultralight• long body portion: fuselage• loss of engine combustion during flight: flameout• lowest possible speed before stalling: critical speed• maximum altitude according to weather conditions: ceiling• motorless plane: glider• navigation computer system: inertial navigation system, loran• nose forced up or down by wind: pitching• opposing wind during flight: headwind• oxygen deprivation over 12,500 feet: hypoxia• perfect landing: three-point landing• physics behind flight: aerodynamics• pitch and roll display: artificial horizon• radio landing aid: microwave landing system• raise air pressure: pressurize• rapid, uncontrolled descent: dive, spin• red light on left side of craft: port light• roll and yaw caused by wind gust: Dutch roll• rollover stunt: barrel roll• sideways motion caused by wind: crabbing• speedometer: air speed indicator• stunt flying exhibition: barnstorming• tail flap controlling up and down movement of craft: elevator• tail flap that turns craft: rudder• triangular wing: delta wing• turn: bank• UFO: bogey• unmanned, radio-controlled craft: drone• vertical stabilizer at tail: fin• workshop, shelter: hangar
English dictionary for students. 2013.
