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| aerobatics |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) spectacular stunts, such as rolls, loops, and dives, performed by an airplane or glider. |
| aeroplane |
(chiefly British) airplane. |
| aircraft |
any machine that can fly through the air, such as an airplane, helicopter, glider, or balloon. |
| airfare |
fare for traveling by aircraft, esp. by airplane. |
| airline |
a business that offers travel by airplane from one place to another. |
| airliner |
a large airplane used to fly people from one place to another. |
| airmail |
mail carried by airplane. [2/5 definitions] |
| airman |
one who pilots an airplane; aviator; pilot. [1/3 definitions] |
| air piracy |
the hijacking of an airplane, helicopter, or the like. |
| airplane |
a machine that can fly because of the force of air upon its wings; plane. An airplane is driven by propellers or a jet engine. |
| armament |
weapons and supplies used to equip a military unit such as a tank, warship, airplane, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| backwash |
in aeronautical terminology, air that a propeller, jet engine, or the like pushes toward the rear of an airplane. [1/4 definitions] |
| bailout |
the act of parachuting out of an airplane to escape an impending disaster. [1/3 definitions] |
| bail out |
(informal) to jump from an airplane with a parachute. |
| biplane |
an early type of airplane with two sets of wings mounted one above the other. |
| buckle up |
(informal) to fasten one's safety belt, as in a car or airplane. |
| cabin |
a room in a ship or airplane. [1/2 definitions] |
| canopy |
the cover over an airplane cockpit. [1/5 definitions] |
| captain |
the chief officer of a ship or airplane. [1/2 definitions] |
| cargo |
the goods carried by a ship, airplane, or other vehicle. |
| carry-on |
of luggage, small enough to be stored in the passenger cabin of an airplane. [2 definitions] |
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