Noun | 1. | ![]() circumnavigation - traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe" accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle, gas, gun - a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" airliner - a commercial airplane that carries passengers amphibious aircraft, amphibian - an airplane designed to take off and land on water biplane - old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other bomber - a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight defroster, deicer - heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) delta wing - an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle escape hatch - hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency attack aircraft, fighter aircraft, fighter - a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air fuselage - the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) hangar queen - an airplane with a bad maintenance record heavier-than-air craft - a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it cowl, cowling, bonnet, hood - protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine" dip circle, inclinometer - a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane) landing gear - an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground monoplane - an airplane with a single wing multiengine airplane, multiengine plane - a plane with two or more engines navigation light - light on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientation; red light on the left (port) wing tip and green light on the right (starboard) wing tip propeller plane - an airplane that is driven by a propeller radar dome, radome - a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves reconnaissance plane - a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination hydroplane, seaplane - an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane" ski-plane - an airplane equipped with skis so it can land on a snowfield tanker plane - an airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fire windscreen, windshield - transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle wing - one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane log - a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane) seat, place - a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place" highjacker, hijacker - someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it drift - the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) leeway - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift atomic number 22, Ti, titanium - a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite prang - crash hunt - yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed" astern - (of a ship or an airplane) behind; "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide" |