A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
The head boy of a school.
A maître d', a headwaiter.
A chief or leader.
An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
The leader of a group of workers.
To act as captain
To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
An air force unit.
An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory.
The shaped material forming the thread of a screw.
The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path.
A paper airplane.
The act of fleeing.
The act of flying.
A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators.
An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming.
The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift.
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.
Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples.
A series of stairs between landings.
An instance of flying.
The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile.
A collective term for doves or swallows.
A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.