The medium breathed by human beings; the air.
The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.
Starting fluid.
Diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
To viciously humiliate or insult.
An act of flying.
A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
A wing.
A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
A butterfly (combination of four options).
One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
waste cotton
Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
Any similar, but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly.
That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
The free edge of a flag.
The horizontal length of a flag.
A fly ball.
The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
Related terms: flyman
A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
To be in the winged adult stage.
To hunt with a hawk.
To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
To be accepted, come about or work out.
To proceed with great success.
To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.