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91flying — fly|ing1 [ˈflaı ıŋ] adj 1.) [only before noun] able to fly = ↑winged ▪ a story about a flying horse 2.) with flying colours if you pass a test with flying colours, you are very successful in it 3.) a flying visit a quick visit because you do not… …
92Flying primates theory — The flying primates theory conjectures that megabats, a sub group of Chiroptera (also known as flying foxes), form an evolutionary sister group of Primates. This theory was proposed by Australian neuroscientist Jack Pettigrew in 1986 [cite… …
93flying high — 1. doing very well. All those companies were flying high at first, and next thing you knew they had all crashed to the ground. 2. to be very excited or happy. He just heard that he got the scholarship and is really flying high …
94Flying Dutchman (dinghy) — Infobox Sailboat Specifications class symbol = FD numberofcrew = Two loa = 6.06 m (19 11 ) lwl = 5.50 m (18 1 ) beam = 1.78 m (5 10 ) draft = 1.07 m (3 6 ) hull = 145 kg (309 lb) mainsailandjib= mastheight = mainsail = 10.2 msu|p=2 (110 ftsu|p=2) …
95high pitch — The pitch of a propeller blade set at a high angle other than the feathering angle. A propeller blade at a high pitch angle takes a greater bite of air than one at a low pitch. Consequently, a high pitch produces more thrust at a given RPM than a …
96Flying polyp — A flying polyp is a member of a fictional alien race (also called Elder Beings or Polypous Race ) in the Cthulhu Mythos. The creature first appeared in H. P. Lovecraft s short story The Shadow out of Time (1936).Description [The flying polyps… …
97Flying wedge — A flying wedge, flying V or simply a wedge is a charging formation in which troops or riot police are arrayed to form a V shaped wedge formation, sometimes called a boar s head , or ἐμβολον in Greek. Military usesIf the point of the wedge can… …
98Flying Eagle cent — The Flying Eagle cent is a United States coin that was minted from 1857 to 1858. The coin was designed by James B. Longacre. The Flying Eagle was the first small sized cent coin minted in the US, replacing the earlier large cent. The obverse of… …
99flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare. [1880 85] *… …
100Flying Warriors — Infobox VG title = Flying Warriors developer = Culture Brain publisher = Culture Brain designer = engine = released =JPN 1988 ( Hiryu no Ken II ) JPN July 1990 ( Hiryu no Ken III ) NA February 1991 ( Flying Warriors ) genre = Action modes =… …
