uv flare
111flare-up — noun a sudden intense happening an outburst of heavy rain a burst of lightning • Syn: ↑outburst, ↑burst • Derivationally related forms: ↑flare up • Hypernyms: ↑ …
112flare gun — noun or flare pistol : a handgun for firing signal rockets …
113flare-out — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: flare (I) + out : a leveling of the approach glide of an airplane made in such a way that the gliding angle is rapidly decreased by nosing up the airplane as it makes contact with the ground …
114flare light — noun see flare II, 2a …
115flare pistol — noun see flare gun …
116flare spot — noun see flare II, 5b …
117flare-up light — noun see flare up 1b …
118To flare up — Flare Flare, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flaring}.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.] 1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares. [1913… …
119flare — The change in the flight path of an aircraft so as to reduce the rate of descent for touchdown …
120flare dud — A nuclear weapon that, when launched at a target, detonates with anticipated yield but at an altitude appreciably greater than intended. This is not a dud insofar as yield is concerned, but it is a dud with respect to the effects on the target… …
