Chapter XIII

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

at or in the front

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

move towards

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

From this reading To speed into that area of still blazing fire was unthinkable.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

shining intensely

From this reading To speed into that area of still blazing fire was unthinkable.

of surpassing excellence

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

young bird especially of domestic fowl

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

plural of “chum” — a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

a line leading to a place or point

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

causing an emotional disturbance

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

a Spanish gentleman or nobleman

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

divisible by two

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

opinion or judgment

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

start firing a weapon

From this reading To speed into that area of still blazing fire was unthinkable.

gleam or glow intermittently

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

the side that is forward or prominent

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

the act of acquiring something

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

ten 10s

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

as a matter of instinct

From this reading Don instinctively side-slipped.

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

and nothing more

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

plural of “maneuver” — a military training exercise

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

-ing form of “peer” — look searchingly

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

-ing form of “plunge” — thrust or throw into

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

a deep prolonged loud noise

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

except for; apart from

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

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From this reading Don instinctively side-slipped.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

move hurridly

From this reading To speed into that area of still blazing fire was unthinkable.

so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

not in physical motion

From this reading To speed into that area of still blazing fire was unthinkable.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

not expected or anticipated

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

not seen or perceived

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

incapable of being conceived or considered

From this reading To speed into that area of still blazing fire was unthinkable.

disturb the balance or stability of

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

evoking lifelike images within the mind

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

a message informing of danger

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading To speed into that area of still blazing fire was unthinkable.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

a Caucasian

From this reading Unexpected, startling, disconcerting, there came, not a hundred feet in front of the nose, the roaring hiss of a rocket rising to burst, in a brilliant, eye-stunning flash of vivid white just ahead.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading WAR MANEUVERS Intent on getting their mail pouch to the airport in record time, the eyes of Don, Garry and Chick, in the Dragonfly, were peering forward and downward to locate the wind-cone, get wind direction and save every precious second even during the approach to the runway.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading The flash, coming without warning, upset his self-control, made him think that he might be plunging his chums into some unseen danger.