Phrase Hound found 125 phrases and 50 compound words that contain flight. The most common are listed below. Open flight in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 125
- flight attendantA member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.
- space flightFlight into, from or through space.
- flight planA document filed by a pilot prior to departure, containing essential information about the flight.
- flight deckThe deck of an aircraft carrier, where aircraft can land and take off.
- flight timeThe total amount of time spent piloting aircraft, serving as the primary measure of a pilot's experience.
- flight numberA callsign assigned to a commercial flight for the purposes of reservation and ticketing, typically consisting of a 2 character airline code and a 1 to 4 digit number to indicate a particular service.
- flight pathA trajectory, the traveled path of a projectile, rocket or aircraft through the air.
- take flightTo begin flying; to become airborne or aloft; to take off and fly
- first flightThe first competitor to finish in a footrace or horse race, in a foxhunt, etc.
- flight of ideasExcessive speech at a rapid rate that involves causal association between ideas, typically seen in bipolar disorder.
- capital flightThe rapid flow of money or assets out of a country in response to globalization or some other economic event.
- fight-or-flightAll the coordinated physiological responses that the sympathetic nervous system initiates in response to stress or other emergency situations.
- flight controlA system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- time-of-flightUsed attributively to describe various processes, devices, etc, that use the time an object or light takes to travel a certain distance. See Derived terms.
- direct flightA flight in which the passenger makes intermediate stops but does not change aircraft.
- flight of fancyAn idea, narrative, suggestion, etc., which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative.
- flight attendantsplural of flight attendant: A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.
- Flight Simulator
- flight riskThe possibility that a person under the custody of law enforcement will abscond if granted bail.
- flight of beerAlternative form of beer flight: A selection of beers, in small glasses, for tasting.
- top-flightOf the highest rank, or peak of excellence.
- flight crewAn aircrew.
- Flight Training
- white flightThe large-scale migration of white people from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions.
- flight recorderA device which records data that would be of use in investigating the cause of an aircraft accident; usually in pairs, consisting of a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder.
Compound words 50
- flightyGiven to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
- outflightThe act or process of flying out.
- topflightbest, A-one, superior.
- flightseeingSightseeing from an aircraft.
- postflightAfter a flight.
- aflightFlying.
- flightcaseA case for safely transporting large, delicate items (usually specialized equipment).
- flightlingOne who flees or takes flight; an escapee, fugitive, or refugee.
- flightmareAn unpleasant flight or experience during air travel.
- flightcraftThe ability, skill, or art of flying.