Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 7 compound words that contain glider. The most common are listed below. Open glider in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- hang gliderAn unpowered aircraft resembling a large kite from which a rider is suspended in a harness.
- sugar gliderAny of species Petaurus breviceps of omnivorous gliding arboreal marsupials, endemic to mainland Australia and New Guinea, and introduced to Tasmania in 1835.
- motor gliderA sailplane (glider) equipped with an auxiliary motor.
- glider gunIn the Game of Life, any pattern that "fires" out gliders.
- delta gliderA gliding aircraft with a delta wing.
- common gliderA libellulid dragonfly, of species Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
- greater gliderA large gliding marsupial in the genus Petauroides, found in eastern Australia.
- mahogany gliderAn endangered gliding possum (Petaurus gracilis), native to a small region of coastal Queensland in Australia.
- savanna gliderA species of arboreal marsupial, Petaurus ariel, of northern Australia (alternately classified as a subspecies of the sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps ariel).
- squirrel gliderA nocturnal gliding possum of species Petaurus norfolcensis.
- feather-tailed gliderAlternative form of feathertail glider; an Australian gliding marsupial of the genus Acrobates, family Acrobatidae.
- ring-tailed gliderA small gliding marsupial of the species Tous ayamaruensis, found in New Guinea and Australia.
- wrist-winged gliderAn arboreal Australian possum of the genus Petaurus.
- feathertail gliderAn eastern Australian-native marsupial of the species Acrobates pygmaeus.
- Krefft's gliderPetaurus notatus, a species of arboreal nocturnal gliding possum, a type of small marsupial.
- stair gliderA stairlift.
- glider gunsplural of glider gun: In the Game of Life, any pattern that "fires" out gliders.
Compound words 7
- gyrogliderSynonym of rotor kite: An unpowered rotary-wing aircraft.
- hydrogliderA kind of boat driven by an air propeller.
- paragliderOne who paraglides.
- gliderportAn airport for gliders.
- gliderportsplural of gliderport: An airport for gliders.
- motorgliderAlternative form of motor glider: A sailplane (glider) equipped with an auxiliary motor.
- sugargliderAlternative form of sugar glider: Any of species Petaurus breviceps of omnivorous gliding arboreal marsupials, endemic to mainland Australia and New Guinea, and introduced to Tasmania in 1835.