Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 27 compound words that contain kites. The most common are listed below. Open kites in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- desert kitesplural of desert kite: A funnel trap constructed of stone and found in Middle Eastern deserts, intended to trap migrating game animals.
- red kitesplural of red kite: A predator bird of the kite (Accipitridae) family, Milvus milvus.
- rotor kitesplural of rotor kite: An unpowered rotary-wing aircraft.
- snail kitesplural of snail kite: A kite of species Rostrhamus sociabilis, native to Florida, the Caribbean, and tropical South America, known for feeding mostly on apple snails.
- black kitesplural of black kite: A species of kite, Milvus migrans, widely distributed throughout the Old World.
- bow kitesplural of bow kite: An inflatable kite incorporating a bridle on the leading edge, and used in kiteboarding or snowkiting.
- box kitesplural of box kite: A kite consisting of two light rectangular boxes, or cells open on two sides, and fastened together horizontally.
- cellular kitesplural of cellular kite: box kite
- Eddy kitesplural of Eddy kite: A quadrilateral tailless kite with convex surfaces exposed to the wind, used in a series of meteorological experiments.
- honey kitesplural of honey kite: honey buzzard
- kites aroundthird-person singular simple present indicative of kite around: To go around and throughout an area; to visit around; to stop at all the locations in an area.
- Malay kitesplural of Malay kite: A quadrilateral tailless kite with convex surfaces exposed to the wind, used in a series of meteorological experiments.
- Mississippi kitesplural of Mississippi kite: Ictinia mississippiensis, a small bird of prey found across the central and southern United States.
- power kitesplural of power kite: A large kite designed to provide significant pull to the user.
- black-winged kitesplural of black-winged kite: Elanus caeruleus, a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
- swallow-tailed kitesplural of swallow-tailed kite: Any of the species of kite native from southeastern North America through most of South America,Elanoides forficatus.
- yellow-billed kitesplural of yellow-billed kite: A kite, closely related to the black kite, found in most of Africa (Milvus aegyptius).
- Hargrave kitesplural of Hargrave kite: box kite
- Brahminy kitesplural of Brahminy kite: Haliastur indus, a medium-sized bird of prey with reddish-brown plumage and a white head and breast, found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
- elanid kitesplural of elanid kite: Any of several small, long-winged, hovering raptors of the Elaninae subfamily.
- shufti kitesplural of shufti kite: A reconnaissance aircraft.
- pariah kitesplural of pariah kite: A subspecies of the black kite (Milvus migrans govinda), found in India, where it is a scavenger.
Compound words 27
- adakitesplural of adakite: A kind of volcanic rock, of intermediate to felsic composition, with high strontium to yttrium ratio, and enriched in light rare earth elements compared with the heavy rare earths
- alaskitesplural of alaskite: A form of granite composed chiefly of quartz and feldspars.
- Anakitesplural of Anakite: A member of the Anakim.
- banakitesplural of banakite: A form of trachyandesite
- beekitesplural of beekite: A distinctive form of chalcedony, usually associated with silica replacing carbonate minerals in fossils.
- borickitesplural of borickite: A yellow or brown amorphous mineral, sometimes forming a botryoidal mass or stalactites.
- Burkitesplural of Burkite: A resurrection man.
- Diakitesplural of Diakite: A surname from Fula.
- dickitesplural of dickite: A phyllosilicate clay mineral chemically composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen.
- gyrokitesplural of gyrokite: An unpowered rotary-wing aircraft.