Phrase Hound found 89 phrases and 29 compound words that contain pilot. The most common are listed below. Open pilot in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 89
- pilot projectA proof of concept; an initial prototype.
- fighter pilotA pilot trained in using and assigned to pilot a fighter plane.
- pilot projectsplural of pilot project: A proof of concept; an initial prototype.
- Pilot program
- Pilot study
- pilot lightA small, persistent flame used to ignite gas.
- test pilotAn aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers.
- pilot fishA marine fish, Naucrates ductor, that often follows large vessels and sharks.
- pilot whaleEither of two species of whale in the genus Globicephala, dark grey in colour.
- pilot waveA theoretical matter wave that guides the motion of point particles.
- dropping the pilotpresent participle and gerund of drop the pilot
- Palm Pilot
- pilot boatA kind of boat used to transport pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting.
- bush pilotA pilot who engages in bush flying: piloting small aircraft (bush planes or bush helicopters) to and from remote locations, over expanses of relatively unpopulated territory.
- pilot holeA narrow hole drilled or punched into a surface, to facilitate the insertion of a wider screw, nail, drill bit, or other boring tool.
- sky pilotA clergyman, especially a military chaplain or padre.
- dropped the pilotsimple past and past participle of drop the pilot
- pilot in commandThe pilot in a one-pilot flight crew.
- pilot officerThe lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the RAF, equivalent to an Army ensign or cornet
- pilot schemeAn experiment carried out to test a new idea or concept before full-scale introduction; a pilot study.
- pilot coatA pea coat or pilot jacket.
- pilot jacketA pea coat.
- automatic pilotautopilot
- co-pilotUK standard spelling of copilot.
- pilot engineA locomotive that is moving in advance of a train to make sure that the path is clear.
Compound words 29
- pilothouseA wheelhouse.
- pilotmanA railway employee who directs operations over a section of railway line temporarily reduced to single track, e.g. during maintenance work, or within an unsignalled area or over a line unfamiliar to the engine crew.
- StormpilotThe ship of characters Finn and Poe Dameron from Star Wars.
- pilotableCapable of being piloted.
- pilotrypilotage; skill in being a pilot
- repilotTo pilot again.
- helipilotA helicopter pilot.
- nonpilotOne who is not a pilot.
- pilotabilityAbility to be piloted.
- pilotbirdPycnoptilus floccosus, an Australian acanthizid.