Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 23 compound words that contain yaw. The most common are listed below. Open yaw in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- adverse yawThe phenomenon whereby rolling an aircraft to start a turn in one direction increases the drag on the upgoing wing on the outside of the turn, creating a tendency (especially at low airspeed and high angle of attack) for the aircraft to …
- yaw damperA component of the flight control system of most swept-wing aircraft which suppresses the aircraft's natural Dutch roll tendency using carefully-timed automatic rudder inputs.
- yaw-hawA loud, coarse laugh.
- Yaw YinThe Lisu people.
- yaw-weedA low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant with white flowers in the genus Morinda, found along the seacoast of the West Indies.
- yaw dampersplural of yaw damper: A component of the flight control system of most swept-wing aircraft which suppresses the aircraft's natural Dutch roll tendency using carefully-timed automatic rudder inputs.
- yaw-hawsplural of yaw-haw: A loud, coarse laugh.
- yaw-hawingpresent participle and gerund of yaw-haw
- yaw-hawedsimple past and past participle of yaw-haw
Compound words 23
- yawlessWithout yaw.
- yawmeterAn instrument that measures an aircraft's yaw.
- yawningpresent participle and gerund of yawn
- yawnedsimple past and past participle of yawn
- yawnerA person who yawns.
- yawlerOne who sails a yawl.
- FilyawA surname from French.
- PhilyawA surname.
- sapyawA kind of large fishing net used mainly in the Philippines.
- YawataA city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.