ALA Synonyms

• a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight

• the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

• one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile

• one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

• a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

• a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish

• organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals

• equip (a car) with fins

• propel oneself through the water in a finning motion

• show the fins above the water while swimming

• a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress

• a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

• the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming

• small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

• a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

• an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

• a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

• propel with a paddle

• play in or as if in water, as of small children

• swim like a dog in shallow water

• walk unsteadily, with short steps

• give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

• stir with a paddle

• a long flag; often tapering

• wing of a bird

• a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack

• any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

• wing of a bird

• bind the arms of

• cut the wings off (of birds)

• a turner with a narrow flexible blade

• a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances

• a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

• a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking

• a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

• one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane

• a stage area out of sight of the audience

• a unit of military aircraft

• the side of military or naval formation

• a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side

• (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft

• a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function

• the wing of a fowl

• a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud

• an addition that extends a main building

• travel through the air; be airborne

• The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.

• A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.

• One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.