PARAGLIDER Synonyms

• a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value

• a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float

• plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string

• any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

• increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently

• get credit or money by using a bad check

• soar or fly like a kite

• fly a kite

• aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces

• fly a plane without an engine

• 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

• a rider of a hang glider

• a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a height

• someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

• a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor

• a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors

• something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies

• small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner

• an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

• operate an airplane

• act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance