[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

flying \fly"ing\, a. from fly, v. i.
   moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or
   rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
   1913 webster

   flying army mil. a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
      motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
      in continual alarm. --farrow. 

   flying artillery mil., artillery trained to rapid
      evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
      spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
      position.

   flying bridge, flying camp. see under bridge, and
      camp.

   flying buttress arch., a contrivance for taking up the
      thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
      ordinary buttresses. it consists of a straight bar of
      masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
      pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. the
      word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
      supporting arch.

   flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:

   to come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
      succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.

   flying doe zool., a young female kangaroo.

   flying dragon.
   a zool. see dragon, 6.
   b a meteor. see under dragon.

   flying dutchman.
   a a fabled dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
       the seas till the day of judgment.
   b a spectral ship.

   flying fish. zool. see flying fish, in the vocabulary.
      

   flying fox zool., see flying fox in the vocabulary.

   flying frog zool., either of two east indian tree frogs
      of the genus rhacophorus rhacophorus nigrapalmatus
      and rhacophorus pardalis, having very large and broadly
      webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to
      make very long leaps.

   flying gurnard zool., a species of gurnard of the genus
      cephalacanthus or dactylopterus, with very large
      pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
      fish, but not for so great a distance.

   note: three species are known; that of the atlantic is
         cephalacanthus volitans.

   flying jib naut., a sail extended outside of the standing
      jib, on the flying-jib boom.

   flying-jib boom naut., an extension of the jib boom.

   flying kites naut., light sails carried only in fine
      weather.

   flying lemur. zool. see colugo.

   flying level civil engin., a reconnoissance level over
      the course of a projected road, canal, etc.

   flying lizard. zool. see dragon, n. 6.

   flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the
      air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- flying
   mouse zool., the opossum mouse acrobates pygmaeus, a
      marsupial of australia. called also feathertail glider.

   note: it has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
         squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- flying party
      mil., a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an
      enemy. -- flying phalanger zool., one of several
      species of small marsuupials of the genera petaurus and
      belideus, of australia and new guinea, having lateral
      folds like those of the flying squirrels. the sugar
      squirrel belideus sciureus, and the ariel belideus
      ariel, are the best known; -- called also squirrel
      petaurus and flying squirrel. see sugar squirrel. --
   flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- flying sap mil.,
      the rapid construction of trenches when the enemy's fire
      of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching, by
      means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with
      earth. -- flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object,
      as a bird on the wing. -- flying spider. zool. see
      ballooning spider. -- flying squid zool., an oceanic
      squid ommastrephes bartramii syn. sthenoteuthis
      bartramii, abundant in the gulf stream, which is able to
      leap out of the water with such force that it often falls
      on the deck of a vessel. -- flying squirrel zool. see
      flying squirrel, in the vocabulary. -- flying start, a
      start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while
      the vessels are under way. -- flying torch mil., a
      torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at
      night.
      1913 webster
see also:
fly flying army flying artillery flying bridge flying camp bridge 
camp flying buttress flying colors to come off with flying colors flying doe 
flying dragon dragon flying dutchman flying fish flying fox 
flying frog rhacophorus rhacophorus nigrapalmatus rhacophorus pardalis flying gurnard 
cephalacanthus dactylopterus cephalacanthus volitans flying jib flying-jib boom 
flying kites flying lemur colugo flying level flying lizard 
flying machine flying mouse acrobates pygmaeus feathertail glider flying party 
flying phalanger petaurus belideus belideus sciureus belideus ariel 
squirrel petaurus flying squirrel sugar squirrel flying pinion flying sap 
flying shot flying spider ballooning spider flying squid ommastrephes bartramii 
sthenoteuthis bartramii flying squirrel flying start flying torch 

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Pinion >> P Words
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Flying Saucer >> F Words
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Flying Squirrel >> F Words
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Flying Shot >> F Words
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Flying Lizard >> F Words
Flying Lizard, definition of term: Flying Lizard
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Flying Buttress >> F Words
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Flying Fish >> F Words
Flying Fish, definition of term: Flying Fish
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Flying Colors >> F Words
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Flying Dutchman >> F Words
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