glider

About 0.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One who glides.
2. noun Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
3. noun A pilot of glider aircraft.
4. noun Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
5. noun Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
6. noun A kind of garden swing.
7. noun In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
8. noun Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one which exhibits glide reflection.

Similar words

sailplane hovercraft sailing aircraft sail slider gliding hang veil regular

Often followed by

pilot pilots and is was in to infantry with

Word family

gliders