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land
land in law, any ground, soil, or earth regarded as the subject of ownership, including trees, water, buildings added by humans, the air above, and the earth below. Private ownership of land does not exist in groups that live by hunting, fishing, or herding; e.g., in pre-Columbian times in America,... Read more
land mine
land mine an explosive mine laid on or just under the surface of the ground.... Read more
Land of Nod
Land of Nod [Heb.,=wandering], in the Bible, the traditional refuge of Cain somewhere E of Eden. ... Read more
Land of Cockaigne
Land of Cockaigne , legendary country described in medieval tales, where delicacies of food and drink were to be had for the taking. The Land of Cockaygne is a 13th-century English poem satirizing monastic life. ... Read more
public land
public land in U.S. history, land owned by the federal government but not reserved for any special purpose, e.g., for a park or a military reservation. Public land is also called land in the public domain. Except in Texas, which made retention of its public lands one of the conditions for joining t... Read more
Land's End
Land's End promontory, Cornwall, SW England, forming the westernmost extremity of the English mainland. Of wave-carved granite, it has cliffs c.60 ft (20 m) high. Offshore are reefs and rocky islets, on one of which is Longships Lighthouse. Land's End is a major tourist attraction. ... Read more
fallow land
fallow land cropland that is not seeded for a season; it may or may not be plowed. The land may be cultivated or chemically treated for control of weeds and other pests or may be left unaltered. Allowing land to lie fallow serves to accumulate moisture in dry regions (see dry farming ) or to check... Read more
land tax
land tax impost levied upon real property. It is sometimes called a real estate tax, especially when assessed against both improved and unimproved land. Probably the earliest direct tax and formerly the chief source of government revenue, it was known in ancient China and Egypt. Until modern times,... Read more
Rupert's Land
Rupert's Land Canadian territory held (1670-1869) by the Hudson's Bay Company , named for Prince Rupert, first governor of the company. Under the charter granted (1670) to the company by Charles II, the region comprised the drainage basin of Hudson Bay. The area embraced what is today the province... Read more
Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land 37,100 sq mi (96,089 sq km), N Northern Territory, Australia, on a wide peninsula W of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The great majority of the region belongs to the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Reserve, the largest aboriginal reservation in Australia. Kakadu National Park adjoins the reservation a... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Landing"

landing craft and landing ships
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II landing craft and landing ships were specialized vessels employed in amphibious warfare . The...quantities (see Table), but they were always in short supply. In 1939 landing craft were small open boats, some of which had ramps fitted in their...
Amphibious Ships and Landing Craft
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Amphibious Ships and Landing Craft. Amphibious operations—large‐...the workhorses of the U.S. forces—the Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel and Landing Craft Mechanized (LCVP, LCM) from the Higgins boat...
Inchon Landing
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Inchon Landing (1950).During the Korean War, in the summer of 1950 United...highest in the world. Low tide left vast mudflats across which landing ships and landing craft could not beach and amphibian tractors could not crawl. Hydrographers...
instrument-landing system
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition instrument-landing system (ILS), ground-based radio...precise guidance for the final approach in landing. The pilot flies his aircraft along a...guide his aircraft down to the end of the landing runway aligned with the runway center...
short takeoff and landing aircraft
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition short takeoff and landing aircraft (STOL), heavier-than-air...obstacle at the end of that distance and upon landing can clear the same obstacle and then land...requirement for them. See vertical takeoff and landing aircraft .
vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOL), craft capable of...positioned vertically, e.g., during a landing. Convertiplanes are VTOL craft that...axes are vertical during takeoff and landing and are horizontal during forward flight...
D‐Day Landing (1944)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History D‐Day Landing (1944). Operation Overlord was the...from battleships to 32‐foot landing craft. The object of the attack was...by reports of paratroopers and gliders landing here, there, everywhere. Meanwhile...
Thurso's Landing
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Thurso's Landing, free‐verse narrative by Jeffers , the title poem of a volume...sensual nature and her dissatisfaction with the limited life of the Landing, but is powerless to prevent Reave from bringing her home again after...
Walcheren landing
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Walcheren landing, 1809. Britain did not find it easy to wage war against Napoleonic Europe. Despite the catastrophic failure of the landing in Holland in 1799, the British government resolved in 1809 to try again, using troops recently withdrawn...
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve see National Parks and Monuments (table).

Dictionary entries related to "Landing"

Amphibious Landing Ships
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Amphibious Landing Ships World War II requirements prompted the development by the Allies of a wide variety of amphibious landing ships and landing craft, many of which were based on British designs. Perhaps the...
landing area
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military landing area 1. the part of the objective area within which are conducted the landing operations of an amphibious force. It includes...initial objective. 2. the general area used for landing troops and materiel either by airdrop or air landing...
landing
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military landing n. 1. an instance of coming or bringing something...either from the air or from water: we made a perfect landing at the airstrip. 2. the action or process of doing this: the landing of men on the moon. 3. also landing place a place...
subsidiary landing
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military subsidiary landing in an amphibious operation, a landing usually made outside the designated landing area, the purpose of which is to support the main landing.
Moon Landing
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History MOON LANDING MOON LANDING. On 16 July 1969, half a million people gathered near Cape Canaveral...five clustered rocket engines to boost them toward the first lunar landing. This event took place eight years after President John F. Kennedy...
landing schedule
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military landing schedule in an amphibious operation, a schedule that shows the beach, hour, and priorities of landing of assault units, and that coordinates the movements of landing craft from the transports to the beach in order to execute the scheme of maneuver ashore.
Apollo lunar landing missions
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy Apollo lunar landing missions Crew Mission duration Results...Armstrong and Aldrin made first manned lunar landing in Sea of Tranquility, July 20 Apollo...W. Haise 1970 April 11–17 Landing attempt cancelled after explosion in Service...
vertical/short takeoff and landing aircraft
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military vertical/short takeoff and landing aircraft V/STOL an aircraft capable of executing a vertical takeoff and landing, a short takeoff and landing, or any combination of these modes of operation.
D-Day Landing
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military D-Day Landing (June 6, 1944) the day the Allied Forces staged the largest amphibious attack in history, landing on the beaches of Normandy . Nearly 175,000 American, Canadian, and British troops landed, supported by 6,000 aircraft and...
landing mat
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military landing mat a prefabricated, portable mat so designed that any number of planks (sections) may be rapidly fastened together to form surfacing for emergency runways, landing beaches, etc.

Thesaurus entries related to "Landing"

landing
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus landing • noun   1. a forced landing synonyms : alighting, landfall; arrival; touchdown...antonyms: takeoff, departure.   2. the ferry landing synonyms : harbor, berth, dock, jetty, landing stage...
pier
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...pier • noun   1. stand on the pier to watch the boats synonyms : wharf, dock, jetty, quay, landing stage, landing place, promenade.   2. the piers of the bridge damaged by storms synonyms : support, upright, pillar...
land
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...the plane landed synonyms : touch down, alight, make a landing, come in to land.   2. the pilot landed the plane...noon synonyms : bring down, put down, take down; make a landing, touch down.   3. the ship landed at Boston synonyms...
jetty
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus jetty • noun  we'd walk out on the jetty at low tide to look for starfish synonyms : pier, landing stage, landing, quay, wharf, dock; breakwater, mole, groin, dike, dockominium, levee.
simulate
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English simulate • verb   1. simulate grief synonyms : feign, pretend, fake, sham, affect, fake the appearance of.   2. simulate flight landing conditions synonyms : reproduce, mimic, parallel, do a mock-up of.
wharf
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus wharf • noun  there are no available boat slips at this wharf synonyms : quay, pier, dock, berth, landing, jetty; harbor, dockyard, marina.
sheer
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus sheer 2 • verb   1. the boat sheered off from the landing synonyms : swerve, veer, slew, skew, swing, change course.   2. her mind sheered away from his image synonyms : turn away from, flinch from, recoil from, shy away from; avoid.
quay
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus quay • noun  searching for starfish along the quay synonyms : wharf, pier, jetty, landing stage, berth; marina, dock, harbor.
dock
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus dock 1 • noun  his boat was moored at the dock synonyms : harbor, marina, port, anchorage; wharf, quay, pier, jetty, landing stage. • verb  the ship docked synonyms : moor, berth, put in, tie up, anchor.
airport
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus airport • noun  directions to the airport synonyms : airfield, landing strip, airstrip, air terminal.

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Landing on roads: in an emergency, setting down on a road may look like the best option for a landing. What you should look for and when a road is the worst choice.
Magazine article from: Aviation Safety; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...and I immediately started to think about landing some place other than the regional airport...I'm not sure I would. SHOULD YOU? Landing on a road in an emergency is a time...Of course, the idea in any emergency landing situation is to get the airplane down...
Landing fees at Hopkins up in the air.(Cover Story)(Cleveland Hopkins International Airport considers increase in landing fees)
Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business; 12/16/2002; 700+ words ; ...Ohio. But observers say Hopkins' high landing fees for airlines may negate some of the...with air service providers to set the landing fee rate that all air carriers will pay...an airline pays per 1,000 pounds of landing weight at the airport, was $3.10 at...
The landing phase of a jump strategies to minimize injuries:"what goes up, must come down," according to the old saying. The problem is that athletes often train for the "going up," while neglecting the "coming down"--and all its potential for injury.
Magazine article from: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...more important--to land. Yet jump-landing sequences are common in many sports and...or farther. In contrast, research on landing concentrates on the impact forces associated with landing, the consequential effect on the legs...
Landing was smooth, but nerves frayed: Nose gear on American Airlines jet also failed 6 months ago.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 6/21/2006; 700+ words ; ...jet that touched down without its front landing gear and skidded to a halt Tuesday at...stop six months ago in Chicago when the landing gear would not retract, according to...inbound from Los Angeles, aborted a landing just before touchdown early Tuesday...
Landing pages: A new wrinkle in target marketing
Magazine article from: American Agent & Broker; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...market. An excellent example is something called a "landing page." A landing page is essentially a direct-marketing tool. It...print ad, or a message on a business card. Types of landing pages There are two basic types of landing pages...
LANDING SPRUCING UP.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 2/15/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...its lower deck this year, the Covington Landing complex is on the verge of becoming attractive...TGI Fridays since 1997, when Covington Landing Limited Partnership went bankrupt. The...it acquired the boat because Covington Landing Limited Partnership wasn't financially...
Boat landing again launches discussion Madawaska officials want a facility on Long Lake, but its location is in dispute
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 6/27/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...latest proposal for the location of a boat landing on the east side of Long Lake is bringing...of Selectmen that the town needs a boat landing on the Madawaska side of the lake. Local...grant money for the construction of a boat landing - is again causing some consternation...
Forced Landing Checklist
Magazine article from: Plane and Pilot; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...your best glide speed 2. Select an appropriate landing area 3. Fly directly toward the landing area 4. Try a restart/communicate/prepare...will greatly enable you to make an emergency landing. But there are a few other things to keep in...
Landing Gear Maintenance "Best Practices".(Airframe Technology)
Magazine article from: Aircraft Maintenance Technology; 10/1/2008; 700+ words ; Landing Gear Maintenance "Best Practices" By...Vulnerability here can increase overhaul costs Landing gear: At first glance, it appears to be the most rugged part of an aircraft. But landing gear's apparent robustness masks its...
LANDING'S TROUBLES DOOMED IT.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 7/11/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...make sure that when the new Covington Landing opens it is high above the water, not...trying to make the change from a floating Landing to a stable one built on stilts. "It...some 15 years of counting on a floating Landing to add vitality to the riverfront. The...