Jets

Definition: Jets

Jets

Noun

1. Atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "jets" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1600. (references)

JETS

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Jets

Crosswords: Jets

You own the Jets, Deeds. (Mr. Deeds; writing credit: Clarence Budington Kell; Robert Riskin)

You fly jets long enough, something like this happens. (Top Gun; writing credit: Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash)

There's no jets, planes, telephone polls, or power lines. (Deadly Blessing; writing credit: Glenn M. Benest; Matthew Barr)

Flash Gordon: Quarterback, New York Jets. (Flash Gordon; writing credit: Michael Allin; Alex Raymond)

But they're so spaced out, Bennie and the Jets (Bennie And The Jets; performing artist: Elton John)

Here Come the Jets (1959)

Thundering Jets (1958)

Screaming Jets (1951)

JETS - Leben am Limit (1999)

The Jets in Hawaii (1987)

Cross My Broken Heart (performing artist: The Jets)

Crush On You (performing artist: The Jets)

Make It Real (performing artist: The Jets)

Rocket 2 U (performing artist: The Jets)

You Got It All (performing artist: The Jets)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Battle over Bavaria: The B-26 Marauder Versus the German Jets, April 1945 (reference)

• How to Draw Fast Cars, Monster Trucks, & Fighter Jets (reference)

• Look Inside Cross-Sections: Jets (reference)

• The Military Jets Aircraft Guide (reference)

• Unofficial New York Jets Book of Lists (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Aircraft Cost Evaluator : Jets (reference)

• Aircraft Value Reference : Jets & Turboprops (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Fighter Jets and Attack Aircraft (reference)

• The Age of Flight - Jets (The New Generation) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Here Come the Warm Jets (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• TST Impresso IBM Ink-Jet White Opaque Film For Ink Jets 8.5 X11 20 Sheets (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• P & K Products HH-295NJ New York Jets NFL Hard Hat (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pole and line fishing boat above a school of tuna. The jets of water facilitate fishing as they prevent the tuna from noticing activity on the deck. This technique uses live bait. Credit: Fisheries.

Water and sediment jets through the screen as it is pumped from the riverbed. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

At sea, 12 December 1965. She has nine A-4 attack jets on her flight deck, as well as one S-2 anti-submarine plane. Photographed by PH3 Michael D. Stearns. Credit: NAVY.

People of the village are waiting for the coming of the jets no: 16 & 18 which have been purchased for them / Ardeshir Mohassess. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

From time immemorial the special occupation of the inhabitants of M__ sur M__ had been the imitation of English jets and German black glass trinkets.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

With the advent of regional jets, the market for regional turbo props has plummeted. (references)

Repairing and maintaining these military jets will create a huge and lucrative market over the coming two decades. (references)

Dassault Aviation, the leader in Europe, is the only French manufacturer of business jets, particularly because of its Falcon 2000, the company's top seller. (references)

Civil Liberties

Jordan

From August 1998 until year's end, students and faculty of JETS experienced difficulties in obtaining and renewing residence permits. (references)

Jordan

In 1998 and 1999, some noncitizen Arab Muslim students were deported and asked to leave the country as a result of their association with JETS. (references)

Jordan

JETS had applied to the Ministry's Council of Higher Education (CHE) twice before, once in May 1999 and again in January 2000; neither application was successful. (references)

Economic History

Japan

One other potential market is for corporate jets. (references)

Morocco

The jets are equipped with U.S. avionics from Honeywell. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Within its inventory are 5 Alpha jets, 12 transport/utility aircraft, and 2 helicopters. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "jets": blue jets ♦ Jets d'eau ♦ jumbo jets. Additional references.

Ending with "jets": air-jets, aqua-jets, braking-jets, gas-jets, jump-jets, ram-jets, shower-jets.

Chinese 

喷�"机 (Jet). (various references)

Danish

toerbrydning foraarsager tilstopning af dyserne (dry cutting leads to blockage of jets), to eller flere vandkanoner,der er placeret saaledes,at de kan dirigere vandstraalerne det rigtige sted hen,kan fremkalde et saerdeles effektivt vandtaeppe (two or more water monitors located to enable the jets to impinge can provide a very effective water curtain), Modjets energidissipator (contra-jet energy dissipator, interacting jets dissipator), forstoevere eller jet-dyser monteres direkte paa udvindingsmaskinens valse for at mindske stoevspredningen (nozzles producing coarse sprays or jets are mounted on the shearer drum itself to minimize the dispersion of dust), en spulegraver med hoejstryksdyser,som nedgravningsprammen traekker med sig,rider oven paa roerledningen og foelger den saaledes i hele dens laengde;adskillige dyser med vand under hoejt tryk sidder paa sladen og spuler havbunden vaek og danner derved e (pulled along with a bury barge, straddles and walks the length of the pipeline;many high-pressure water jets on the sled erode away the seabed to form a trench under an existing sealine, the jetting sled). (various references)

Dutch

twee of meer watermonitors,die op zodanige plaatsen zijn aangebracht dat waterstralen samenkomen,kunnen een zeer doeltreffend watergordijn vormen (two or more water monitors located to enable the jets to impinge can provide a very effective water curtain), tegenstroom-energievernietiger (contra-jet energy dissipator, interacting jets dissipator), tegenstraal-energievernietiger (contra-jet energy dissipator, interacting jets dissipator), straalslede,die met een ingraaflichter wordt meegetrokken,beweegt zichschrijlings over de pijpleiding voort;tal van hoge-drukwatestralen op de slede spuiten de zeebodem weg en vormen een sleuf onder de reeds gelegde leiding (pulled along with a bury barge, straddles and walks the length of the pipeline;many high-pressure water jets on the sled erode away the seabed to form a trench under an existing sealine, the jetting sled), om de stofvorming zoveel mogelijk te drukken werden op de freestrommel dikstralige watersproeiers of waterstraalpijpen gemonteerd (nozzles producing coarse sprays or jets are mounted on the shearer drum itself to minimize the dispersion of dust), droog frezen veroorzaakt verstopping van de watersproeiers (dry cutting leads to blockage of jets). (various references)

Finnish

vastavirtamuuntaja (contra-jet energy dissipator, interacting jets dissipator). (various references)

French

le traîneau d'ensouillage,engin mécanique tracté ou remorqué par une barge d'ensouillage,chemine et chevauche la conduite sur toute sa longueur;de nombreux jets d'eau sous forte pression,issus de ce traîneau,affouillent le fond marin pour constituer (straddles and "walks" the length of the pipeline;many high-pressure water jets on the sled erode away the seabed to form a trench under an existing sealine, the jetting sled), le havage � sec provoque le colmatage des jets (dry cutting leads to blockage of jets), dissipateur d'énergie � jets s'entrechoquant (interacting jets dissipator), deux ou plusieurs lances hydrauliques disposées de façon � ce que leurs jets d'eau s'affrontent ou entrent en collision,peuvent former un rideau d'eau de protection très efficace (two or more water monitors located to enable the jets to impinge can provide a very effective water curtain), des pulvérisateurs ou des buses � jets sont montés sur le tambour même de la haveuse pour réduire la dispersion de la poussière (nozzles producing coarse sprays or jets are mounted on the shearer drum itself to minimize the dispersion of dust). (various references)

German

Strahlturbinen (turbo jets, turbojets). (various references)

Greek 

μεγάλα αεριωθούμενα (jumbo jets), η εξόρυξη με υποσκαφή εν ξηρώ προκαλεί έμφραξη των εκτοξευτήρων σωλήνων (dry cutting leads to blockage of jets), ακροφύσια ψεκασμού και εκτόξευσης συναρμολογούνται επί του τυμπάνου εγκοπής για την μείωση διασποράς της κόνεως (nozzles producing coarse sprays or jets are mounted on the shearer drum itself to minimize the dispersion of dust), το JETTING SLED,μηχάνημα,που ρυμουλκείται από μία φορτηγίδα ταφής,περνά πάνω από τον αγωγό καθ'όλο το μήκος του.� ολυάριθμες εκτοξεύσεις νερού με (pulled along with a bury barge, straddles and "walks" the length of the pipeline;many high-pressure water jets on the sled erode away the seabed to form a trench under an existing sealine, the jetting sled), δύο ή περισσότεροι υδραυλικοί εκτοξευτήρες τοποθετημένοι κατά τρόπο ώστε οι βολές του νερού να εφάπτονται ή να αλληλοκαλύπτονται,μπορούν (two or more water monitors located to enable the jets to impinge can provide a very effective water curtain), διασκεδαστήρ ενεργείας διά συγκρουομένων δεσμών (contra-jet energy dissipator, interacting jets dissipator). (various references)

Italian

polverizzatori a spruzzatori sono piazzati sul tamburo stesso della tagliatrice per rendere minima la diffusione delle polveri (nozzles producing coarse sprays or jets are mounted on the shearer drum itself to minimize the dispersion of dust), la slitta di getto,tirata avanti da un pontone d'affondamento,fa da forcella e stende la lunghezza del tubo per condotta;moltigetti d'acqua ad alta pressione a partire dalla slitta erodono il letto del mare e formano scanalature sotto ad un'esistente cond (pulled along with a bury barge, straddles and "walks" the length of the pipeline;many high-pressure water jets on the sled erode away the seabed to form a trench under an existing sealine, the jetting sled), il taglio a secco provoca l'intasamento degli spruzzi (dry cutting leads to blockage of jets), due ou più lance antincendio brandeggiabili,collocate in modo che i loro getti si incrocino,possono fornire un'efficacissima cortina d'acqua (two or more water monitors located to enable the jets to impinge can provide a very effective water curtain), dissipatore a getti incrociati (contra-jet energy dissipator, interacting jets dissipator). (various references)

Korean 

� 흙 (Jet). (various references)

Pig Latin

etsjay

Portuguese

aviões comerciais a jato. (various references)

Spanish

chorros, azabaches. (various references)

Swedish

motstråleenergiomvandlare (contra-jet energy dissipator, interacting jets dissipator). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "jets": jetsam, jetsams, jetsom, jetsoms. (additional references)

Words ending with "jets": electrojets, fanjets, objets, projets, propjets, pulsejets, pulsojets, ramjets, resojets, scramjets, superjets, trijets, turbojets, twinjets. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Jets" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ajets, Ejs, ejt, ejus, jast, jats, jeas, jebs, ject, Jeds, Jedsa, jeeds, jees, jeet, jeety, jegs, jehs, jeis, jeit, Jeltz, jents, jeot, Jeps, jept, jert, jes, jeso, jesta, jesto, jesty, jeta, jete, jetes, jeth, jeti, jeto, jetr, jetsi, jetso, jetsy, jett, jetta, jetz, jetzt, jeus, jews, jewt, jext, jeys, jist, jitf, jith, jits, jitt, jitz, joest, joet, jotz, jt, jte, Jutz, ujet, yetts. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: jest.

-1 letter: jet, set.

-2 letters: es, et.

+1 letter: jests, jetes, jutes, tajes.

+2 letters: ejects, jested, jester, jesuit, jetons, jetsam, jetsom, jostle, justed, juster, justle, objets, sejant.

+3 letters: dejects, disject, fanjets, gjetost, injects, jackets, jennets, jessant, jesters, jestful, jesting, jesuits, jetsams, jetsoms, jetties, jettons, jilters, jimpest, jitneys, jitters, jiviest, joisted, jokiest, jolters, jostled, jostler, jostles, jotters, jousted, jouster, junkets, justers, justest, justice, justled, justles, jutties, majesty, objects, projets, ramjets, rejects, resojet, sejeant, subject, trijets.

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