Related Words for holding pattern

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hold
/
Noun, Noun
stack
/
Noun
flight line
//
Phrase, Noun
runway
/x
Noun
landing strip
/x/
Phrase, Noun
apron
/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun
airway
/x
Noun
threshold
/x
Noun
flight path
//
Phrase, Noun
taxiway
/xx
Noun
glide path
//
Phrase, Noun
ramp
/
Noun
airfield
/x
Noun
backtracking
/xx
Noun
slot
/
Noun
airport
/x
Noun
tarmac
/x
Noun
landing
/x
Noun
rollout
/x
Noun
touchdown
/x
Noun
airstrip
/x
Noun
crash pad
//
Phrase, Noun
trap
/
Noun
landing gear
/x/
Phrase, Noun
banking
/x
Noun
turnaround
/xx
Noun
flight
/
Noun
waterline
/xx
Noun
movement
/x
Noun
butter
/x
Noun
control stick
x//
Phrase, Noun
vector
/x
Noun
button
/x
Noun
pylon
/x
Noun
standby
//
Noun
transition
x/x
Noun
pilotage
/xx
Noun
flare
/
Noun
airspace
/x
Noun
pilot
/x
Noun
instrument landing system
xxx/x/x
Phrase, Noun
flight plan
//
Phrase, Noun
glide slope
//
Phrase, Noun
overrun
/xx
Verb
flag
/
Noun
batsman
/x
Noun
finger
/x
Noun
deviation
xx/x
Noun
corridor
/xx
Noun
reject
x/
Verb
grounding
/x
Noun
wake
/
Noun
ground crew
//
Phrase, Noun
loop
/
Noun
plane
/
Noun
spin
/
Noun
shoulder
/x
Noun
stagger
/x
Noun
control tower
x//x
Phrase, Noun
spat
/
Verb
droop
/
Noun
stick
/
Noun
ready room
/x/
Phrase, Noun
aerodrome
/xx
Noun
sweep
/
Noun
carrier
/xx
Noun
bunt
/
Noun
stab
/
Noun
flap
/
Noun
guard
/
Noun
aviation
xx/x
Noun
flight deck
//
Phrase, Noun
airman
/x
Noun
meatball
/x
Noun
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
achievement
x/x
Noun
achieving
x/x
Noun
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
advantaged
x/x
Adjective
affirming
x/x
Adjective, Noun
affluent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
alignment
x/x
Noun
allocation
xx/x
Noun
allotment
x/x
Noun
allure
x/
Noun, Verb
apportionment
x/xx
Noun
architecture
/xxx
Noun
arguing
/xx
Noun
army
/x
Noun
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
arrangement
x/x
Noun
array
x/
Noun, Verb
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
assignment
x/x
Noun
assuming
x/x
Noun, Adjective
attire
x/x
Noun, Verb
bankrupt
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
basis
/x
Noun
beam
/
Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bear claw
//
Phrase, Noun
behavior
x/x
Noun
behaviour
x/x
Noun
believing
x/x
Noun
belongings
x/x
Noun
beneficiary
xx/xxx
Noun, Adjective
blaming
/x
Noun
blanket
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
blueprint
/x
Noun, Verb
boss
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bound
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
box
/
Noun, Verb
breakdown
/x
Noun
calendar
/xx
Noun, Verb
calibration
xx/x
Noun
cannibalism
/xxxx
Noun
carrying
/xx
Noun
category
/xxx
Noun
celebration
xx/x
Noun
change
/
Noun, Verb
characteristic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
chart
/
Noun, Verb
checkered
/x
Adjective
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
clothes
/
Noun
collection
x/x
Noun
commemorating
x/xxx
Adjective
commemoration
xxx/x
Noun
commending
x/x
Verb, Noun
community property
x/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
company
/xx
Noun, Verb
compiler
x/x
Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
composition
xx/x
Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
concept
/x
Noun, Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
configuration
xxx/x
Noun
confinement
x/x
Noun
conglomerate
x/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
conservation
xx/x
Noun
considering
x/xx
Noun, Adverb
consignment
x/x
Noun
constant
/x
Adjective, Noun
constellation
xx/x
Noun
constraint
x/
Noun
container
x/x
Noun
containing
x/x
Noun
containment
x/x
Noun
contour
/x
Noun, Verb
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
convene
x/
Verb
convention
x/x
Noun
convocation
xx/x
Noun
cooperation
xxx/x
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
criteria
x/xx
Noun
cumulation
/x/x
Noun
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
custodial
x/xx
Adjective
custody
/xx
Noun
custom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
damascene
x//
Noun, Adjective, Verb
decade
x/
Noun
decal
xx
Noun, Verb
deduction
x/x
Noun
deposit
x/x
Noun, Verb
design
x/
Noun, Verb
detain
x/
Verb
detention
x/x
Noun
development
x/xx
Noun
device
x/
Noun
diagram
/xx
Noun, Verb
directed
x/x
Adjective
directional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
distributing
x/xx
Verb, Noun
distribution
xx/x
Noun
division
x/x
Noun
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
doing
/x
Noun
drawing
/x
Noun
dress
/
Noun, Verb
dynamic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
emblem
/x
Noun, Verb
emphasis
/xx
Noun
employer
x/x
Noun
endpoint
/x
Noun, Verb
enjoying
x/x
Verb
ensemble
x/x
Noun, Verb
ensuring
x/x
Verb
establishment
x/xx
Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
evolution
xx/x
Noun
evolving
x/x
Verb, Adjective
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
exercising
/xxx
Noun
exerting
x/x
Verb
expectation
xx/x
Noun
exploit
/x
Verb, Noun
exploitation
xx/x
Noun
exploitative
x/xx
Adjective
exporting
x/x
Name
fabric
/x
Noun, Verb
farm
/
Noun, Verb
fashion
/x
Noun, Verb
fastening
/xx
Noun
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
filing
/x
Noun
flowchart
/x
Noun
fluctuation
xx/x
Noun
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
forcing
/x
Noun, Adjective
form
/
Noun, Verb
formalism
/xxx
Noun
format
/x
Noun, Verb
formula
/xx
Noun
fractal
/x
Adjective, Noun
frame
/
Noun, Verb
framework
/x
Noun
fulfilment
x/x
Noun
fund
/
Noun, Verb
gestalt
xx
Noun
governed
/x
Noun
gradient
/xx
Noun, Adjective
grant
/
Noun, Verb
graph
/
Noun, Verb
grasping
/x
Noun, Adjective
gripping
/x
Adjective, Noun