Word Finder - shuttle

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The part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads.

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The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.

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A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two places, sometimes more.

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Such a transport vehicle; a shuttle bus; a space shuttle.

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Any other item that moves repeatedly back and forth between two positions, possibly transporting something else with it between those points (such as, in chemistry, a molecular shuttle).

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A shuttlecock.

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A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.

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To go back and forth between two places.

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To transport by shuttle or by means of a shuttle service.

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• chauffeur

Hold the shuttle! he called before addressing her again.

I've got a shuttle waiting for me.

The fly shuttle was also apparently first introduced at Providence in 1788.

The shuttle disappeared behind buildings as it headed towards one of the seven helipads on the compound.

Romas hadn't even accompanied her to the row house but sent her on a small shuttle to the local park and left her there.

Dean began to shuttle back and forth to the dining room, helping Cynthia.

Click here for a virtual-reality model of the shuttle orbiter using Quicktime.

When the commuter plane touched down at NXA airport, Megan called for the shuttle van to her hotel in Fayetteville and decided to wait outside.

We took the courtesy shuttle to the hotel.

I once heard an American woman astronaut talking on the radio about her journeys into space in the Shuttle.

We therefore believe that this reduction of competition would create an effective duopoly between Le Shuttle and the joint venture.

Weather frustrates shuttle again Poor weather conditions prevent the Discovery space orbiter from launching for the second day running.

Public and congressional outcry prompted NASA to solicit alternatives to a space shuttle mission for servicing Hubble.

The property runs a free shuttle to the lifts.

The shuttle service area is located one floor above baggage claim.

Feel free to indulge in a few cocktails because the restaurant has a free limousine and shuttle service that goes to and from hotels in the area.

She watched him as he walked with confident, quick strides to the awaiting shuttle.

Another famous mare was Manganese (1853) by Birdcatcher from Moonbeam by Tomboy from Lunatic by the Prime Minister from Maniac by Shuttle.

One day, it might be a catchy wake-up tune for shuttle astronauts.

Shuttle St had just one big backyard with, just a couple of toilets between all the houses.

This persons sister lost the tent at a train station which was linked heavily through shuttle busses.

Over the next few months the RAF detachment flew shuttle flights into Dilli, East Timor with a round trip taking 3½ hours.

Galileo Shuttle craft landed on planet surface, based on the Classic Star Trek series episode The Galileo 7. 1/35th scale diorama.

To some extent they were standardized - a weaver's shuttle was a weaver's shuttle be it from Edinburgh or Haddington.

By 1760 the flying shuttle, which halved the labor of yarn production, was in general application.

Saturday 9 th September Got a wake up call at about 04.00 and caught the courtesy shuttle to the airport at 04.55.

If a wider cloth was needed, two weavers threw the shuttle to each other.

There is a complimentary shuttle 3 times a day that goes into town with pick ups twice a day.

The diesel rattles gently along the embankment top on its regular shuttle.

We operate a private minibus shuttle service to take you the short distance to the slopes.

A courtesy shuttle bus goes to Hurghada town center daily.

We offer to our guests a complimentary airport shuttle service.

Operating revenue shuttle services revenues were up 6% to £ 146 million mainly due to higher truck shuttle volumes and yields.

The farmhouse and chalet are 5 minutes from the lifts using the free ski shuttle bus that passes every 30 minutes.

One was seeing the space shuttle fly over my school, the other was seeing the Challenger disaster on Newsround.

American Bonnie, 57, was one of the scientists who worked on the first space shuttle.

An American space shuttle has crashed, killing all the crew, and this flag is lowered in sympathy.

They will also prepare the Station for the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight and conduct two spacewalks.

For those who love winter sports, the hotel provides a shuttle bus service to the ski center during the winter months.

Options for reaching the resort include self-drive, bus or shuttle bus transportation from Seoul.

To some extent they were standardized - a weaver 's shuttle was a weaver 's shuttle be it from Edinburgh or Haddington.

Oil is exported by shuttle tankers and gas is exported via the Fulmar gas pipeline to St Fergus.

Twenty flights, which include 16 space shuttle missions, have already occurred in the ISS era.

Space shuttle makes safe landing The space shuttle has landed safely back on Earth.

Operating revenue Shuttle services revenues were up 6% to £ 146 million mainly due to higher truck shuttle volumes and yields.

Twenty years later Columbia took off on the first space shuttle flight.

The rod strained against the surreal backdrop of the space shuttle launch pads.

His rocket, which reached speeds of 3,500 miles per hour, was the basis of the American space shuttle program.

Nasa World Map Pick a location - see the space shuttle image.

The engineers are working very hard to make sure that the space shuttle will not lose any air pressure.