Word Finder - shuttles

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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

Choosing less expensive hotels that offer free shuttles to the parks (this also avoids parking fees).

An exploding planet was projected onto a massive screen, the shuttles flew through a detailed debris field, and the final landing in Alaska was accompanied by scenes of the futuristic frozen tundra.

Located just one and a half miles from Disney World, the Radisson Resort Orlando offers free shuttles to Sea World, Universal Studios, and Disney World.

Free scheduled shuttles to the downtown Disney area and area parks make getting to your favorite attractions easy.

Simply put, a shuttle roller coaster is a coaster that shuttles back and forth between two points along the same section of track rather than completing a loop around a continuous circuit.

Because shuttles are also a tried-and-true coaster design, they are often less expensive for many parks when compared to more unique track layouts.

It is still important to note that the materials currently used to protect space shuttles reentering Earth have a design to withstand temperatures of 2200 degrees Celsius.

Several airport shuttles serving the Bay Area also give discounts on round trip and online reservations.

Consider that airport shuttles cost about $15 to $20 per person.

Typically, airport shuttles that operate in the San Francisco Bay Area charge less than half the amount that a traditional taxi would.

These shuttles are often made out of a soft water-resistant material like neoprene, so if any bottle caps should come undone in your backpack, the laptop is still safe and adequately protected.

Shuttles are usually inexpensive, with prices running around 20 US dollars.

Many of the Case Logic shuttles also feature reversible models for people who need more than a single option!

Hotel packages that include free shuttles to Disney parks, discounted tickets, or other park coupons.

Shorten the length of time you may need the car rental by investigating free shuttles to local hotels and attractions or scheduling your travel to minimize the number of days and hours you rent a vehicle.

Star Trek, however, had space shuttles and the transporter or teleportation device that made it possible in the fiction of the show to have large space-only vessels for the main part of Starfleet.

Shuttles are expensive, and players are very prodigal of their use, partly through ignorance and partly through carelessness.

There are frequent shuttles to Washington, DC and Boston, taking three hours 15 minutes and four hours 30 minutes respectively.

Bucky tube elevators could reach outer space, thereby replacing cumbersome space shuttles.

With this machine movable type shuttles can be used, and one can have several shuttles, each with a different set of characters--Greek, French, or mathematical, according to the kind of writing one wishes to do on the typewriter.

Also, squash balls, shuttles, table tennis balls etc can be purchased.

If arriving by air, there are generally dedicated shuttles to the port, particularly if the airfare was arranged by the cruise line.

European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, was prized for its extremely hard wood, which was used for making shuttles and handles for various tools, undoubtedly including daggers.