Crossword clues for sidewinder
sidewinder
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Horned \Horned\,
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Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.
The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip.
--Coleridge.Horned bee (Zo["o]l.), a British wild bee ( Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head.
Horned dace (Zo["o]l.), an American cyprinoid fish ( Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chu
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See Illust. of Chub.
Horned frog (Zo["o]l.), a very large Brazilian frog ( Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids.
Horned grebe (Zo["o]l.), a species of grebe ( Colymbus auritus), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head.
Horned horse (Zo["o]l.), the gnu.
Horned lark (Zo["o]l.), the shore lark.
Horned lizard (Zo["o]l.), the horned toad.
Horned owl (Zo["o]l.), a large North American owl ( Bubo Virginianus), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl, eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Eared.
Horned poppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn.
Horned pout (Zo["o]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout.
Horned rattler (Zo["o]l.), a species of rattlesnake ( Crotalus cerastes), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder.
Horned ray (Zo["o]l.), the sea devil.
Horned screamer (Zo["o]l.), the kamichi.
Horned snake (Zo["o]l.), the cerastes.
Horned toad (Zo["o]l.), any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called also horned lizard.
Horned viper. (Zo["o]l.) See Cerastes.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A North American rattlesnake, (taxlink Crotalus cerastes species noshow=1), that inhabits lowland deserts. 2 (context slang English) A person who is untrustworthy and dangerous. 3 (context slang dated English) A heavy swinging blow from the side which disables an adversary.
WordNet
n. small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve [syn: horned rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes]
air-to-air missile with infrared homing device
Wikipedia
Sidewinder may refer to:
- Crotalus cerastes, a venomous pit-viper species found in the southwestern United States
- Bitis peringueyi, a venomous adder species found in Namibia and southern Angola
Sidewinder is the name of three different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original Sidewinder, Seth Voelker, first appeared in Marvel Two-in-One #64 (Jun 1980), created by writers Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio. A second Sidewinder appeared in 1998 but was killed during his attempt to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D.. A third SIdewinder, Gregory Bryan, was given powers similar to the original Sidewinder by the Brand Corporation
Seth Velker started out as an Econimics professor before Roxxon Oil Company chemically mutated him and gave him the power to teleport, starting his criminal career as Sidewinder. He initially worked as hired henchman alongside Anaconda, Death Adder and Black Mamba. Later he organized the Serpent Society a group of snake-themed criminals for hire, with the Society working like a trade union. At one point Sidewinder was deposed as leader by Viper as several members of the Society had infiltrated the group to help Viper from within. While Viper was defeated, Sidewinder chose to leave the Society with King Cobra taking control of the Serpent Society. He later retires from being a criminal.
The third Sidewinder, Gregory Bryan, was given his powers by the Brand Corporation and became a member of the Serpent Society later on. He later became a member of Serpent Solutions when the Society was reorganized.
Sidewinder is an EP by Industrial music group Download released in 1996.
Sidewinder is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up video game made by Arcadia Systems in 1988.
Sidewinder were an Australian indie pop group founded in 1990 in Canberra by Pip Branson on guitar, Martin Craft on bass guitar and backing vocals, his brother Nick Craft on lead guitar and vocals, and Giri Fox on drums. Early in 1994 Shane Melder replaced Fox on drums and in the next year the group relocated to Sydney. Sidewinder were staples of the Australian alternative rock scene in the 1990s and released two studio albums, Atlantis (January 1996) and Tangerine (September 1997). Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described them as "an accessible brand of distortion-drenched, harmony-driven, indie guitar power pop." Sidewinder released two albums and three EPS between 1992 and 1998, all of which were critically acclaimed and received solid Triple J and commercial airplay. These albums ‘traversed a broad sonic terrain, from Beatlesesque psychedelia to eardrum shattering ballsy rock’. Sidewinder were one of the ‘best loved live acts of this decade [1990s]’. had regular spots on festival bills, including the Big Day Out (1994, 1995, and as national touring artists 1996) and played every Homebake from 1996 to 1998 (January, December 1996/ January, December 1998).
They toured extensively with many of their contemporaries, including bands such as Powderfinger, Custard, The Hummingbirds, You Am I, The Clouds, The Fauves, Tumbleweed and Magic Dirt. They also played with other bands, such as Something for Kate, the Dirty Three, the Whitlams, the Underground Lovers and Gaslight Radio. They supported international touring artists, including U2 on the Australian leg of their PopMart Tour in February 1998. They also played with Pavement, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Sebadoh and Red Kross.
They disbanded in 2000.
Sidewinder is a steel roller coaster located at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado.
This is a fairly simple coaster that takes rides through one loop. Instead of starting from the ground, riders have to ascend stairs fifty feet up to the loading station. The train is launched down a hill, goes into the loop, then ascends a slope opposite of the station with a braking section. The train repeats the layout backwards, and returns to the station.
Before being operated at Elitch Gardens this roller coaster was at the Magic Springs & Crystal Falls amusement park as the Roaring Tornado.
It is one of only four Arrow Dynamics launched loop coasters to be operating around the world. While mild compared to today's roller coasters, great airtime is produced when the Sidewinder shuttles backwards or forwards over the drops. It is ideal for younger children who have never been on a looping roller coaster.
The ride has received new paint for the 2010 season, and is now more of a lime green than the darker shade it has been since being repainted from its original white.
The ride is also identical to Revolution (Pleasure Beach Blackpool) at Blackpool Pleasure Beach except that the cars in the train have 4, instead of 6.
Sidewinder is a steel roller coaster located at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Pioneer Frontier section of the park, right across from Storm Runner. While the coaster itself is a standard Vekoma Boomerang, this installation is notable because it was the first Vekoma Boomarang to use Vekoma trains (previous Boomerangs used Arrow trains). For the 2011 season, the Sidewinder's trains were replaced with Vekoma's modern trains, similar to the train on Carowinds' Carolina Cobra. This ride was also the first coaster installed in the park in 14 years since the SooperDooperLooper in 1977.
With a total of 3 loops in the ride's structure, and the fact that the ride operates in both directions, a single ride involves riders being turned upside down 6 times.
In October, when Hersheypark is decorated in a Halloween theme (Hersheypark in the Dark), Sidewinder is dubbed Scarewinder.
Sidewinder is a type of slot car or motorized model car in which the motor shaft is parallel to the driven axle (usually the rear), and power is transmitted through spur gears or, sometimes, a belt, friction or even by direct drive. The word also refers to the transversely-mounted motor of such a car.
A similar type of slot car which has the motor shaft mounted at an angle to the driven axle is the Anglewinder. In general, the sidewinder and anglewinder are less common arrangements than the inline motor, in which the shaft is perpendicular to the driven axle, and drives it with bevel gears or a pinion and crown gear. Historically, they are also less common than the pancake motor, in which the shaft is vertical and power is carried to the axle by a chain of gears to a pinion and crown arrangement. Because they require more space between the drive wheels, the sidewinder and anglewinder arrangements are more common in 1:32, and especially 1:24, than in the smaller scales.
The Sidewinder and to an extent the Anglewinder configurations are often seen as superior for slot racing cars. This is because when accelerating, the reverse torque of the motor transfers weight to the front of the vehicle and therefore the guide that keeps it on the track. This allows the slot racer to accelerate through corners. There is also a further advantage as, if dynamic braking is used, the reverse torque of the motor then transfers weight to the rear wheels which invariably are the dominant grip wheels on a slot car. Conversely the reverse torque effect on in line motor configurations transfers weight from side to side and destabilises the car.
Schematic diagrams of common chassis layouts. The flat, vertical-shaft Pancake motor is seen end-on, with the shaft pointing toward the reader.
Use of the sidewinder drive goes back to the first commercially-available slot cars. Some of Lionel's original slot car models of 1911-1914 used a type of sidewinder drive. Victory Industries used a sidewinder motor in their 1957 VIP line of 1:32 cars. This brand debuted at the same time as the famous Scalextric line, and shares with Scalextric the honor of being the first modern manufactured slot car system.
Usage examples of "sidewinder".
We need Strike, Bullpup, Walleye, Falcon, Sparrow, and Sidewinder missiles.
That would be the worst result possible, of course, if the nifty little Sidewinder blew right past the two Migs and headed for my lead.
Jake put the pipper in the heads-up display on the plane, and got a rattling tone in his ears, the locked-on signal from the heat-seeking Sidewinder that had given the missile its name.
High Apacheria got too cold for a sand-loving sidewinder on many a night, and the critters only bred where they could make it through the whole year.
Mister, you did this part of the country a favor by killing those murderin' sidewinders.
Seconds later Humphrey got a blinking diamond in the middle right side of his heads-up display, indicating that the first-up Sidewinder had locked on to the bizjet and was in the launch zone.
That is, be on station quickly, unleash whatever bomb loads they might have, then loiter over the battle area and apply force -whether it be Sidewinders, cannon fire, or air-to-surface missiles -as needed.
And the only ones he had seen were those of bighorn sheep and the odd twisting trail of a sidewinder.
Its bomb racks had been packed with cluster bombs, and while Hunter was normally a cautious person to a fault, he had decided not to pack on board his usual compliment of two Sidewinder missiles for the attack on the Florida beaches.
While the Pony Express is defying deserts, savages and sidewinders, Tristero's giving its employees crash courses in Siouan and Athapascan dialects.
I can ran faster backward than anybody else can run forrad, I can jump over the outermost moon with one hand tied behind me, I can fill an inside straight every time I draw, an' if any sidewinder here says it ain't so I'll fill him so full o' lead they'll mine him!
Of these three, one was chased down and destroyed by a medium-range Sidewinder heat-seeking missile.
If I say nothing-or if you keep jamming and I'm not allowed to say anything-those boys come in hellbent for blood and with itchy trigger fingers on real Sidewinders.
In places, dunes covered the road entirely, the sand printed with the laddering tracks of enormous sidewinders, six to eight feet long.
At this range, even a Sidewinder might scoot past the target before its one-track mind could track on the MiG's exhaust and correct the missile's course, and if he dropped back for more room, the more maneuverable Fulcrum would give him the slip.