(astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.
verb
present participle of aerobrake
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterreckoning
afterworking
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
bergomask
bergomask
noun
(obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
blockaderunning
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
brockage
brockage
noun
(coin collecting) A type of error coin in which one side of the coin has the normal design and the other side has a mirror image of the same design impressed upon it.
brockages
brockages
noun
plural of brockage
brokage
brokage
noun
(archaic) The act of a broker; brokerage.
brokages
brokages
noun
plural of brokage
brokerage
brokerage
noun
A business, firm, or company whose business is to act as a broker (e.g., stockbroker).
The commission paid to a broker.
The occupation of being a broker.
brokerages
brokerages
noun
plural of brokerage
cabinetworking
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkage
corkage
noun
A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided.
corkages
corkages
noun
plural of corkage
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
doughmaker
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
endokaryogamy
fliegerabwehrkanone
forespeaking
forespeaking
noun
(obsolete) A foretelling; a prediction.
verb
present participle of forespeak
foretalking
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
frankalmoigne
frankalmoigne
noun
A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
gadzookeries
gadzookeries
noun
plural of gadzookery
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gateworks
gerlachovka
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
glassworkers
glassworkers
noun
plural of glassworker
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
glovemaker
glovemaker
noun
A maker of gloves; a glover.
goalkeeper
goalkeeper
noun
(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goalkeepers
goalkeepers
noun
plural of goalkeeper
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
godforsaken
godforsaken
adj
Abandoned by a deity or god.
Particularly awful; very bad
godmaker
gorillalike
gorillalike
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.
grosbeak
grosbeak
noun
Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill
grosbeaks
grosbeaks
noun
plural of grosbeak
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
headworking
hektogram
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
isokeraunographic
jackerooing
jackerooing
verb
present participle of jackeroo
kalgoorlie
kalgoorlie
Proper noun
A city in Western Australia.
kalogeros
kangarooer
kangarooer
noun
One who hunts kangaroos.
kangaroolike
kangaroolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a kangaroo.
karyogamies
karyogamies
noun
plural of karyogamy
karyologies
karyologies
noun
plural of karyology
keratoangioma
keratoangioma
noun
(pathology) Angioma of the cornea.
keratogenic
keratogenic
Adjective
Relating to keratogenesis.
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
keratoglossus
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
keraunography
keraunography
noun
(archaic) The study of keraunographs (figures or pictures impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere).
keyboarding
keyboarding
noun
The act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device)
keylargo
kilogramme
kilogramme
noun
(UK) Dated spelling of kilogram.
kilogrammetre
kilogrammetre
noun
Alternative spelling of kilogram-meter
kilometrage
kilometrage
noun
An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per kilometre.
The number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
The total distance travelled, in kilometres.
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophonograph
kinetophonograph
noun
Synonym of kinetophone
knotgrasses
knotgrasses
noun
plural of knotgrass
koleroga
koleroga
noun
A disease of palm trees such as areca palms and of many other commercially important plants caused by the oomycete Phytophthora palmivora.
Diseases of coffee, citrus, and persimmon caused by the fungus Ceratobasidium noxium
kollergang
kollergang
noun
edge mill
konzentrationslager
krageroite
kratogen
kratogenic
kymographies
kymographies
noun
plural of kymography
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
mallemaroking
mallemaroking
noun
(historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
markgenossenschaft
megakaryoblast
megakaryoblast
noun
(cytology) A precursor cell in hematopoiesis which gives rise to the promegakaryocyte, which in turn gives rise to the megakaryocyte.
megakaryocyte
megakaryocyte
noun
(anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.
megakaryocytic
megakaryocytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes
megalokaryocyte
megalokaryocyte
noun
megakaryocyte
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
overbaking
overbaking
verb
present participle of overbake
overbraking
overbraking
verb
present participle of overbrake
overbreakage
overcarking
overcarking
adj
(archaic) Too anxious; too full of care.
verb
present participle of overcark
overmarking
overmarking
verb
present participle of overmark
overpackage
overpackage
verb
(transitive) To package wastefully in more material than necessary.
overpackaged
overpackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpackage
overpackages
overpackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpackage
overpacking
overpacking
verb
present participle of overpack
overraking
overraking
verb
present participle of overrake
oversoaking
oversoaking
verb
present participle of oversoak
overspeaking
overspeaking
verb
present participle of overspeak
overtaking
overtaking
noun
The act by which one thing overtakes another.
verb
present participle of overtake
overtalking
overtalking
verb
present participle of overtalk
overtasking
overtasking
verb
present participle of overtask
paligorskite
passagework
passagework
noun
(music) An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage
passageworks
passageworks
noun
plural of passagework
pawnbrokerage
pawnbrokerage
noun
(countable) A pawnbroker's shop.
(uncountable) The business of pawnbroking.
pawnbrokering
pawnbrokering
noun
Synonym of pawnbroking
pelargikon
pharyngokeratosis
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
preblockading
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
prokindergarten
rangework
rangework
noun
Masonry consisting of horizontal rows of ashlar.
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
rokeage
rollermaking
rollerskating
rollerskating
noun
Alternative spelling of roller skating
verb
present participle of rollerskate
ropemaking
ropemaking
noun
The manufacture of rope.
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.