(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
backpointer
backstories
backstories
noun
plural of backstory
bankrolling
bankrolling
verb
present participle of bankroll
bialystoker
billbroking
bodicemaker
boilermaker
boilermaker
noun
(US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
boilerworks
bokmakierie
bokmakierie
noun
A shrike endemic to Southern Africa, with olive upper parts, a yellow underside, and a deep black gorget.
bolingbroke
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookbindery
bookbindery
noun
A building where books are assembled and bound.
bookmarking
bookmarking
verb
present participle of bookmark
bootlickers
bootlickers
noun
plural of bootlicker
brainworker
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
bromopikrin
brookesmith
brookeville
brooklynite
brooklynite
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York.
brooksville
broommaking
broomsticks
broomsticks
noun
plural of broomstick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broomstick
brothellike
brothellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.
brotherlike
brotherlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brother.
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
crookbilled
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
embarkation
embarkation
noun
(obsolete) A vessel.
The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
imbarkation
keyboarding
keyboarding
noun
The act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device)
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
knobkerries
knobkerries
noun
plural of knobkerrie
plural of knobkerry
koeberlinia
koenigsberg
lobsterlike
lobsterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a lobster.
middlebrook
mockingbird
mockingbird
noun
(archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”)
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.
motorbiking
motorbiking
verb
present participle of motorbike
novosibirsk
novosibirsk
Proper noun
A city in Siberia, Russia.
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
overbooking
overbooking
noun
An instance of selling or guaranteeing more seats than are available.
verb
present participle of overbook
overbookish
overbookish
adj
Excessively bookish.
overbraking
overbraking
verb
present participle of overbrake
overbulkily
pawnbroking
pawnbroking
noun
The business of a pawnbroker; advancing loans against pledges of household goods or personal possessions, and selling those pledges that are not redeemed.
pokeberries
pokeberries
noun
plural of pokeberry
prisonbreak
proverblike
proverblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proverb.
rainbowlike
rainbowlike
adj
Resembling a rainbow; displaying a range of colours.
ribbonmaker
ribbonmaker
noun
One who makes ribbons.
springbrook
springbrook
Proper noun
A hamlet in Alberta, Canada
A city in Iowa
A city in North Dakota
A town in Wisconsin
stockbridge
storksbills
storksbills
noun
plural of storksbill
strikeboard
strikebound
strikebound
adj
Not operating normally because of strike action.
suikerbosch
timberworks
timberworks
noun
plural of timberwork
turkophobia
workability
workability
noun
The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned.
The quality of being workable; practical capacity to succeed.