(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
backcrossed
backcrossed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backcross
backcrosses
backcrosses
noun
plural of backcross
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcross
backdropped
backdropped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backdrop
backpointer
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstories
backstories
noun
plural of backstory
backstroked
backstroked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstroke
backstrokes
backstrokes
noun
plural of backstroke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstroke
backwoodser
badderlocks
badderlocks
noun
(Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta
balloonlike
balloonlike
adj
Resembling a balloon in form
bankrollers
bankrollers
noun
plural of bankroller
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
beaverbrook
becassocked
becassocked
adj
Wearing a cassock.
beekmantown
bialystoker
biofeedback
biofeedback
noun
A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
blackbodies
blackbodies
noun
plural of blackbody
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blacktongue
blacktopped
blacktopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacktop
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blockheaded
blockheaded
adj
Resembling a blockhead; stupid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blockhead
bodicemaker
boilermaker
boilermaker
noun
(US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
bokmakierie
bokmakierie
noun
A shrike endemic to Southern Africa, with olive upper parts, a yellow underside, and a deep black gorget.
bonebreaker
bookmarkers
bookmarkers
noun
plural of bookmarker
bottlemaker
bottlemaker
noun
A manufacturer of bottles.
brainworker
brassworker
brassworker
noun
A person who manufactures or shapes brass.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
breastworks
breastworks
noun
plural of breastwork
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
clodbreaker
codebreaker
codebreaker
noun
A cryptanalyst, one who decodes messages without the key.
cornerbacks
cornerbacks
noun
plural of cornerback
crookbacked
crookbacked
adj
hunchbacked
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
doublespeak
doublespeak
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
embarkation
embarkation
noun
(obsolete) A vessel.
The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
forebespeak
halterbroke
halterbroke
verb
simple past tense of halterbreak
heartbroken
heartbroken
adj
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
horsebacker
horsebacker
noun
One who rides on horseback.
housebreaks
housebreaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
keelboatman
keelboatman
noun
The person who operates a keelboat.
keelboatmen
keelboatmen
noun
plural of keelboatman
keyboarders
keyboarders
noun
plural of keyboarder
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.
koeberlinia
lobachevsky
meadowbrook
monkeyboard
monkeyboard
noun
(historical) The footboard on which a bus conductor stands.
A derrickman's work platform.
mountebanks
mountebanks
noun
plural of mountebank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mountebank
nobackspace
nonbankable
nonbankable
adj
Not bankable.
nonbulkhead
nonbulkhead
adj
Not of or relating to a bulkhead.
nonchokable
nonchokable
adj
On which a person cannot choke.
That cannot become choked or blocked up.
nonmaskable
nonmaskable
adj
(computing) Not maskable.
nonpickable
nonpickable
adj
Not pickable.
nonsinkable
nonsinkable
adj
Not sinkable.
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
overbraking
overbraking
verb
present participle of overbrake
overtakable
overtakable
adj
That can be overtaken
pawnbrokers
pawnbrokers
noun
plural of pawnbroker
pawnbrokery
pawnbrokery
noun
A pawnbroker's shop.
The trade of pawnbroking.
picketboats
picketboats
noun
plural of picketboat
preblockade
preblockade
adj
Before a blockade.
prisonbreak
problockade
rainbowlike
rainbowlike
adj
Resembling a rainbow; displaying a range of colours.
rekeyboards
rekeyboards
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rekeyboard
ribbonmaker
ribbonmaker
noun
One who makes ribbons.
roadblocked
roadblocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roadblock
shacklebone
sharebroker
sharebroker
noun
A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities.
shcherbakov
shopbreaker
shopbreaker
noun
One who breaks into a shop with unlawful intent.
skateboards
skateboards
noun
plural of skateboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skateboard
skatemobile
skatemobile
noun
A makeshift vehicle built by attaching roller skates to a crate.
snakephobia
snakephobia
noun
Fear of snakes.
speiskobalt
speiskobalt
noun
smaltite
strikeboard
tobaccolike
tobaccolike
adj
Resembling tobacco or some aspect of it.
unblockaded
unblockaded
adj
Not blockaded.
unbrookable
unbrookable
adj
Not to be brooked or borne; intolerable.
uncloakable
uncloakable
adj
Not cloakable.
uninvokable
uninvokable
adj
That cannot be invoked.
unrevokable
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).