(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
akrabattine
backbearing
backbencher
backbencher
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
backbenches
backbenches
noun
plural of backbench
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backpointer
backsetting
backsetting
verb
present participle of backset
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
baedekerian
baggyrinkle
baikerinite
balkinesses
balloonlike
balloonlike
adj
Resembling a balloon in form
bandkeramik
bangwaketsi
bankrollers
bankrollers
noun
plural of bankroller
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
bareknuckle
barkentines
barkentines
noun
plural of barkentine
barkpeeling
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
beckoningly
beckoningly
adv
So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.
bedarkening
bedarkening
verb
present participle of bedarken
beekeepings
beekmantown
bekinkinite
beknighting
beknighting
verb
present participle of beknight
beknottedly
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
besprinkler
besprinkler
noun
One who or that which besprinkles.
besprinkles
besprinkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besprinkle
betokenment
biokinetics
biokinetics
noun
(medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms
birkeniidae
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blackhander
blacknesses
blacknesses
noun
plural of blackness
blacksnakes
blacksnakes
noun
plural of blacksnake
blacktongue
blankenship
blanketless
blanketless
adj
Without a blanket or blankets.
blanketlike
blanketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blanket.
blanketweed
blanketweed
noun
a filamentous alga often found in ponds
blankminded
blanknesses
blanknesses
noun
plural of blankness
bleaknesses
bleaknesses
noun
plural of bleakness
boilinglike
bolingbroke
bonebreaker
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookbindery
bookbindery
noun
A building where books are assembled and bound.
bookishness
bookishness
noun
The property of being bookish.
bookkeeping
bookkeeping
noun
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
(computing) General tasks for maintaining a system.
verb
present participle of bookkeep
bookselling
bookselling
noun
The sale of books.
boskinesses
bottlenecks
bottlenecks
noun
plural of bottleneck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottleneck
boylikeness
brainworker
brakemaking
brankursine
brankursine
noun
A plant, the acanthus.
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
bribetaking
bribetaking
noun
The acceptance of bribes.
brickleness
brickleness
noun
(obsolete) brittleness
brisknesses
brisknesses
noun
plural of briskness
bromoketone
bromoketone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any brominated derivative of a ketone
brooklynese
brooklynese
Proper noun
The dialect of American English spoken in the borough of Brooklyn in New York.
brooklynite
brooklynite
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York.
bruckleness
buckeystown
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
bucklandite
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulkinesses
bulkinesses
noun
plural of bulkiness
bunchbacked
bundelkhand
bunkerville
burkburnett
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
buttinskies
cabinetmake
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cankerberry
chelyabinsk
chickenbill
cockneybred
cornerbacks
cornerbacks
noun
plural of cornerback
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
diefenbaker
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
drakensberg
embankments
embankments
noun
plural of embankment
embarkation
embarkation
noun
(obsolete) A vessel.
The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
embarkments
embarkments
noun
plural of embarkment
finchbacked
greenbacker
greenbacker
noun
Alternative form of Greenbacker
handbaskets
handbaskets
noun
plural of handbasket
heartbroken
heartbroken
adj
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
housebroken
housebroken
adj
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
jawbreaking
jawbreaking
adj
Very difficult to pronounce.
jenkinsburg
keelboatman
keelboatman
noun
The person who operates a keelboat.
keelboatmen
keelboatmen
noun
plural of keelboatman
kennebecker
kennebunker
keyboarding
keyboarding
noun
The act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device)
klausenburg
knobkerries
knobkerries
noun
plural of knobkerrie
plural of knobkerry
knuckleball
knuckleball
noun
(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
(figurative) An event that is hard to predict.
verb
(intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.
knucklebone
knucklebone
noun
(slang) A die.
A bone that forms a knuckle in the human hand, in an animal's paw or any bone that forms a similar bump.
Such a bone once used in knucklebones and other children's games of chance.
koeberlinia
koenigsberg
lackbrained
lawbreaking
lawbreaking
adj
unlawful; illegal.
noun
The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law.
likableness
likableness
noun
The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
linebackers
linebackers
noun
plural of linebacker
linebacking
linebacking
noun
(American football) Playing as a linebacker
marshbanker
mecklenburg
mecklenburg
Proper noun
An area in Baltic northern Germany.
menangkabau
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
nickelbloom
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
overbooking
overbooking
noun
An instance of selling or guaranteeing more seats than are available.
verb
present participle of overbook
overbraking
overbraking
verb
present participle of overbrake
pawnbrokers
pawnbrokers
noun
plural of pawnbroker
pawnbrokery
pawnbrokery
noun
A pawnbroker's shop.
The trade of pawnbroking.
prisonbreak
quackenbush
quickenbeam
rainbowlike
rainbowlike
adj
Resembling a rainbow; displaying a range of colours.
reembarking
reembarking
verb
present participle of reembark
ribandmaker
ribbonmaker
ribbonmaker
noun
One who makes ribbons.
rubbernecks
rubbernecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rubberneck