SPACECRAFT

spacecraft, ballistic capsule, space vehicle

(noun) a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

spacecraft (plural spacecraft or spacecrafts)

A vehicle that travels through space.

Usage notes

• The standard plural form is spacecraft; spacecrafts is far less common.

Synonyms

• spaceship

• space vehicle

• starcraft

Source: Wiktionary



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SALTWORT

(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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