docking manoeuvre



apogee, burn, capsule, docking, injection, insertion, lunar module, module, orbit, perigee, re-entry, rocket, space capsule, spacecraft, spaceship ,









   go on tiptoe - be careful, crawl, creep, grovel, gum shoe, inch, pad, prowl, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, sidle, slink, snake, sneak,

   incandescent - ablaze, afire, aflame, aglow, alight, ardent, beaming, blazing, blushing, bright, bright and sunny, brilliant, burning, effulgent, fiery,

   hell-hole - brothel, den, den of iniquity, fleshpots, hole, joint, sink ,

   appositely - comparatively, proportionately, relatively, to a degree ,

   stirring - active, afoot, agitating, alluring, ardent, astir, awe-inspiring, breathtaking, burning, bustling, challenging, charged, cliff-hanging, disquieting, distracting,

   fill the mind - absorb, engross, occupy, preoccupy ,

   old campaigner - reformer, salt, vet, veteran ,

   designative - connotative, demonstrative, diagnostic, evidential, expressive, figural, figurative, ideographic, idiosyncratic, implicative, indicating, indicative, individual, meaningful, metaphorical,

   ranking - absolute, all-absorbing, analysing, analysis, appraisal, appraising, appreciation, arch, arrangement, ascendant, assessing, assessment, assortment, authoritarian, authoritative,

   appositely - comparatively, proportionately, relatively, to a degree ,