8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
noun a device that launches aircraft from a warship
originEtymology tree English launch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English launcher From launch + -er.
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