missilery

or mis·sil·ry

[ mis-uhl-ree ]

noun

1. the science of the construction and use of guided missiles.

missilery

/ ˈmɪsaɪlrɪ /

noun

1. missiles collectively
2. the design, operation, or study of missiles

Word History and Origins

Origin of missilery¹

First recorded in 1875–80; missile + -ry

Example Sentences

The North displayed its latest missilery in the February parade, however, and Washington hardly batted an eye.

From Seattle Times

Brezhnev has approved increases in the Soviet military budget that have financed an unparalleled improvement in Russian missilery and a vast enlargement of the Soviet navy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Russians, well along on missilery with or without an atomic warhead, had a head start that the U.S. urgently needed to narrow.

From Time Magazine Archive

With perhaps half a dozen exceptions, the press corps at Cape Canaveral had no grounding in the infinitely complex mechanics of missilery.

From Time Magazine Archive

And at the Pentagon the mess in missilery and the mis-organization of command, as shown up by the Johnson Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee hearings, was such as to raise serious questions as to whether Commander in Chief Dwight D. Eisenhower had done his homework as a military administrator.

From Time Magazine Archive