maintenance maintenance /ˈmeɪntnəns/

noun

1. () Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order  ( care , upkeep , maintenance )
   activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
    He wrote the manual on car care
   he wrote the manual on car care
   
   
2. () Means of maintenance of a family or group  ( maintenance )
   means of maintenance of a family or group
   
3. (law) the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community  ( criminal maintenance , maintenance )
   (law) the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
    Unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit
   unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit
   
4. The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence  ( maintenance , sustainment , sustenance , sustentation , upkeep )
   the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
    They were in want of sustenance
   they were in want of sustenance
    Fishing was their main sustainment
   fishing was their main sustainment
   
5. Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated  ( alimony , maintenance )
   court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
   

 communications satellite communications satellite /kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃənz ˈsætəˌlaɪt/

noun

1. An artificial satellite that relays signals back to earth; moves in a geostationary orbit  ( communications satellite )
   an artificial satellite that relays signals back to earth; moves in a geostationary orbit
    The new communications satellite in geostationary orbit improved the TV signal reception in remote areas.
   The new communications satellite in geostationary orbit improved the TV signal reception in remote areas.
   
   

 solenogaster solenogaster /sɒˈlɛnəɡæstər/

noun

1. Deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle  ( aplacophoran , solenogaster )
   deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle
   
   

 yawl yawl /jɔːl/

noun

1. A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost  ( dandy , yawl )
   a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
   
   
2. A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)  ( yawl )
   a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
   

verb

1. Emit long loud cries  ( ululate , yaup , yawl , howl , roar , wail )
   emit long loud cries
    Wail in self-pity
   wail in self-pity
    Howl with sorrow
   howl with sorrow