An afterbody is the afterpart of a vehicle, a comparison body which trails a satellite or spacecraft, or a section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft which enters the atmosphere behind the nose cone or other body protected for entry.

Frank W. Spaid has written:

'Boundary-layer and wake measurements on a swept, circulation-control wing' -- subject(s): Aerodynamics

'Experimental results for a hypersonic nozzle/afterbody flow field'

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern AF---B---. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 2nd letter F and 6th letter B. In alphabetical order, they are:

afterbody

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern A--E-B---. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 4th letter E and 6th letter B. In alphabetical order, they are:

adverbial

afterbody

assembled

assembler

assembles

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern A-TE-B---. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 3rd letter T and 4th letter E and 6th letter B. In alphabetical order, they are:

afterbody