nuclear

Speech parts

1. nuclear - Noun

2. nuclear - Adjective

3. nuclear - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

atomic thermonuclear center prime central intermediate mezzo pika main average living primary basic fusion midway
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Antonyms

conventional orthodox right common normal lucid
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Phrases with the word

nuclear weapons nuclear button non-nuclear nuclear sub nuclear missile nuclear fission power

Anagrams

lucarne crenula unclear

Examples

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Frank Zappa

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation. Margaret Mead

All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk. Ronald Reagan

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it, necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives. Robert McNamara

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age. Adlai Stevenson II

I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use. Hashemi Rafsanjani

Close letter words and terms

nucle nucleal nucleant nuclear access nuclear accident nuclear aftermath