| endospore-forming bacteria | a group of true bacteria |
| pus-forming bacteria | bacteria that produce pus |
charge
burster
bursting charge
explosive charge | a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time, this cartridge has a powder charge ofgrains |
disrupting explosive
bursting explosive | a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack |
| explosive | a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck |
| explosive compound | a compound that is explosive |
explosive detection system
EDS | a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using Xay technology and computers, designed for use in airports |
| explosive device | device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy |
| explosive mixture | a mixture that is explosive |
explosive trace detection
ETD | a system for screening luggage in airports, an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives |
fuel-air explosive
FAE | a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges, the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen, the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below |
improvised explosive device
I.E.D.
IED | an explosive device that is improvised |
plastic explosive
plastique | an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy |
propellant explosive
impulse explosive | an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges |
osteoblast
bone-forming cell | a cell from which bone develops |
| explosive unit | any unit for measuring the force of explosions |
| high explosive | a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate |
| low explosive | an explosive with a low rate of combustion |
| acid-forming | yielding an acid in aqueous solution |
| base-forming | yielding a base in aqueous solution |
addictive
habit-forming | causing or characterized by addiction, addictive drugs, addictive behavior |
| explosive | serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst, an explosive device, explosive gas, explosive force, explosive violence, an explosive temper |
| explosive | sudden and loud, an explosive laugh |
membranous
membrane-forming | characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane), membranous gastritis |
explosive
volatile | liable to lead to sudden change or violence, an explosive issue, a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation |
| thicket-forming | tending to form dense thickets |