rocket firing
rocket launching | the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power |
stage
leg | a section or portion of a journey or course, then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise |
| fare-stage | a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same |
stage dancing
choreography | a show involving artistic dancing |
business stage business
byplay | incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect, his business with the cane was hilarious |
| anti-submarine rocket | a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines |
bandstand
outdoor stage
stand | a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air |
booster booster rocket
booster unit
takeoff booster
takeoff rocket | the first stage of a multistage rocket |
| landing stage | platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded |
launcher
rocket launcher | armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket |
mise en scene
stage setting
setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
multistage rocket
step rocket | a rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted |
| nuclear rocket | a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant |
rocket
rocket engine | a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion |
| rocket projectile | any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine |
| rocket base | a military base for rocket missiles |
| rocket range | a firing range for rocket missiles |
skyrocket
rocket | sends a firework display high into the sky |
| sounding rocket | a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes |
| space rocket | a rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space |
| stage | a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience, he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box |
| stage microscope stage | a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination |
stagecoach
stage | a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns, we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles |
| stage door | an entrance to the backstage area of theater, used by performers and other theater personnel |
stage set
set | representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production, the sets were meticulously authentic |
test rocket
research rocket
test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
theater stage
theatre stage | a stage in a theater on which actors can perform |
| thrust stage | a theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides |
| stage effect | a special effect created on the stage |
| stage name | the pseudonym of an actor |
| stage direction | an instruction written as part of the script of a play |
| stage | the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'), an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage |
| stage whisper | a loud whisper that can be overheard, on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast |
| rocket skyrocket | propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon |
end
last
final stage | the concluding parts of an event or occurrence, the end was exciting, I had to miss the last of the movie |
| stage fright | fear that affects a person about to face an audience |
| stage crew | crew of workers who move scenery or handle properties in a theatrical production |
center stage
centre stage | the central area on a theater stage |
stage right
right stage | the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience |
stage left
left stage | the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience |
| stage | any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something, All the world's a stage--Shakespeare, it set the stage for peaceful negotiations |
rocket engineer
rocket scientist | an engineer who builds and tests rockets |
| rocket scientist | a clever thinker, you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out |
| stage director | someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a stage show |
stagehand
stage technician | an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production |
stage manager
stager | someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed |
| rocket propulsion | reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion, used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen |
rocket larkspur
Consolida ambigua
Delphinium ajacis | commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers, sometime placed in genus Delphinium |
yellow rocket
rockcress rocket cress
Barbarea vulgaris
Sisymbrium barbarea | noxious cress with yellow flowers, sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium |
| prairie rocket | any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers |