rocket firing rocket launching | the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power |
flash welding flash butt welding | butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them, used for joining segments of metal pipe |
anti-submarine rocket | a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines |
booster booster rocket booster unit takeoff booster takeoff rocket | the first stage of a multistage rocket |
flash photoflash flash lamp flashgun flashbulb flash bulb | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
flash | a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification, red flashes adorned the airplane, a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to |
flash camera | a camera with a photoflash attachment |
flash memory | nonvolatile storage that can be electrically erased and programmed anew |
launcher rocket launcher | armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket |
maroon | an exploding firework used as a warning signal |
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 |
test rocket research rocket test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
flash | a momentary brightness |
maroon | a dark purplished to dark brownished color |
flash point flashpoint | the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air |
flash | a sudden brilliant understanding, he had a flash of intuition |
flash-forward | a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story |
news bulletin newsflash flash newsbreak | a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story |
flash card flashcard | a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher |
flare flash | a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate |
shoulder flash | something worn on the shoulder of a military uniform as an emblem of a division etc. |
ostentation fanfare flash | a gaudy outward display |
rocket skyrocket | propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon |
flash flashing | a short vivid experience, a flash of emotion swept over him, the flashings of pain were a warning |
flash | a sudden intense burst of radiant energy |
heat flash | a flash of intense heat (as released by an atomic explosion) |
flash in the pan | someone who enjoys transient success but then fails |
maroon | a person who is stranded (as on an island), when the tide came in I was a maroon out there |
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 |
flash flood flashflood | a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration |
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 |
wall rocket Diplotaxis muralis Diplotaxis tenuifolia | yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste places, an adventive weed in North America |
white rocket Diplotaxis erucoides | from Mediterranean region, a naturalized weed throughout southern Europe |
rocket roquette garden rocket rocket salad arugula Eruca sativa Eruca vesicaria sativa | erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender |
prairie rocket | any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers |
damask violet Dame's violet sweet rocket Hesperis matronalis | long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening, naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America |
tansy-leaved rocket Hugueninia tanacetifolia Sisymbrium tanacetifolia | perennial stellate and hairy herb with small yellow flowers of mountains of southern Europe, sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium |
dyer's rocket dyer's mignonette weld Reseda luteola | European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye, naturalized in North America |