| high colonic | an enema that injects large amounts of fluid high into the colon for cleansing purposes |
| high jump | the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
all fours
high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game |
| high-low | poker in which the high and low hands split the pot |
jinks
high jinks
hijinks
high jinx | noisy and mischievous merrymaking |
extravagance
prodigality
lavishness
highlife
high life | excessive spending |
treason
high treason
lese majesty | a crime that undermines the offender's government |
high technology
high tech | highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics) |
| high-angle fire | fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range |
high fidelity
hi-fi | the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion |
| High Mass | a solemn and elaborate Mass with music |
| high finance | large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical) |
stepper
high stepper | a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting |
aerosol
aerosol container
aerosol can
aerosol bomb
spray can | a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas) |
alto relievo
alto rilievo
high relief | a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
Aswan High Dam
High Dam | one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt |
atom bomb
atomic bomb
A-bomb
fission bomb
plutonium bomb | a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium or plutonium ) |
balloon bomb
Fugo | a bomb carried by a balloon, In World War II the Japanese launched balloon bombs against North America |
| bomb | an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions |
bomb calorimeter
bomb | strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion |
| bomb rack | a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs |
bomb shelter
airaid shelter
bombproof | a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities, used during air raids |
| briefcase bomb | a bomb consisting of an explosive and timer hidden inside a briefcase |
Bunker Buster
Guided Bomb Unit-
GBU- | a , pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding, used to penetrate hardened underground facilities |
buzz bomb
robot bomb
flying bomb
doodlebug
V- | a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb |
| car bomb | a bomb placed in a car and wired to explode when the ignition is started or by remote control or by a timing device |
charge
burster
bursting charge
explosive charge | a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time, this cartridge has a powder charge ofgrains |
chemical bomb
gas bomb | a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes |
| cherry bomb | a red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power |
| clean bomb | an atom bomb leaving little or no radioactive contamination |
| cluster bomb | bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area, cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely |
depth charge
depth bomb | a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water, antisubmarine device |
| dirty bomb | an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination |
disrupting explosive
bursting explosive | a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack |
dress hat
high hat opera hat
silk hat
stovepipe top hat
topper
beaver | a man's hat with a tall crown, usually covered with silk or with beaver fur |
dumb bomb
gravity bomb | a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target |
| 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 |
fragmentation bomb
antipersonnel bomb
anti-personnel bomb
daisy cutter | a bomb with onlytoper cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments, most effective against troops and vehicles |
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 |
general-purpose bomb
GP bomb | a large bomb ( to , pounds that is % explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect |
hi-fi
high fidelity sound system | equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity |
| high altar | the main altar in a church |
| high-angle gun | a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges |
high gear
high | a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed |