Weapons

megaton bomb

a nuclear weapon with an explosive power equivalent to one million tons of TNT

 

matchlock

an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge

 

Bacillus anthracis

a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon

 

whaling gun

a gun (or device resembling a gun) for discharging a projectile (especially a harpoon) at a whale

 

sidewinder

air-to-air missile with infrared homing device

 

forty-five

a .45-caliber pistol

 

scimitar

a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade

 

flintlock

a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock

 

Uzi

a type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel

 

V-1

a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb

 

gas bomb

a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes

 

space probe

a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation

 

saber

a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back

 

derringer

a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel

 

Bren gun

a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II

 

knuckles

(used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand

 

twenty-two rifle

a .22-caliber rifle

 

Dragunov

a sniper rifle with a telescopic sight

 

assault rifle

any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use

 

chemical weapon

chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants