Weapons

crossbow
a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
 
aflatoxin
a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
 
V-1
a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
 
light arm
a rifle or pistol
 
six-shooter
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
 
blunderbuss
a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
 
clostridium perfringens
anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
 
minute gun
(military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)
 
clean bomb
an atom bomb leaving little or no radioactive contamination
 
cannon
heavy gun fired from a tank
 
claymore
a large double-edged broadsword; formerly used by Scottish Highlanders
 
dirk
a relatively long dagger with a straight blade
 
broadsword
a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab
 
Dragunov
a sniper rifle with a telescopic sight
 
Browning automatic rifle
a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War
 
muzzle loader
an obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle
 
Quaker gun
a dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood
 
sawed-off shotgun
a shotgun with short barrels
 
Uzi
a type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel
 
knife
a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
 
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