Term: nuclear rocket: a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant
Broader: rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Unrelated: asystole: absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death
Broader: rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Unrelated: walnut oil: oil from walnuts
Broader: rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Unrelated: polycystic kidney disease: kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts; often leads to kidney failure
Broader: rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Unrelated: plateau striped whiptail: having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado
Broader: rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Unrelated: ardeidae: herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
Broader: rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Unrelated: fly: fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
Broader: rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Unrelated: union shop: a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time
Broader: rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Unrelated: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers
Broader: rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Unrelated: amyloid plaque: a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
Broader: rocket: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | Unrelated: hard palate: the bony part of the roof of the mouth