Term: meltdown: severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
Broader: temperature change: a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes | Unrelated: poultice: a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
Broader: temperature change: a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes | Unrelated: anabiosis: suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns
Broader: temperature change: a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes | Unrelated: microgliacyte: a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue
Broader: temperature change: a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes | Unrelated: abnormality: retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
Broader: temperature change: a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes | Unrelated: bank identification number: an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
Broader: temperature change: a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes | Unrelated: provencal: the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
Broader: temperature change: a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes | Unrelated: ripple mark: one of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind
Broader: temperature change: a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes | Unrelated: flute: a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
Broader: temperature change: a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes | Unrelated: anadama bread: a yeast-raised bread made of white flour and cornmeal and molasses
Broader: temperature change: a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes | Unrelated: cudweed: any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color