Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Biology Of, relating to, or forming a nucleus: a nuclear membrane.
- adj. Physics Of or relating to atomic nuclei: a nuclear chain reaction.
- adj. Using or derived from the energy of atomic nuclei: nuclear power.
- adj. Of, using, or possessing atomic or hydrogen bombs: nuclear war; nuclear nations.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to a nucleus; having the character of a nucleus; constituted by or constituting a nucleus; endoplastic.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. of, pertaining to, or using nuclear weapons.
- adj. Of, pertaining to, or powered by atomic energy; same as nuclear-powered.
- adj. Of or pertaining to nations possessing nuclear weapons.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell
- adj. constituting or like a nucleus
- adj. (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
- adj. of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom
Etymologies
- From nucleus + -ar. (Wiktionary)
- From nucleus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Tehran reacted strongly to claims by the French president about the nature of Irans nuclear activities, insisting that nuclear weapon has no place in Irans defense doctrine.”
“VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Tehran repudiates Sarkozys claims'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Tehran reacted strongly to claims by the French president about the nature of Irans nuclear activities, insisting that nuclear weapon has no place in Irans defense doctrine.”
“VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Iran cites Israeli nuclear activity as example of world\'s hypocrisy'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Tehran says stringent IAEA inspections are unfair as Israel not partner to non-proliferation treaty, and claims western countries practice \'nuclear apartheid\'.”
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Iran cites Israeli nuclear activity as example of world's hypocrisy
“·undertaking nuclear hazard / fault identification studies (HAZOP / FMEA) ·nuclear qualitative and nuclear quantitative hazard assessments”
“While the global cooling caused by superpower-on-superpower war could be catastrophic hence the term "nuclear winter" a small scale war could have an impact on the world climate, says National Geographic.”
The Huffington Post: Could A Small Nuclear War Reverse Global Warming?
“NBA Commissioner David Stern used the term "nuclear winter" to describe a decision that could produce a protracted court battle and cost the sport and its fans, arena workers and nearby restaurant staffs the entire season and perhaps beyond.”
“When you work the word Iran into a sentence, you also have to work the word nuclear into a sentence and that's when this becomes a potentially more significant and more serious issue.”
The Wall Street Journal: Middle East Tension Lurks as Bull-Market Foil
“Sorry, Mr. President, but there is a dimension of fear properly associated with the word nuclear that is not matched by any oil spill.”
“For many, the term nuclear power still calls to mind Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.”
“George Bush's initial use of the term "weapons of mass destruction" grouped nuclear weapons with mustard gas, creating a level of societal confusion so widespread that even Zakaria uses the term nuclear weapons as if it were synonymous with weapons of mass destruction.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nuclear’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
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SCIE - mathematics
The most frequent words in the titles of mathematical books and journals (www.sciencedirect.com)
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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Words of Tomorrow
Futuristic words for the atomic age!
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Ancient sounding
Words that sound weathered and archaic.
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Shadowkeir's list
This list, the one shown below this very message, is a collection of words that you cannot begin to fathom how much I adore. The list will also feature atithesis and contrasting words such as the t...
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words that pique my interest either by meaning, pronunciation, or spelling, and words that otherwise tickle my fancy!!
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ESL Academic Word List
This is a list of academic words for students learning English as a Second or Foreign Language. It includes 570 word families that often appear in academic texts. It does not include words that are...
collapse, depression, colleagues, invoked, levy, nonetheless, likewise, so-called, ongoing, conceived, forthcoming, integrity and 558 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for nuclear.

PossibleUnderscore BPD?
;-) Jun 7, 2010
john Very sorry -- just sent you an email. Looking into it right now. Jun 7, 2010
frogapplause Tell it to the judge, bilby. Jun 7, 2010
bilby WHAT'S HAPPENING????
I did not write the comment
bilby said:
I prefer "noo-koo-lur".
NOR ANY OF THE OTHER HALF A DOZEN BILBY SAID COMMENTS CURRENTLY ON ZEITGEIST. Jun 7, 2010
dontcry u - *snort* Jun 7, 2010
chelster Don't say NOO-kyuh-lur (as "uselessness" did), as if the word were spelled "nucular." This variant has long been "a much-derided aberration" (Richard Lederer), and current dictionaries, which rarely stigmatize pronunciations, call it "unacceptable" and "incorrect." Take care to say "nuclear" like "new" + "clear": N(Y)OO-klee-ur. -- The Orthoepist Jun 6, 2010
pedalinfaith Dear George, there is only one 'u' in nuclear. Adding more does not endear "u" to me. That is all I have to say about that. Dec 7, 2006