Definitions for nuclear

nuclear nu·cle·ar

Spelling: [noo-klee-er, nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-ler]
IPA: /ˈnu kli ər, ˈnyu- or, by metathesis, -kyə lər/

Nuclear is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in nuclear (acelnru).

Definitions for nuclear

noun

  1. nuclear energy:

adjective

  1. pertaining to or involving atomic weapons:
  2. operated or powered by atomic energy:
  3. (of a nation or group of nations) having atomic weapons.
  4. of, relating to, or forming a nucleus.
  5. of, relating to, or like the nuclear family:

Origin of nuclear

1840-50; nucle(us) + -ar1; compare French nucléaire

Examples for nuclear

But Hollande was “insistent,” she writes, and “his strength of persuasion was nuclear.”

After returning to their ships, they had opened fire with nuclear missiles.

He used negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program as an example.

But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.

Binding the resolution of my case to progress in the nuclear negotiations is profoundly unjust.

nuclear particles are ignored by it; it just sits there thumbing its nose at us.

You have nuclear weapons, something nobody on this planet has.

I walked through the park, and back to the nuclear propulsion center.

Two ships met head on; at such velocities it was like a nuclear blast.

Gordon G. Chang is a Forbes.com columnist and the author of nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World.

Word Value for nuclear
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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