nuclear

nuclear
    adj 1: (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of
           atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic
           bombs" [syn: {nuclear}, {atomic}] [ant: {conventional}]
    2: of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom;
       "nuclear physics"; "nuclear fission"; "nuclear forces"
    3: of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell;
       "nuclear membrane"; "nuclear division"
    4: constituting or like a nucleus; "annexation of the suburban
       fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core of the
       congregation"
    

Nucleal \Nu"cle*al\, Nuclear \Nu"cle*ar\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle
      (see Illust. of {Karyokinesis}) or the nuclear fibrils of
      a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Nuclear \Nu"cle*ar\, a.
   1. of, pertaining to, or using {nuclear weapons}; a nuclear
      exchange, i.e. a reciprocal bombardment by nuclear
      weapons..
      [PJC]

   2. Of, pertaining to, or powered by atomic energy; same as
      {nuclear-powered}; as, a nuclear submarine; a nuclear
      power plant.
      [PJC]

   3. Of or pertaining to nations possessing nuclear weapons;
      as, the nuclear club.
      [PJC]
    

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "nuclear":
      amidships, average, central, chromatinic, chromosomal, core,
      diploid, equatorial, equidistant, extranuclear, halfway, haploid,
      heteronuclear, homonuclear, interior, intermediary, intermediate,
      isonuclear, mean, medial, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium,
      mesial, mezzo, mid, middle, middlemost, middling, midland, midmost,
      midships, midway, nucleal, nucleary, nucleate, nucleolar,
      nucleolate, nucleolated, polyploid, thermonuclear