Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 12 compound words that contain missile. The most common are listed below. Open missile in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- ballistic missileA missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.
- Missile Defense
- cruise missileA missile designed for guided flight over the full course of its path.
- guided missileAn unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that travels through the air to deliver a warhead to a predetermined point, keeping itself on course by making corrections via its control surfaces.
- intercontinental ballistic missileA class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads.
- surface-to-air missileA ground-based anti-aircraft missile.
- air-to-air missileA missile that is fired from an aircraft to attack another aircraft.
- air-to-surface missileA missile that is fired from an aircraft to the ground.
- surface-to-surface missileA ground-based missile that can target other objects on the ground.
- missile siloAn underground vertical cylindrical container for the storage and launching of ICBMs.
- steely-eyed missile manAn astronaut or engineer who quickly comes up with a solution to a difficult problem while under extreme pressure.
- anti-ballistic missileA missile designed to shoot down ballistic missiles in flight.
- hypersonic missileA missile that travels at speeds greater than Mach 5 and can maneuver during atmospheric flight, making it extremely difficult to detect and intercept.
- missile farmAn integrated facility with factories, silos, etc. for the production and recycling of missiles.
- missile gapThe perceived superiority during the Cold War of the number and power of the USSR's missiles in comparison with those of the United States.
- Patriot missileAny of a cluster of missiles used in the MIM-104 Patriot missile system
- Cuban Missile CrisisA diplomatic crisis in 1962, between the United States and the Soviet Union, over Soviet nuclear missiles placed in Cuba. It almost led to nuclear war.
- TOW missileA kind of antitank missile.
- anti-ship missileA guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats.
- missile silosplural of missile silo: An underground vertical cylindrical container for the storage and launching of ICBMs.
- antiballistic missileAlternative form of anti-ballistic missile: A missile designed to shoot down ballistic missiles in flight.
- antiship missileAlternative form of anti-ship missile: A guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats.
- missile farmsplural of missile farm: An integrated facility with factories, silos, etc. for the production and recycling of missiles.
- missile gapsplural of missile gap: The perceived superiority during the Cold War of the number and power of the USSR's missiles in comparison with those of the United States.
- steely-eyed missile menplural of steely-eyed missile man: An astronaut or engineer who quickly comes up with a solution to a difficult problem while under extreme pressure.
Compound words 12
- missileerOne who launches missiles.
- supermissileAny massive object used as a superweapon by being thrown or fired through the air.
- missilelikeResembling or characteristic of a missile.
- missilemanA member of the military responsible for missile launches.
- nonmissileNot of, pertaining to, or caused by a missile.
- EuromissileAn American or Soviet missile stationed in a European country during the Cold War
- missileproofResistant to missiles.
- submissileA missile that detaches from a larger missile.
- hypermissileAn extremely advanced and powerful missile or projectile; a supermissile.
- antimissileDesigned to intercept and destroy another missile in flight.