This page gathers the 2,895 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “War”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 7 of 29: from “conventional” to “dart”.
- conventional adj Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
- conventional weaponry noun Destructive implements of warfare which are not nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological in nature.
- conversation noun The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
- cook verb To hold on to a grenade briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
- cook off verb To pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.
- cootie noun A louse (Pediculus humanus).
- cop noun A merlon.
- cope cage noun An improvised kit of slat armor, consisting of a cage-like defensive structure placed upon an armoured vehicle as protection against…
- corbeil noun A basket filled with earth and set up as a protection from the fire of the enemy.
- core noun The central fissile portion of a fission weapon.
- corkscrew noun A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
- corkscrew stake noun A steel stake, used for barbed-wire defences, the lower half of which is corkscrew-shaped, to enable it to be screwed into the ground.
- corn noun Bullets, ammunition, and charge and discharge of firearms.
- corner noun The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
- cornerman noun A coach, trainer or other assistant who attends to a boxer between rounds.
- corporal noun A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
- corporal's guard noun A small detachment of guards under the charge of a corporal.
- corps noun A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
- corps-a-corps noun The action of two fencers coming into physical contact with one another with any portion of their bodies or hilts.
- corpsman noun A hospital corpsman.
- correction noun a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted
- corridor noun The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
- corvette captain noun Most junior senior officer rank in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone rank…
- corvette lieutenant noun Most junior rank used in the navies of some Romance-speaking or European countries, usually equal in rank to the British rank of midshipman…
- Cossack post noun An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for the more formal line of sentinels and line of…
- count out verb To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has…
- counter verb To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
- counter-parry noun A parry that is done to defend against an opponent's parry and riposte.
- counterfire noun The firing of weapons in response.
- counterforce adj Targeting an opponent's military assets, such as missile silos, rather than other valuable assets such as cities and civilian populations.
- counterguard noun A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them…
- countermeasure noun Any of the devices and techniques used to impair the operational effectiveness of an enemy.
- counterparry noun A parry that uses the energy of the opponent's incoming lunge.
- counterpunch verb To deliver a punch designed to exploit an opponent's momentary defensive weakness caused by a punch thrown by the opponent.
- counterpuncher noun A boxer who commonly counterpunches.
- counterstrike noun The tactic of counterattacking.
- counterthrow noun A move that saves a fighter from being thrown by the opponent and converts the motion into a throw of the opponent instead.
- countervalue verb To target an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.
- counterwheel verb To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.
- country team noun A group of people in charge of a state's intelligence operations in a foreign country, typically led by an ambassador.
- coupe-gorge noun Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
- court martial noun A court where cases of military law are heard.
- cousins noun The American intelligence services (from a British perspective) or the British intelligence services (from an American perspective).
- cover noun A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- cover story noun A fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive.
- cow noun A third-year cadet at West Point.
- coxswain noun A rank or position.
- coy noun A company
- crab noun On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- crampet noun A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.
- crap out verb To idle or mess around.
- crash dive noun An emergency maneuver by a submarine in which it suddenly descends, especially to considerable depth, usually in order to escape an attack…
- cream puff noun An exploding shell.
- crew-served adj Of a weapon system: requiring a crew or more than one individual to function due to its high operational complexity.
- crew-served weapon noun Any weapon system that requires a crew or more than one individual to function due to its high operational complexity.
- crewman noun Synonym of armoured crewman.
- crime verb To subject to disciplinary punishment.
- croisé noun An action in which one fencer forces the opponent’s blade into the high or low line on the same side, by taking it with the guard and forte…
- cross noun A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
- cross someone's T verb To sail one's battle line across the front of the enemy battle line, allowing one to bring one's full firepower to bear on the enemy battle…
- cross-battery noun A pair of batteries commanding the same spot from different directions.
- cross-buttock noun A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him…
- cross-counter noun A counterattack begun immediately after an opponent throws a jab, exploiting the opening in the opponent's position.
- crossbody noun a move in which a wrestler jumps onto his opponent and lands horizontally across the opponent's torso, forcing them to the mat.
- crossfire noun An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them.
- crotchet noun An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
- crow noun The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.
- crowbill noun Synonym of bec de corbin (“poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole”).
- crown verb To widen the opening of the barrel.
- crucifix position noun A posture of the body wherein the legs are kept straight together and the arms are extended horizontally.
- crucifixion noun The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
- cruise noun A period spent in the Marine Corps.
- cruiser noun A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship.
- cruiserweight noun light heavyweight
- crunchy noun An infantryman, as opposed to a tanker (combatant manning a tank).
- crusher gauge noun An instrument for measuring the explosive force of gunpowder, etc., by its effect in compressing a piece of metal.
- CT noun Abbreviation of combat team.
- culminate verb To reach a point at which continued progress is not possible.
- cupola noun A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
- curtain noun The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
- curtain wall noun The outer wall of a castle or defensive wall between two bastions.
- cut noun An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- cut and run verb To abandon a position as quickly as possible.
- cut slingload verb To release a slingload by severing the sling.
- cutter noun A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.
- cuvette noun A cunette.
- CV noun Initialism of combat vehicle.
- CVE noun Designation for an escort aircraft carrier.
- cyber transport adj Synonym of networked (“computer networked”); pertaining to computer networks and computer networking
- cycle noun A discharge of a taser.
- cyclic adj Firing at its full cyclic rate.
- cyclic rate noun The rate at which an automatic firearm will fire if its firing mechanism is held down, causing the delay between successive shots to be the…
- Czech hedgehog noun A static antitank and anti–landing craft obstacle, widely used during World War II, constructed from three mutually perpendicular steel…
- dagger noun A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
- dago noun A crewman who speaks Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian.
- daisy cutter noun The BLU-82 bomb, known for its ability to flatten a forest into a helicopter landing zone.
- Dakota noun Out of air-to-ground ordinance.
- Damascus barrel noun A gun barrel formed by twisting and welding strips of metal around a hard die; no longer commonly used now due to its inability to handle…
- danger space noun The areas between a weapon and its target in which the trajectory is not greater than the typical height of a human (about 1.8 meters).
- dart noun A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.