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cruise missile(dictionary)
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cruise(1)(dictionary)
cruise(2)(dictionary)
Cruise, Tom(encyclopedia)
missile(encyclopedia)
V-2 missile(encyclopedia)
V-1 missile(encyclopedia)
missile(dictionary)

monazite (iou) and cruise missile (oh)


monazite (iou)



monazite noun. M19.
[from Greek monazein be solitary (on account of its rarity) + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A commercially important monoclinic phosphate of cerium, lanthanum, Other rare-earth elements, and thorium, occurring as small brownish crystals, often in detrital sands associated with granites and gneisses.

cruise missile (oh)



n [C]
a large explosive weapon that flies close to the ground and can be aimed at something hundreds of kilometres away