Ballistics: alternatives and connections

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as…

An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather co…

a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an…

Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing m…

The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the n…

One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.

Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.

The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the…

A graphic engine is a type of software used by application programs to draw graphics on computer display screens.; "The graphic engine…

To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.

One who hurls, or plays at hurling.

An instrument which draws a diagram showing the varying pressure in the cylinder of an engine or pump at every point of the stroke. It…

The act of tossing, throwing, or hurling, as spears.

The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking…

The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and u…