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Accurate
adjective · 78% connection
In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Ball
verb · 78% connection
To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Ballot
noun · 78% connection
The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Billiards
noun · 78% connection
A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Bore
verb · 78% connection
To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Breech screw
unknown · 78% connection
A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Calibre
noun · 78% connection
The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Canister
noun · 78% connection
A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called al…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Capable
adjective · 78% connection
Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Carom
noun · 78% connection
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Cartouch
noun · 78% connection
A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Chamber
noun · 78% connection
That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Charge
verb · 78% connection
To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Deforce
verb · 78% connection
To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Eagre
noun · 78% connection
A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly calle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Exact
adjective · 78% connection
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; tr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Executive
adjective · 78% connection
Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
Howitzer
noun · 78% connection
A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to throw large…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: short, firearm, large, bore, capable.
