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Case shot

A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.

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Ammunition 76% connected

Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.

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Pellet 70% connected

A little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper.

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Shot 70% connected

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Canister 92% connected

A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accession noun · 78% connection

a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession"

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Accusative adjective · 78% connection

Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…

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Aggregation noun · 78% connection

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Anthology noun · 78% connection

A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly ap…

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Areolet noun · 78% connection

A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.

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Canvas noun · 78% connection

Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a p…

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Capital noun · 78% connection

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

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Capital letter noun · 78% connection

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

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Case noun · 78% connection

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridg…

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Chronoscope noun · 78% connection

An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived lum…

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Coffin noun · 78% connection

The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.

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Croft noun · 78% connection

A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm.

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Drift noun · 78% connection

A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.

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Electro-ballistics noun · 78% connection

The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.

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Endomorph noun · 78% connection

A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.

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Figure noun · 78% connection

A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all side…

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Fougasse noun · 78% connection

A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a posit…

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Genitive adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to th…

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