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Ball
noun · 78% connection
Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Caisson
noun · 78% connection
A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Calamary
noun · 78% connection
A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Carcass
noun · 78% connection
A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Cementation
noun · 78% connection
A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not suffic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Cracker
noun · 78% connection
A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Crocus
noun · 78% connection
A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colco…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Excavate
verb · 78% connection
To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the ear…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Explode
verb · 78% connection
To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Explosive
noun · 78% connection
A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Fireball
noun · 78% connection
A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Fling
verb · 78% connection
To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Fuse
noun · 78% connection
A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Fusee
noun · 78% connection
A fuse. See Fuse, n.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Fuze
noun · 78% connection
A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See Fuse, n.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Gun
noun · 78% connection
A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Half-deck
noun · 78% connection
A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
Harpoon
noun · 78% connection
A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, tri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hollow, ball, shell, iron, filled.
