Howitzer: alternatives and connections

The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.

Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle b…

Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile.

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a be…

A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the…

To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.

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…

A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.

A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or…

A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity.

lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue

To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.

A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.

A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.

(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…

A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpo…

An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a…