Vocabulary Word
Word: projectile
Definition: missile; fired or thrown object (such as stone or bullet)
Definition: missile; fired or thrown object (such as stone or bullet)
Sentences Containing 'projectile'
Mr. Cruncher was out of spirits, and out of temper, and kept an iron pot lid by him as a projectile for the correction of Mrs. Cruncher, in case he should observe any symptoms of her saying Grace.
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::: glutton - someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much
::: blackball - vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote
::: caprice - whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause
::: incontrovertible - indisputable; impossible to dispute; not open to question; unquestionable
::: profligate - wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy
::: mercantile - concerning trade or merchants
::: limbo - region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo
::: obligatory - binding; required; compulsory; V. oblige: constrain; make grateful; do a favor; accommodate
