BALLISTIC CAPSULE Synonyms

• a projectile that is fired from a gun

• a high-speed passenger train

• (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

• a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control

• a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

• a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

• any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

• impelling or impelled forward

• any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

• a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

• erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

• propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

• sends a firework display high into the sky

• shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

• propel with a rocket

• ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun

• the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

• hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

• the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts

• the exterior covering of a bird's egg

• a rigid covering that envelops an object

• a very light narrow racing boat

• the housing or outer covering of something

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod

• use explosives on

• create by using explosives

• fall out of the pod or husk

• hit the pitches of hard and regularly

• look for and collect shells by the seashore

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• remove from its shell or outer covering

• remove the husks from

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

• an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)

• a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface

• a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead

• armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target

• any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges

• attack or hit with torpedoes

• the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

• a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

• a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun