Burrel shot
() A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. |
Case shot
() A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. |
Flight-shot
(n.) The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot |
Grain
(v. & n.) See Groan. |
Grain
(n.) A single small hard seed |
Grain
(n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves |
Grain
(n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc. |
Grain
(n.) The unit of the English system of weights |
Grain
(n.) A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes |
Grain
(n.) The composite particles of any substance |
Grain
(n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc. |
Grain
(n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material. |
Grain
(n.) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. |
Grain
(n.) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation |
Grain
(n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4. |
Grain
(a.) Temper |
Grain
(a.) A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. |
Grain
(v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc. |
Grain
(v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains. |
Grain
(v. t.) To take the hair off (skins) |
Grain
(n.) To yield fruit. |
Grain
(n.) To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization |
Grain
(n.) A branch of a tree |
Grain
(n.) A tine, prong, or fork. |
Grain
(n.) One the branches of a valley or of a river. |
Grain
(n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points. |
Grain
(n.) A blade of a sword, knife, etc. |
Grain
(n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core. |
Headmold shot
() Alt. of Headmould shot |
Headmould shot
() An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. |
Masse shot
(n.) A stroke made with the cue held vertically. |
Shot
(imp. & p. p.) of Shoot |
Shot
() imp. & p. p. of Shoot. |
Shot
(a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured |
Shot
(v. t.) A share or proportion |
Shot
(pl. ) of Shot |
Shot
(n.) The act of shooting |
Shot
(n.) A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet |
Shot
(n.) Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game |
Shot
(n.) The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown |
Shot
(n.) A marksman |
Shot
(v. t.) To load with shot, as a gun. |
Shot-clog
(n.) A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. |
Shot-free
(a.) Not to be injured by shot |
Shot-free
(a.) Free from charge or expense |
Shot-proof
(a.) Impenetrable by shot. |
Sight-shot
(n.) Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. |
blastoff
shot | the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination |
| moon shot | the launching of a spacecraft to the moon |
| basketball shot | throwing the basketball toward the hoop, his shot hit the rim and bounced out |
| bank shot | a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop |
dunk
dunk shot
stuff shot | a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket |
foul shot
free throw
penalty free throw
charity toss
charity throw
charity shot | an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line, given to penalize the other team for committing a foul |
hook shot
hook | a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket |
jumper
jump shot | (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump |
| pivot shot | a one-handed basketball shot made while whirling on the pivot foot |
| set shot | a two-handed basketball shot from a stationary position |
| scoop shot | a basketball shot made with an underhand scooping motion |
shooting
shot | the act of firing a projectile, his shooting was slow but accurate |
masse
masse shot | a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically, the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball |
stroke
shot | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand, it took two strokes to get out of the bunker, a good shot requires good balance and tempo, he left me an almost impossible shot |
tennis stroke
tennis shot | the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket |
backhand
backhand stroke
backhand shot | a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke |
chop
chop shot | a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball |
drop shot
dink | a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net |
forehand
forehand stroke
forehand shot | (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
| passing shot | a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net |
golf stroke
golf shot
swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
| approach approach shot | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green, he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green |
| chip chip shot | (golf) a low running approach shot |
| pitch pitch shot | a high approach shot in golf |
| injection shot | the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe, the nurse gave him a flu shot |
| shot stab | informal words for any attempt or effort, he gave it his best shot, he took a stab at forecasting |
| shot | an attempt to score in a game |
| long shot | a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards |
| shot | a blow hard enough to cause injury, he is still recovering from a shot to his leg, I caught him with a solid shot to the chin |
| cheap shot | an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence, he called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap shot at the quarterback |
| grain moth | moth whose larvae feed on grain |
angoumois moth
angoumois grain moth
Sitotroga cerealella | small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains |
BB
BB shot | a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun |
bird shot
buckshot
duck shot | small lead shot for shotgun shells |
booster
booster dose
booster shot
recall dose | an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective |
cannonball
cannon ball
round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon |
case shot
canister canister shot | a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm |
mug shot
mugshot | a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records) |
| powder and shot | ammunition consisting of gunpowder and bullets for muskets |
round unit of ammunition
one shot | a charge of ammunition for a single shot |
shot
pellet | a solid missile discharged from a firearm, the shot buzzed past his ear |
| shot | an explosive charge used in blasting |
| shot | sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put, he trained at putting the shot |
shot glass
jigger
pony | a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey |
| shot hole | drill hole for a charge of an explosive |
| shot tower | tower of a kind once used to make shot, molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water |
snapshot
snap shot | an informal photograph, usually made with a small hand-held camera, my snapshots haven't been developed yet, he tried to get unposed shots of his friends |
| texture grain | the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance), breadfruit has the same texture as bread, sand of a fine grain, fish with a delicate flavor and texture, a stone of coarse grain |
| grain | the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric, saw the board across the grain |
wood grain
woodgrain
woodiness | texture produced by the fibers in wood |