Synonyms of the word

pellet

• n. A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
• n. A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
• n. Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible…
• n. (heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
• n. One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
• v. To form into pellets.
• v. To strike with pellets.

ball

• n. A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof.
• n. (sports) The use of a round or ellipsoidal object.
• n. (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
• n. (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used…
• n. (farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
• v. (transitive) To form or wind into a ball.
• v. (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
• v. (transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather…
• v. (slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
• v. (nonstandard, slang) To play basketball.
• interj. (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This…
• n. A formal dance.
• n. (informal) A very enjoyable time.

globe

• n. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
• n. The planet Earth.
• n. A spherical model of Earth or any planet.
• n. (dated or Australia, South Africa) A light bulb.
• n. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
• n. (slang, chiefly plural) A woman's breasts..
• v. To become spherical.

missile

• n. Any object used as a weapon to hit the enemy or prey through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet.
• n. (military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after having been launched.

orb

• n. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
• n. One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and…
• n. A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body;…
• n. (rare) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
• n. (poetic) The eye, as luminous and spherical.
• n. (poetic) A revolving circular body; a wheel.
• n. (rare) A sphere of action.
• n. A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal power.
• n. A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography.
• n. (military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.
• v. (poetic) to form into an orb or circle.
• v. (poetic, transitive) to encircle; to surround; to enclose.
• v. (poetic, intransitive) to become round like an orb.
• n. (architecture) A blank window or panel.

projectile

• n. an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
• n. (physics) any object propelled through space by the application of a force.
• adj. Projecting or impelling forward.
• adj. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.

shot

• adj. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.
• adj. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an…
• adj. Tired, weary.
• adj. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
• n. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
• n. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
• n. (athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
• n. (uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
• n. (uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
• n. (referring to one's skill at firing a gun) Someone who shoots (a gun) regularly.
• n. An opportunity or attempt.
• n. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
• n. (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
• n. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle,…
• n. A single serving of espresso.
• n. (photography, film) A single unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent;…
• n. A vaccination or injection.
• n. (US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is…
• n. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
• n. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
• n. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
• n. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of shoot.
• v. (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
• n. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
• interj. (colloquial, South Africa) Thank you.