Projectile (noun) (adj)
pro-jek-tile
an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade. / impelling or driving forward, as a force.
1655–65; New Latin, neuter of prōjectilis (adj.) projecting. See project, -ile
Example sentences
“You could hear the projectiles whistling through the air.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
