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Ballista

Ballista is a 8 letter word, used as a noun, with Latin origins, and has the letters aabillst (abilst). Starts with b, ends with a, five consonants, three vowels and three syllables.

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8 Letters
5 Consonants
3 Vowels
3 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use ballista as a noun in a sentence.
About Ballista
A 3 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters a, b, i, l, s, and t, 5 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters li. Ballista starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters b, ba, bal, ball, balli, and the ending characters are a, ta, sta, ista, lista, . Ballista is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
Medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Origin/Roots
Latin
Pig Latin
Ballista in Pig Latin is said as "allistabay or allistabway".
Unigram
b | a | l | l | i | s | t | a
Bigram
ba | al | ll | li | is | st | ta
Trigram
bal | all | lli | lis | ist | sta
Quadrigram
ball | alli | llis | list | ista
Word Gram

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Ballista"

There are 87 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to ballista.

SynonymDefinition
Arbalestmedieval artillery used during sieges
a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Arbalistmedieval artillery used during sieges
a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Balla pitch that is not in the strike zone
"he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him"
Ballistamedieval artillery used during sieges
a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Boomeranga miscalculation that recoils on its maker
Boosteran additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective
Booster Rocket
Booster Unit
Bowla dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
Branchingthe act of branching out or dividing into branches

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from ballista.
Anagram Definition
Ballistamedieval artillery used during sieges
a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

View English words with the unique letters used in ballista. Words With The Letters Abilst

Derives

Ballista derives from 1 words.
Word Definition
Catapultmedieval artillery used during sieges
a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

Hypernyms

Ballista has 4 hypernyms.
Word Definition
Artillerylarge but transportable armament
Gunthe discharge of a gun as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
"a twenty gun salute"
Heavy Weapon
Ordnancelarge but transportable armament

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