Word Finder - pistols

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A handgun, typically with a chamber integrated in the barrel, a semi-automatic action and a box magazine.

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The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator.

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A creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises.

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A small boy who is bright, alert and very active.

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An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, but closer than in a shotgun formation, with a running back lined up behind him.

When all was ready, the sabers stuck in the snow to mark the barriers, and the pistols loaded, Nesvitski went up to Pierre.

Drawing, at last, two pistols from under his coat, he declared that he would not fall alive into the hands of the police who were watching his movements.

The town was once famous for its pistols and sporrans (as the purses worn with the kilt are called), which were in great request by the clansmen of the Highlands.

On 10th June 1840, the queen and Prince Albert Attempts on the were driving up Constitution Hill in an open carriage, queen's when Oxford fired two pistols, the bullets from which life.

He was arrested on the spot, and when his lodgings were searched a quantity of powder and shot was found, with the rules of a secret society, called" Young England,"whose members were pledged to meet," carrying swords and pistols and wearing crape masks."These discoveries raised the surmise that Oxford was the tool of a widespread Chartist conspiracy - or, as the Irish pretended, of a conspiracy of Orangemen to set the duke of Cumberland on the throne; and while these delusions were fresh, they threw well-disposed persons into a paroxysm of loyalty.

They bought practically all of what is now Essex county from the Indians for "fifty double hands of powder, one hundred bars of lead, twenty axes, twenty coats, ten guns, twenty pistols, ten kettles, ten swords, four blankets, four barrels of beer, ten pairs of breeches, fifty knives, twenty horses, eighteen hundred and fifty fathoms of wampum, six ankers of liquor (or something equivalent), and three troopers' coats."

He proceeded to the camp of the king, to whom he presented a rifle, a pair of pistols and a letter in the queen's name.

In 1852 he had fought a duel with pistols against Georg von Vindre, a political opponent.

Many of the frisky paraders held water pistols and other more potent hydro-arms, squirting the audience, which responded mostly with glee, but often with return fire.

He remarked that every horseman carried a carbine slung across his shoulders and pistols in his holsters.

It was, at the risk of sounding glib, the Pistols on Zoo Records!

I went over to him and looking down, saw a small pile of german hand grenades also two or three German luger pistols.

By the light of his lamp he saw the ambush and " with dreadful imprecations " called to his companions to bring pistols.

Premier artist Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols was also inducted at the recent ceremony.

The pair of pistols were sealed inside a plastic lunchbox with a green lid, bundled up in plastic bags and a bin liner.

We had just seen the Pistols in Chester and suddenly a whole New World had opened up.

Opened for the Sex Pistols on one of their US dates and produced this opus.

In 1903 the Colt Company began making self-loading pistols under license to Browning's designs.

With changes in police firearms use policy they are now commonly shot with semi-automatic pistols.

There are two leagues run by the NSRA for small-bore rifles and air rifles and pistols.

In 1977 tho when the norm was Elton John and Abba The Sex Pistols sounded very scary to the average public.

It was 1976, a year before the Queen's Silver Jubilee and the Sex Pistols blasted the punk subculture globally.

Gleefully unreconstructed punks, they thieve equally from the Sex Pistols the Dead Kennedys and the Clash's weakness for dub reggae.

The seldom used water pistols being an effective methods of crowd control.

On the first night, in Bristol, we had water pistols instead of food on our rider.

Eg we could provide small water pistols, or balls of paper labeled ' grenade ' .

Only those things he always kept with him remained in his room; a small box, a large canteen fitted with silver plate, two Turkish pistols and a saber--a present from his father who had brought it from the siege of Ochakov.

With his shaggy head thrown back like birds when they drink, pressing his spurs mercilessly into the sides of his good horse, Bedouin, and sitting as though falling backwards in the saddle, he galloped to the other flank of the squadron and shouted in a hoarse voice to the men to look to their pistols.

We have each of us two pistols....

I say, aren't the flints in your pistols worn out?

It was 1976, a year before the Queen 's Silver Jubilee and the Sex Pistols blasted the punk subculture globally.

Gleefully unreconstructed punks, they thieve equally from the Sex Pistols the Dead Kennedys and the Clash 's weakness for dub reggae.

Eg we could provide small water pistols, or balls of paper labeled ' grenade '.

Use blaster pistols, blowtorches, cable snares and missile-launching jetpacks to catch your target and being captured or killed.

By this point, he was frequently dressing in feminine clothes, and his style and attitude caught the eye of former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren.

The 70s are heavily represented with Blondie, Nirvana, the Sex Pistols - there are those who will think it's inappropriate, but a kid getting into rock might like a vintage sound and want to wear a vintage look that matches.

Hold down the right trigger to rapid fire the pistols.

When your carbine runs out, pull out your two pistols and fire away.

Use this time to gather weapons (keeping the dual pistols in your inventory) and ammunition.

There are a few weapons scattered about, but the double pistols with rapid fire is the best way to go.

You'll be toting pistols, shotguns, carbines, nail guns (which are fun to shoot, but very dangerous), range rifles, and you'll be able to mount cannon turrets for a little mass poundage action.

Make use of everything from grenades to pistols to destroy your enemies and recover the missing parts to a machine that can open a door to a parallel universe.

Once you receive your mission, you're on our way to killing terrorists with a healthy amount of weaponry ranging from pistols to assault rifles to basic stealth attacks.

Backflips, rope climbing, grabbing ledges and darting across the floor to fire her dual pistols are just a few examples.

To top it all off, Dante wields two custom pistols named Ebony and Ivory.

Using these, Dante can leap into the air and rain a barrage of bullets down on his opponents, all the while keeping himself airborne with the blasts of his pistols.

Semi-automatic pistols are her weapons of choice and never doubt her courage, because that is her other weapon.

The Mohawk, which was popularized in the 1970s by television star Mr. T and worn later by punk rockers such as Sid Vicious of the band "Sex Pistols."

Commonly made origami weapons include origami pistols, swords and throwing stars.

It is common to find patterns for a throwing star that can really fly, or for pistols that are almost life sized.