[mis.sile] adj [L missilis, fr. mittere to throw, send] (1611) 1: capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object
2: adapted for throwing or hurling missiles
[2]missile n (ca. 1656): an object (as a weapon) thrown or projected usu. so as to strike something at a distance "stones, artillery shells, bullets, and rockets are ~s": as a: guided missile b: ballistic missile