carapace shell cuticle shield a | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
ball-and-socket joint | a joint that can rotate within a socket |
electric socket | a socket into which a lightbulb can be inserted |
heat shield | a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry |
hood latch | a catch that holds the hood of a car shut |
latch | catch for fastening a door or gate, a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove |
latch door latch | spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key |
night latch | doorlock operated by a knob on the inside and a key on the outside |
nipple shield | a rubber or plastic shield to protect the nipples of nursing women |
shield buckler | armor carried on the arm to intercept blows |
shield | a protective covering or structure |
socket | a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted |
socket | receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted |
socket wrench | a wrench with a handle onto which sockets of different sizes can be fitted |
wall socket wall plug electric outlet electrical outlet outlet electric receptacle | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices |
socket | a bony hollow into which a structure fits |
hip socket | the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone |
eye socket orbit cranial orbit orbital cavity | the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball |
tooth socket alveolus | a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth |
ball-and-socket joint spheroid joint cotyloid joint enarthrodial joint enarthrosis articulatio spheroidea | a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone |
Star of David Shield of David Magen David Mogen David Solomon's seal | a six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles, an emblem symbolizing Judaism |
Laurentian Plateau Laurentian Highlands Canadian Shield | a large plateau that occupies more than % of the land area of Canada, it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean |
Cabombaceae subfamily Cabombaceae water-shield family | in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies, comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia |
water-shield fanwort Cabomba caroliniana | common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers |
water-shield Brasenia schreberi water-target | aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers, in lakes and slow-moving streams, suitable for aquariums |
shield fern buckler fern | any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori |
fragrant cliff fern fragrant shield fern fragrant wood fern Dryopteris fragrans | fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds |
Goldie's fern Goldie's shield fern goldie's wood fern Dryopteris goldiana | North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe |
Braun's holly fern prickly shield fern Polystichum braunii | North American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales |
soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum | European shield fern cultivated in many varieties |
alveolitis dry socket | inflammation in the socket of a tooth, sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form |
catch on get wise get onto tumble latch on cotton on twig get it | understand, usually after some initial difficulty, She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on |
take up latch on fasten on hook on seize on | adopt, take up new ideas |
shield screen | protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm |
latch on | take hold of or attach to, The biochip latches onto the genes |
latch | fasten with a latch, latch the door |
harbor harbour shield | hold back a thought or feeling about, She is harboring a grudge against him |
peltate shield-shaped | (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example) |