Avant-guard (n.) The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard. |
Axle guard () The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically |
Castle-guard (n.) The guard or defense of a castle. |
Castle-guard (n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it |
Castle-guard (n.) A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time. |
Deer-neck (n.) A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse. |
Flap (v.) Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved |
Flap (v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter. |
Flap (v.) The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it |
Flap (v.) A disease in the lips of horses. |
Flap (n.) To beat with a flap |
Flap (n.) To move, as something broad and flaplike |
Flap (v. i.) To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose |
Flap (v. i.) To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing. |
Flap-eared (a.) Having broad, loose, dependent ears. |
Flap-mouthed (a.) Having broad, hangling lips. |
Flip-flap (n.) The repeated stroke of something long and loose. |
Flip-flap (adv.) With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose. |
Guard (n.) To protect from danger |
Guard (n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like. |
Guard (n.) To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border |
Guard (n.) To fasten by binding |
Guard (v. i.) To watch by way of caution or defense |
Guard (v. t.) One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack |
Guard (v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position |
Guard (v. t.) One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train |
Guard (v. t.) Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss |
Guard (v. t.) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand. |
Guard (v. t.) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment. |
Guard (v. t.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress. |
Guard (v. t.) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel. |
Guard (v. t.) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull |
Guard (v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger. |
Guard (v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled. |
Guard (v. t.) A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise. |
Guard (v. t.) An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure. |
Guard (v. t.) Watch |
Guard (v. t.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites. |
Neck (n.) The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk. |
Neck (n.) Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal |
Neck (n.) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd. |
Neck (n.) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts. |
Neck (n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board. |
Neck (n.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it |
Neck (n.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root. |
Neck (v. t.) To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it |
Neck (v. t. & i.) To kiss and caress amorously. |
Stack-guard (n.) A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack. |
neck exercise | exercise designed to strengthen the neck muscles |
guard | a position on a basketball team |
guard | (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, guards must be good blockers |
guard duty guard sentry duty sentry go | the duty of serving as a sentry, he was on guard that night |
precaution safeguard guard | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc., he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution, an insurance policy is a good safeguard, we let our guard down |
guard hair | coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals |
soft-shell clam steamer steamer clam long-neck clam Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
watchdog guard dog | a dog trained to guard property |
arm guard arm pad | a pad worn by football players and hockey goalkeepers |
bumper guard | vertical bars attached to a bumper to prevent locking bumpers with another vehicle |
cattle guard cattle grid | a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle |
choker ruff ruffle neck ruff | a high tight collar |
crew neck crew neckline | a plain straight neckline opening from shoulder to shoulder of sweaters |
face guard | face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets |
flap | any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge, hangs loose or projects freely, he wrote on the flap of the envelope |
flap flaps | a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing, used to increase lift or drag |
fob watch chain watch guard | short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest |
guard safety safety device | a device designed to prevent injury or accidents |
guard boat | a boat that is on guard duty (as in a harbor) around a fleet of warships |
guard ship | a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron |
guard's van | the car on a train that is occupied by the guard |
landing flap | a flap on the underside of the wing that is lowered to slow the plane for landing |
mudguard splash guard splash-guard | a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels |
neck neck opening | an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer, a part of the garment near the wearer's neck |
neck | a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form, the banjo had a long neck, the bottle had a wide neck |
neck brace | a brace worn to steady the neck |
pocket flap | a flap that covers the access to a pocket |
shin guard shinpad | a stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins |
tent-fly rainfly fly sheet fly tent flap | flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
turtleneck turtle polo-neck | a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar |
turtleneck collar polo-neck collar | a high close-fitting turnover collar |
V neck | the neck of a garment has the shape in front of the letter V |
guard | a posture of defence in boxing or fencing, keep your guard up |
flap | a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body |
neck cervix | the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body, he admired her long graceful neck, the horse won by a neck |
bull neck | a thick short powerful neck |
cervical vertebra neck bone | one of vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region |
annoyance bother botheration pain infliction pain in the neck pain in the ass | something or someone that causes trouble, a source of unhappiness, washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer, a bit of a bother, he's not a friend, he's an infliction |
flap flapping flutter fluttering | the motion made by flapping up and down |
neck sweetbread throat sweetbread | edible thymus gland of an animal |
neck | a cut of meat from the neck of an animal |
beef neck | a cut of beef from the neck of the animal |
soft-shell clam steamer steamer clam long-neck clam | a clam that is usually steamed in the shell |
United States Coast Guard U. S. Coast Guard US Coast Guard | an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce |
Air National Guard ANG | a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies |
guard | a military unit serving to protect some place or person |
provost guard | a detachment under the command of a provost marshall |
Red Guard | a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles |
Republican Guard | formerly Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role was to protect the government in Baghdad |
home guard | a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere |