about-face volte-face
reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
| scorched-earth policy | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
Secretary of Defense
Defense Secretary | the position of the head of the Department of Defense, the position of Defense Secretary was created in |
| anti-takeover defense | resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover |
| defense defence | the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury, a good boxer needs a good defense, defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem |
| defense defence | protection from harm, sanitation is the best defense against disease |
self-defense
self-defence
self-protection | the act of defending yourself |
defense
defence
defensive measure | (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies, they died in the defense of Stalingrad, they were developed for the defense program |
| air defense | defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectiveness |
| active air defense | air defense by the use aircraft or missiles or artillery or electronic countermeasures |
| passive air defense | air defense by the use of deception or dispersion or protective construction |
| civil defense | activities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disaster |
hasty defense
hasty defence | a defense organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited |
deliberate defense
deliberate defence | a defense organized before contact is made with the enemy and while time for organization is available, usually includes a fortified zone (with pillboxes) and communication systems |
biological defense
biological defence
biodefense
biodefence | procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents |
chemical defense
chemical defence | procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using chemical agents |
biological warfare defense
biological warfare defence
BW defense
BW defence | defense against biological warfare |
defense defence denial
demurrer | a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him, he gave evidence for the defense |
common shiner
silversides Notropis cornutus | the common North American shiner |
common canary
Serinus canaria | native to the Canary Islands and Azores, popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song |
common yellowthroat
Maryland yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas | an American warbler |
common starling
Sturnus vulgaris | gregarious bird having plumage with dark metallic gloss, builds nests around dwellings and other structures, naturalized worldwide |
common European jay
Garullus garullus | fawnolored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wings |
common nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes | Old World nutcracker |
common newt
Triturus vulgaris | small semiaquatic salamander |
common snapping turtle
snapper
Chelydra serpentina | large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water, prone to bite |
common iguana
iguana
Iguana iguana | large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back, used as human food in Central America and South America |
common kingsnake
Lampropeltis getulus | widespread in United States except northern regions, black or brown with yellow bands |
common garter snake
Thamnophis sirtalis | a garter snake that is widespread in North America |
common water snake
banded water snake
Natrix sipedon
Nerodia sipedon | in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia, western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water |
adder
common viper
Vipera berus | small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia |
common scoter
Melanitta nigra | a variety of scoter |
common brant goose
Branta bernicla | the best known variety of brant goose |
common opossum
Didelphis virginiana
Didelphis marsupialis | omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States, noted for feigning death when in danger, esteemed as food in some areas, considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America |
common wallaby
Macropus agiles | a small wallaby having a height ofinches |
common shrew
Sorex araneus | common American shrew |
common roundworm
Ascaris lumbricoides | intestinal parasite of humans and pigs |
common limpet
Patella vulgata | marine limpet |
common spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia | pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa |
common murre
Uria aalge | the most frequent variety of murre |
finback
finback whale
fin whale
common rorqual
Balaenoptera physalus | large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat, of Atlantic and Pacific |
common dolphin
Delphinus delphis | black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water, |
pilot whale
black whale common blackfish
blackfish Globicephala melaena | small darkolored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States, the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school |
harbor seal
common seal
Phoca vitulina | small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere |
common lynx
Lynx lynx | of northern Eurasia |
common louse
Pediculus humanus | head or body louse |
common mosquito
Culex pipiens | common house mosquito |
common wasp
Vespula vulgaris | a variety of vespid wasp |
common pond-skater
Gerris lacustris | a variety of water strider |
common booklouse
Trogium pulsatorium | a variety of booklouse |