| anti-takeover defense | resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover |
| anti-war movement | a campaign against entering or continuing a war |
glare
glower | an angry stare |
carapace
shell cuticle
shield a | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
anti-G suit
G suit | worn by fliers and astronauts to counteract the forces of gravity and acceleration |
anti-inflammatory
anti-inflammatory drug | a medicine intended to reduce inflammation |
| anti-submarine rocket | a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines |
| anti-TNF compound | a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints |
fragmentation bomb
antipersonnel bomb
anti-personnel bomb
daisy cutter | a bomb with onlytoper cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments, most effective against troops and vehicles |
| heat shield | a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry |
| nipple shield | a rubber or plastic shield to protect the nipples of nursing women |
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
NSAID | an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids, NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox- and Cox- enzymes |
| shield buckler | armor carried on the arm to intercept blows |
| shield | a protective covering or structure |
stabilizer bar
anti-sway bar | a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks, serves to stabilize the chassis |
tail rotor
anti-torque rotor | rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a singleotor helicopter, keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor |
virility drug
anti-impotence drug | drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile dysfunction |
glare
blaze
brilliance | a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted, a glare of sunlight |
anti-Semitism
antisemitism | the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people |
| anti-Catholicism | a religious orientation opposed to Catholicism |
| anti-drug law | a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs |
| anti-virus program | a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread |
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 |
Japanese Red Army
JRA
Anti-Imperialist International Brigade | a terrorist group organized into overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution, is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists, in the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel |
| Anti-Masonic Party | a former political party in the United States, founded in in opposition to Freemasonry in public affairs |
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 |
| anti | a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.), the antis smelled victory after a long battle |
| anti-American | a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies |
anti-Semite
Jew-baiter | someone who hates and would persecute Jews |
philistine anti-intellectual
lowbrow | a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits |
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 |
| anti-dumping duty | a tariff imposed to prevent dumping |
limelight
spotlight
glare
public eye | a focus of public attention, he enjoyed being in the limelight, when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency |
| glower glare | look at with a fixed gaze, The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her |
shield
screen | protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm |
harbor
harbour
shield | hold back a thought or feeling about, She is harboring a grudge against him |
| glare | shine intensely, The sun glared down on us |
| glare | be sharply reflected, The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface |
racist
antiblack
anti-Semite(a) | discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion |
anti-intellectual
philistine | smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values |
| anti | not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) |
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) |
| anti-American | opposed to the United States and its policies |