Anti
() A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of |
Anti-American
(a.) Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. |
Anti-federalist
(n.) One of party opposed to a federative government |
Anti-Gallican
(a.) Opposed to what is Gallic or French. |
Anti-trade
(n.) A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind. |
Brittle star
() Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea. |
Coll
(v. t.) To embrace. |
Day-star
(n.) The morning star |
Day-star
(n.) The sun, as the orb of day. |
Defense
(n.) Alt. of Defence |
Defense
(v. t.) To furnish with defenses |
Dog Star
() Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens |
Hist
(interj.) Hush |
Initiative
(a.) Serving to initiate |
Initiative
(n.) An introductory step or movement |
Initiative
(n.) The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation |
Missile
(a.) Capable of being thrown |
Missile
(n.) A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet. |
National
(a.) Of or pertaining to a nation |
National
(a.) Attached to one's own country or nation. |
Sea star
() A starfish, or brittle star. |
Self-defense
(n.) The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation. |
Shield
(n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler. |
Shield
(n.) Anything which protects or defends |
Shield
(n.) Figuratively, one who protects or defends. |
Shield
(n.) In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci. |
Shield
(n.) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon. |
Shield
(n.) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses. |
Shield
(n.) A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield. |
Shield
(n.) A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield. |
Shield
(n.) To cover with, or as with, a shield |
Shield
(n.) To ward off |
Shield
(n.) To avert, as a misfortune |
Shield-bearer
(n.) One who, or that which, carries a shield. |
Shield-bearer
(n.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. |
Star
(n.) One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens |
Star
(n.) The polestar |
Star
(n.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny |
Star
(n.) That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. |
Star
(n.) Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing |
Star
(n.) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance. |
Star
(n.) A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc. |
Star
(v. t.) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies |
Star
(v. i.) To be bright, or attract attention, as a star |
Star-blind
(a.) Half blind. |
Star-chamber
(n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses |
Star-crossed
(a.) Not favored by the stars |
Star-read
(n.) Doctrine or knowledge of the stars |
Star-spangled
(a.) Spangled or studded with stars. |
Strategic
(a.) Alt. of Strategical |
first step
initiative
opening move
opening | the first of a series of actions |
| peace initiative | opening move in negotiating a peace treaty |
| Royal National Eisteddfod | an eisteddfod with competitions in music and drama and poetry and the fine arts |
| national service | compulsory service in the military during peacetime |
Secretary of Defense
Defense Secretary | the position of the head of the Department of Defense, the position of Defense Secretary was created in |
| strategic buyout | an acquisition based on analysis of the benefits of consolidation in anticipation of increased earning power |
| anti-takeover defense | resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover |
| anti-war movement | a campaign against entering or continuing a war |
| national censorship | censorship under civil authority of communications entering or leaving of crossing the borders of the United States or its territories or possessions |
| 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 |
| strategic intelligence | intelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at national and international levels |
| national insurance | social insurance program in Britain, based on contributions from employers and employees, provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services |
supplementary benefit
social assistance
national assistance | benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law |
defense defence denial
demurrer | a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him, he gave evidence for the defense |
| Balkan Wars | two wars (-) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe |
| Napoleonic Wars | a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times, - |
War of the Roses
Wars of the Roses | struggle for the English throne (-) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII |
starnose mole
star-nosed mole
Condylura cristata | amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose |
carapace
shell cuticle
shield a | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
starfish
sea star | echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk |
brittle star
brittle-star
serpent star | an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc |
basket star
basket fish | any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc |
feather star
comatulid | free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms, found on muddy sea bottoms |
| air-to-air missile | a missile designed to be launched from one airplane at another |
air-to-ground missile
air-to-surface missile | a missile designed to be launched from an airplane at a target on the ground |
American flag
Stars and Stripes
Star-Spangled Banner
Old Glory | the national flag of the United States of America |
antiballistic missile
ABM | a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks placed limits on the deployment of ABMs |
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 |
| ballistic missile | a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target |
| basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
| cruise missile | an unmanned aircraft that is a selfontained bomb |
| defense laboratory | a laboratory devoted to research and development for national defense |
defense system
defence system | the weaponry available for the defense of a region |
defensive structure
defense
defence | a structure used to defend against attack, the artillery battered down the defenses |
destroyer
guided missile destroyer | a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship |