carapace shell cuticle shield a | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
dome | a hemispherical roof |
dome domed stadium covered stadium | a stadium that has a roof |
geodesic dome | a lightweight dome constructed of interlocking polygons, invented by R. Buckminster Fuller |
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 |
observation dome | lookout consisting of a dome-shaped observatory |
onion dome | a dome that is shaped like a bulb, characteristic of Russian and Byzantine church architecture |
pressure dome | a dome-shaped building that is pressurized |
radome radar dome | a housing for a radar antenna, transparent to radio waves |
shield buckler | armor carried on the arm to intercept blows |
shield | a protective covering or structure |
whispering gallery whispering dome | a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points |
exogenous obesity | obesity caused by overeating |
attic bean bonce noodle noggin dome | informal terms for a human head |
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 |
Teapot Dome Teapot Dome scandal | a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in , became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration |
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 |
Volcano Islands | a group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas |
vent volcano | a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt |
volcano | a mountain formed by volcanic material |
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 |
dome | a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward |
exogenous depression reactive depression | an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief) |
lava | rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos, lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface |
pillow lava | lava that hardened in rounded shapes suggestive of pillows, believed to result from underwater eruptions |
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 |
exogenous exogenic | derived or originating externally |
dome-shaped | having the shape of a dome |
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) |