ARMOR Synonyms

• hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

• troops trained to fight on horseback

• a highly mobile army unit

• a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi

• a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

• one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

• a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning

• a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)

• a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

• any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn

• the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

• a device having the shape of a horn

• an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound

• a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

• a device on an automobile for making a warning noise

• stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

• the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

• the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office

• a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system

• any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered

• (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

• send via the postal service

• cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

• equipped with machinery

• using vehicles

• (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

• a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic

• a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)

• dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten

• the quantity contained in a plate

• a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

• the thin under portion of the forequarter

• a main course served on a plate

• any flat platelike body structure or part

• the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube

• a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded

• structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage

• a shallow receptacle for collection in church

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

• coat with a layer of metal

• specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire

• specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire

• armor that protects the wearer's whole body

• armor that protects the wearer's whole body

• (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

• armor that protects the wearer's whole body

• armor that protects the wearer's whole body