HORNS Synonyms

• deciduous horn of a member of the deer family

• a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

• a transient variation in voltage or current

• sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes

• fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

• (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis

• a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline

• a very high narrow heel on women's shoes

• each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)

• a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)

• a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)

• any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object

• a large stout nail

• stand in the way of

• pierce with a sharp stake or point

• secure with spikes

• bring forth a spike or spikes

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• manifest a sharp increase

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

• any sharply pointed projection

• tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers

• a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward

• a railway line connected to a trunk line

• incite or stimulate

• give heart or courage to

• strike with a spur

• goad with spurs

• equip with spurs

• deciduous horn of a member of the deer family

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947

• protection from harm

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the justification for some act or belief

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

• a pointed projection

• a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends

• a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth

• (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)

• move or pour through a funnel

• an erect penis

• a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves

• a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles

• a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

• electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

• (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

• electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear

• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

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

• a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps

• (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand

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

• produce a sound as if from a trumpet

• get the better of

• play a trump

• proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare

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

• proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet

• play or blow on the trumpet

• utter in trumpet-like sounds

• a device on an automobile for making a warning noise

• a device on an automobile for making a warning noise