Word Meanings - SHIELDLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Destitute of a shield, or of protection. -- Shield"less*ly, adv. -- Shield"less*ness, n.

Related words: (words related to SHIELDLESS)

• SHIELD-BEARER
  Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
• SHIELDDRAKE
  A sheldrake.
• PROTECTIONIST
  One who favors protection. See Protection, 4.
• SHIELDLESS
  Destitute of a shield, or of protection. -- Shield"less*ly, adv. -- Shield"less*ness, n.
• DESTITUTENESS
  Destitution. Ash.
• DESTITUTE
  1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.
• PROTECTIONISM
  The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4.
• SHIELD
  In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci. (more info) akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjöldr, Sw. sköld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain
• SHIELDTAIL
  Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidæ, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.
• DESTITUTELY
  In destitution.
• PROTECTION
  A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed
• WATER SHIELD
  An aquatic American plant having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.
• ENSHIELD
  To defend, as with a shield; to shield. Shak.