A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
The hood-shaped upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
The feature above a shield on a coat of arms.
The glans penis.
A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
A contemptible or stupid person.
The upper part of a chemist's retort.
To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.
Any of three species of bird in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
A person who skims.
A ballet flat shoe.
A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
A surface ship.
To shimmer.
To move quickly, to flutter.