in+arms

  • 91arms of alliance — 1. heraldry : arms taken up by the issue of heiresses to show their maternal descent 2. heraldry : arms acquired by marriage …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 92arms of dominion — also arms of sovereignty heraldry : national arms borne by a sovereign …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 93arms of office — heraldry : arms borne by virtue of tenancy of an office or dignity a bishop s arms of office …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 94arms control agreement — The written or unwritten embodiment of the acceptance of one or more arms control measures by two or more nations …

    Military dictionary

  • 95arms control measure — Any specific arms control course of action …

    Military dictionary

  • 96arms race — competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms. [1935 40] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 97Arms of the City —    Argent, plain cross gules, in the dexter chief canton a sword erect in pale of the second.    Crest : A dragon s wing argent charged with a cross gules.    The arms incorporate the cross of St. George with the sword of St. Paul, the patron… …

    Dictionary of London

  • 98arms control — noun Arms control is used before these nouns: ↑treaty …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 99arms — Synonyms and related words: achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, art of war, azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bend, bend sinister, billet, blazon, blazonry, bordure, broad arrow,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 100arms — adj British offending codes of behaviour, breaking unwritten rules. This code term among teenage gangs was defined by one of its users as out of order . The term was recorded in use among North London schoolboys in 1993 and 1994. It may in fact… …

    Contemporary slang