Definition of helm

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Helm (n.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone..

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Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties..
Visor :: Visor (n.) A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it..
Helminthiasis :: Helminthiasis (n.) A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.
Helmeted :: Helmeted (a.) Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet-shaped part; galeate.
Station :: Station (n.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.)..
Headpiece :: Headpiece (n.) A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages..
Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
Timoneer :: Timoneer (n.) A helmsman.
Helminthic :: Helminthic (a.) Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms..
Santonin :: Santonin (n.) A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass..
Helmless :: Helmless (a.) Destitute of a helmet.
Demersion :: Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water..
Starblowlines :: Starboard (v. t.) To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm..
Amaze :: Amaze (v. t.) To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly..
Atlantean :: Atlantean (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean..
Nematelmia :: Nematelmia (n. pl.) Same as Nemathelminthes.
Helm :: Helm (n.) The place or office of direction or administration.
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (n.) The act of overwhelming.
Cassowary :: Cassowary (n.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc..
Cassideous :: Cassideous (a.) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite..
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