(informal, military) A jet airplane with fixed wings that is capable of vertical takeoff and landing as well as hovering, and, in some cases, also capable of becoming airborne in a conventional man...

An Assyrian protective deity, often depicted as having the head of a human, the body of an ox or lion, and the wings of a bird. / (by extension) A representation – especially a statue – of a lamassu.

(music) An interval measured by the distance between its two pitch classes ordered so they are as close as possible.

The civilian sphere as opposed to the military; specifically, the civilian sphere supporting the military's efforts in a war.