Ponderous: alternatives and connections

A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protec…

To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.

A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top…

Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions…

To defend, as with a shield; to shield.

The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the…

Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, characte…

Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.

Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty.

an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work

To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object.

Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn.

A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and…

To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to li…

A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article…