Addle-head (n.) Alt. of Addle-pate |
Anchor (n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. |
Anchor (n.) Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast |
Anchor (n.) Fig.: That which gives stability or security |
Anchor (n.) An emblem of hope. |
Anchor (n.) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. |
Anchor (n.) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead |
Anchor (n.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges |
Anchor (v. t.) To place at anchor |
Anchor (v. t.) To fix or fasten |
Anchor (v. i.) To cast anchor |
Anchor (v. i.) To stop |
Anchor (n.) An anchoret. |
Anchor-hold (n.) The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds. |
Anchor-hold (n.) Hence: Firm hold: security. |
Cittern-head (n.) Blockhead |
Cubbridge-head (n.) A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship. |
Death's-head (n.) A naked human skull as the emblem of death |
Design (n.) To draw preliminary outline or main features of |
Design (n.) To mark out and exhibit |
Design (n.) To create or produce, as a work of art |
Design (n.) To intend or purpose |
Design (v. i.) To form a design or designs |
Design (n.) A preliminary sketch |
Design (n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done |
Design (n.) Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end |
Design (n.) The realization of an inventive or decorative plan |
Design (n.) The invention and conduct of the subject |
Dragon's head () Alt. of Dragon's tail |
Feather-head (n.) A frivolous or featherbrained person. |
Giddy-head (n.) A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. |
-head (suffix.) A variant of -hood. |
Head (n.) The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs |
Head (n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object |
Head (n.) The place where the head should go |
Head (n.) The most prominent or important member of any organized body |
Head (n.) The place or honor, or of command |
Head (n.) Each one among many |
Head (n.) The seat of the intellect |
Head (n.) The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river |
Head (n.) A headland |
Head (n.) A separate part, or topic, of a discourse |
Head (n.) Culminating point or crisis |
Head (n.) Power |
Head (n.) A headdress |
Head (n.) An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals. |
Head (n.) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles |
Head (n.) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant. |
Head (n.) The antlers of a deer. |
Head (n.) A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor. |
interior decoration interior design | the trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior |
delusion illusion head game | the act of deluding, deception by creating illusory ideas |
oral sex head | oral stimulation of the genitals, they say he gives good head |
design designing | the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan), he contributed to the design of a new instrument |
self-gratification head trip | the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure |
head | a single domestic animal, head of cattle |
head louse Pediculus capitis | infests the head and body of humans |
death's-head moth Acherontia atropos | European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull |
moonfish Atlantic moonfish horsefish horsehead horse-head dollarfish Selene setapinnis | any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies |
anchor ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
anchor chain anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
anchor light riding light riding lamp | a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor |
ax head axe head | the cutting head of an ax |
cylinder head | a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump |
design pattern figure | a decorative or artistic work, the coach had a design on the doors |
design | a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something, the design of a building |
drumhead head | a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum |
egg-and-dart egg-and-anchor egg-and-tongue | a decorative molding, a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape |
golflub head club head club-head clubhead | (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball |
grapnel grapnel anchor | a light anchor for small boats |
head | a projection out from one end, the head of the nail, a pinhead is the head of a pin |
head | (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship |
head | the striking part of a tool, the head of the hammer |
head | (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head, call heads or tails! |
head covering veil | a garment that covers the head and face |
head gasket | a gasket to seal a cylinder head |
head gate | a gate upstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end |
headrest head restraint | a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash |
head shop | a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users, he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop |
magnetic head | an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface and later retrieved |
mooring anchor | an anchor used to hold a mooring buoy or a channel marker in place |
mushroom anchor | an anchor used for semipermanent moorings, has a bowl-shaped head that will dig in however it falls |
Pitot-static tube Pitot head Pitot tube | measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure, used in aircraft to measure airspeed |
read write head head | (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk |
rotor head rotor shaft | the axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns |
sea anchor drogue | restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel, prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind |
sheet anchor waist anchor | spare anchor for use in emergency |
sluicegate sluice valve floodgate penstock head gate water gate | regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice |
Turk's head | an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban |
valve-in-head engine | internalombustion engine having both inlet and exhaust valves located in the cylinder head |
egotism self-importance swelled head | an exaggerated opinion of your own importance |
head register head voice head tone | the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing, the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head |
start head start | the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race), with an hour's start he will be hard to catch |
mane head of hair | growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being |
head | that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves |
head caput | the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals, contains the face and brains, he stuck his head out the window |
human head | the head of a human being |
head | the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint, the head of the humerus |
mind head brain psyche nous | that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings, the seat of the faculty of reason, his mind wandered, I couldn't get his words out of my head |
invention innovation excogitation conception design | the creation of something in the mind |