Addle-head (n.) Alt. of Addle-pate |
Bridge (n.) A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other. |
Bridge (n.) Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed. |
Bridge (n.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument. |
Bridge (n.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit. |
Bridge (n.) A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc. |
Bridge (v. t.) To build a bridge or bridges on or over |
Bridge (v. t.) To open or make a passage, as by a bridge. |
Bridge (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty |
Bridgehead (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing |
Bridge-ward (n.) A bridge keeper |
Bridge-ward (n.) The principal ward of a key. |
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 |
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. |
Head (n.) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. |
Head (a.) Principal |
Head (v. t.) To be at the head of |
Head (v. t.) To form a head to |
Head (v. t.) To behead |
Head (v. t.) To cut off the top of |
Head (v. t.) To go in front of |
Head (v. t.) To set on the head |
Head (v. i.) To originate |
Head (v. i.) To go or point in a certain direction |
Head (v. i.) To form a head |
Head-cheese (n.) A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass. |
Head gear (n.) Alt. of Headgear |
bridge | any of various card games based on whist for four players |
bridge whist | the earliest form of bridge, the dealer could name the trump suit |
auction auction bridge | a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game, now generally superseded by contract bridge |
contract contract bridge | a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid |
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 |
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 |
Angostura Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolivar |
ax head axe head | the cutting head of an ax |
Bailey bridge | a temporary bridge designed for rapid construction |
Baton Rouge Bridge | a cantilever bridge across the Mississippi at Baton Rouge |
Bayonne Bridge | a steel arch bridge connecting New Jersey and Staten Island at Bayonne, New Jersey |
Benjamin Franklin Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Delaware River |
Bosporus Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul |
bridge span | a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. |
bridge bridge deck | an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands |
bridge nosepiece | the link between two lenses, rests on the nose |
bridge bridgework | a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth |
bridge | a wooden support that holds the strings up |
bridge bridge circuit | a circuit consisting of two branches ( arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected |
Bronx-Whitestone Bridge | a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City |
Brooklyn Bridge | a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City, opened in |
cantilever bridge | bridge constructed of two cantilevers that meet in the middle |
Commodore John Barry Bridge | a cantilever bridge in Chester, Pennsylvania |
covered bridge | a bridge whose passageway is protected by a roof and enclosing sides |
cylinder head | a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump |
Delaware Memorial Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Delaware River |
drawbridge lift bridge | a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it |
drumhead head | a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum |
flying bridge flybridge fly bridge monkey bridge | the highest navigational bridge on a ship, a small (often open) deck above the pilot house |
footbridge overcrossing pedestrian bridge | a bridge designed for pedestrians |
George Washington Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey |
Golden Gate Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate |
golflub head club head club-head clubhead | (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball |
Greater New Orleans Bridge | twin cantilever bridges across the Mississippi at New Orleans |
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 |
Humber Bridge | a suspension bridge at Hull, England, , feet long |
jet bridge | an extendible bridge for loading passengers onto large commercial airplanes, provides protected access to the plane from the gate |