Addle-headed
(a.) Alt. of Addle-pated |
Beetle-headed
(a.) Dull |
Bluff-headed
(a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down. |
Buckler-headed
(a.) Having a head like a buckler. |
Buffle-headed
(a.) Having a large head, like a buffalo |
Clear-headed
(a.) Having a clear understanding |
Cool-headed
(a.) Having a temper not easily excited |
Dog-headed
(a.) Having a head shaped like that of a dog |
Double-headed
(a.) Having two heads |
Dunder-headed
(a.) Thick-headed |
Feather-headed
(a.) Giddy |
Flat-headed
(a.) Having a head with a flattened top |
Giddy-headed
(a.) Thoughtless |
Gross-headed
(a.) Thick-skulled |
Hard-headed
(a.) Having sound judgment |
Hawk
(n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk. |
Hawk
(v. i.) To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey |
Hawk
(v. i.) To make an attack while on the wing |
Hawk
(v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances. |
Hawk
(v. t.) To raise by hawking, as phlegm. |
Hawk
(n.) An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise. |
Hawk
(v. t.) To offer for sale by outcry in the street |
Hawk
(n.) A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar. |
Hawk-eyed
(a.) Having a keen eye |
Hawk moth
() Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. |
Headed
(imp. & p. p.) of Head |
Headed
(a.) Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties) |
Headed
(a.) Formed into a head |
Heavy-headed
(a.) Dull |
Hot-headed
(a.) Fiery |
Hover-hawk
(n.) The kestrel. |
Idle-headed
(a.) Foolish |
Idle-headed
(a.) Delirious |
Janus-headed
(a.) Double-headed. |
Light-headed
(a.) Disordered in the head |
Light-headed
(a.) Thoughtless |
Mad-headed
(a.) Wild |
Muddy-headed
(a.) Dull |
Mushroom-headed
(a.) Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter |
Nail-headed
(a.) Having a head like that of a nail |
Nott-headed
(a.) Having the hair cut close. |
Open-headed
(a.) Bareheaded. |
Pig-headed
(a.) Having a head like a pig |
Pudding-headed
(a.) Stupid. |
Puzzle-headed
(a.) Having the head full of confused notions. |
Rattle-headed
(a.) Noisy |
Rug-headed
(a.) Having shaggy hair |
Sea hawk
() A jager gull. |
Sheep-headed
(a.) Silly |
Shock-headed
(a.) Having a thick and bushy head of hair. |
blue-headed vireo
Vireo solitarius solitarius | common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head |
| hawk | diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail |
| sparrow hawk Accipiter nisus | small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa |
Cooper's hawk
blue darter
Accipiter cooperii | bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight |
chicken hawk
hen hawk | nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry |
redtail red-tailed hawk
Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
rough-legged hawk
roughleg
Buteo lagopus | large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers |
red-shouldered hawk
Buteo lineatus | North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders |
swallow-tailed kite
swallow-tailed hawk
Elanoides forficatus | graceful North American black-and-white kite |
marsh hawk
northern harrier
hen harrier
Circus cyaneus | common harrier of North America and Europe, nests in marshes and open land |
sparrow hawk American kestrel
kestrel Falco sparverius | small North American falcon |
pigeon hawk
merlin
Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
osprey
fish hawk
fish eagle
sea eagle Pandion haliaetus | large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years |
hawk owl
Surnia ulula | grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere |
lowland burrowing treefrog
northern casque-headed frog
Pternohyla fodiens | terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head, of the United States southwest |
| bone-headed dinosaur | bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs with bony crowns |
| black-headed snake | small secretive ground-living snake, found from central United States to Argentina |
rubber boa
tow-headed snake
Charina bottae | boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America, looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape |
nighthawk
bullbat
mosquito hawk | mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker |
acanthocephalan
spiny-headed worm | any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines |
white-headed stilt
Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus | stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck |
dragonfly
darning needle
devil's darning needle
sewing needle
snake feeder
snake doctor
mosquito hawk
skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
hawkmoth
hawk moth
sphingid
sphinx moth
hummingbird moth | any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed |
gaffsail
gaff-headed sail | a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff |
| mortarboard hawk | a square board with a handle underneath, used by masons to hold or carry mortar |
| hawk nose | a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk |
| ball hawk | a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball |
hawk
war hawk | an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations |
Black Hawk
Makataimeshekiakiak | Sauk leader who in led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (-) |
hawk's-beard
hawk's-beards | any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem, northern hemisphere |
round-headed leek
Allium sphaerocephalum | Old World leek with a spherical bulb |
clear the throat
hawk | clear mucus or food from one's throat, he cleared his throat before he started to speak |
| hawk | hunt with hawks, the tribes like to hawk in the desert |
peddle
monger
huckster
hawk
vend
pitch | sell or offer for sale from place to place |
bald
bald-headed
bald-pated | lacking hair on all or most of the scalp, a bald pate, a bald-headed gentleman |
| shock-headed | having a shock (or untidy mass) of hair, shock-headed teenagers |
broad-headed
roundheaded
short-headed | having a brachycephalic head |
| bullet-headed | having a small round head |
| long-headed | having a dolichocephalic head |
addled
befuddled muddled
muzzy
woolly
wooly
woolly-headed
wooly-minded | confused and vague, used especially of thinking, muddleheaded ideas, your addled little brain, woolly thinking, woolly-headed ideas |
a blockheaded
boneheaded
duncical
duncish
fatheaded
loggerheaded
thick
thickheaded
thick-skulled
wooden-headed | (used informally) stupid |
| mop-headed | (of trees) having a bushy top without a leader, mop-headed cabbage palms |
| headed | having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head, often used in combination, headed bolts, three-headed Cerberus, a cool-headed fighter pilot |
| burr-headed | having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly) |
| large-headed | having a large head |
| headed | having a heading or caption, a headed column, headed notepaper |
| headed | of leafy vegetables, having formed into a head, headed cabbages |
a grey
gray
grey-haired
gray-haired
grey-headed
gray-headed
grizzly
hoar
hoary
white-haired | showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair, whose beard with age is hoar-Coleridge, nodded his hoary head |
| headed | having a heading or course in a certain direction, westward headed wagons |
conceited
egotistic
egotistical
self-conceited
swollen
swollen-headed
vain | characteristic of false pride, having an exaggerated sense of self-importance, a conceited fool, an attitude of self-conceited arrogance, an egotistical disregard of others, so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty, growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary, vain about her clothes |