Addle-head
(n.) Alt. of Addle-pate |
Blue bonnet
(n.) Alt. of Blue-bonnet |
Blue-bonnet
(n.) A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one wearing such cap |
Blue-bonnet
(n.) A plant. Same as Bluebottle. |
Blue-bonnet
(n.) The European blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus) |
Bonnet
(n.) A headdress for men and boys |
Bonnet
(n.) A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland. |
Bonnet
(n.) A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times |
Bonnet
(n.) Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use |
Bonnet
(n.) A small defense work at a salient angle |
Bonnet
(n.) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc. |
Bonnet
(n.) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks. |
Bonnet
(n.) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft. |
Bonnet
(n.) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers. |
Bonnet
(n.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. |
Bonnet
(n.) The second stomach of a ruminating animal. |
Bonnet
(n.) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid |
Bonnet
(v. i.) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect |
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. |
Flea
(v. t.) To flay. |
Flea
(n.) An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix. |
Flea-beetle
(n.) A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species. |
Flea-bite
(n.) The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite. |
Flea-bite
(n.) A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea. |
Flea-bitten
(a.) Bitten by a flea |
Flea-bitten
(a.) White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel |
Flea-louse
(n.) A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri. |
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. |
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 |
shovelhead
bonnethead
bonnet shark
Sphyrna tiburo | small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head, abundant in bays and estuaries |
beach flea
sand hopper
sandhopper
sand flea | small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas, common on ocean beaches |
daphnia
water flea | minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell, moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae |
cyclops
water flea | minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming, important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms |
| flea beetle | any small leaf beetle having enlarged hind legs and capable of jumping |
head louse
Pediculus capitis | infests the head and body of humans |
| flea | any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap |
dog flea
Ctenocephalides canis | flea that attacks dogs and cats |
cat flea
Ctenocephalides felis | flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats |
chigoe
chigger chigoe flea
Tunga penetrans | small tropical flea, the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans |
sticktight
sticktight flea
Echidnophaga gallinacea | parasitic on especially the heads of chickens |
death's-head moth
Acherontia atropos | European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull |
bonnet macaque
bonnet monkey
capped macaque
crown monkey
Macaca radiata | Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair |
moonfish Atlantic moonfish
horsefish
horsehead
horse-head
dollarfish Selene setapinnis | any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies |
ax head
axe head | the cutting head of an ax |
bonnet
poke bonnet | a hat tied under the chin |
| cylinder head | a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump |
drumhead
head | a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum |
golflub head
club head
club-head
clubhead | (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball |
| 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 |
hood
bonnet cowl
cowling | protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine, there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars, the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
| flea bite | a very minor inconvenience |
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 |