Addle-head
(n.) Alt. of Addle-pate |
Bottle-nose
(n.) A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe. |
Bottle-nose
(n.) The puffin. |
Bull's-nose
(n.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded. |
Catarrh
(n.) An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted |
Catch
(v. t.) To lay hold on |
Catch
(v. t.) To seize after pursuing |
Catch
(v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook |
Catch
(v. t.) Hence: To insnare |
Catch
(v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind |
Catch
(v. t.) To communicate to |
Catch
(v. t.) To engage and attach |
Catch
(v. t.) To get possession of |
Catch
(v. t.) To take or receive |
Catch
(v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise |
Catch
(v. t.) To reach in time |
Catch
(v. i.) To attain possession. |
Catch
(v. i.) To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction |
Catch
(v. i.) To take hold |
Catch
(v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting |
Catch
(n.) Act of seizing |
Catch
(n.) That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened |
Catch
(n.) The posture of seizing |
Catch
(n.) That which is caught or taken |
Catch
(n.) Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony. |
Catch
(n.) Passing opportunities seized |
Catch
(n.) A slight remembrance |
Catch
(n.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words. |
Catch-basin
(n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer. |
Catch-meadow
(n.) A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill. |
Chronic
(a.) Relating to time |
Chronic
(a.) Continuing for a long time |
Cittern-head
(n.) Blockhead |
Cold
(n.) Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature |
Cold
(n.) Lacking the sensation of warmth |
Cold
(n.) Not pungent or acrid. |
Cold
(n.) Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion |
Cold
(n.) Unwelcome |
Cold
(n.) Wanting in power to excite |
Cold
(n.) Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly |
Cold
(n.) Not sensitive |
Cold
(n.) Distant |
Cold
(n.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8. |
Cold
(n.) The relative absence of heat or warmth. |
Cold
(n.) The sensation produced by the escape of heat |
Cold
(n.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness |
Cold
(v. i.) To become cold. |
Cold-blooded
(a.) Having cold blood |
Cold-blooded
(a.) Deficient in sensibility or feeling |
Cold-blooded
(a.) Not thoroughbred |
apprehension
arrest
catch collar
pinch taking into custody | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal), the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar |
catch
grab
snatch
snap | the act of catching an object with the hands, Mays made the catch with his back to the plate, he made a grab for the ball before it landed, Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away, the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion |
| fair catch | (American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled |
| shoestring catch | (baseball) a running catch made near the ground |
| cold turkey | complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent, he quit smoking cold turkey, she quit her job cold turkey |
dive
nose dive
nosedive | a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft |
| catch | a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth, he played catch with his son in the backyard |
census
nose count
nosecount | a periodic count of the population |
nose job
rhinoplasty | cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose |
delusion
illusion
head game | the act of deluding, deception by creating illusory ideas |
| cold storage | refrigerated storage for preservation |
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 |
snub
cut cold shoulder | a refusal to recognize someone you know, the snub was clearly intentional |
| head | a single domestic animal, head of cattle |
stone curlew
thick-knee
Burhinus oedicnemus | large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint |
thick-billed murre
Uria lomvia | a variety of murre |
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 |
| thick skin | skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) |
ax head
axe head | the cutting head of an ax |
big H
hell dust
nose drops
smack
thunder
skag
scag | street names for heroin |
| catch | a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window |
| catch stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something, he used a book as a stop to hold the door open |
coke
blow
nose candy
snow
C | street names for cocaine |
| cold cathode | a cathode that is a source of electrons without being heated |
cold chisel
set chisel | narrow chisel made of steel, used to cut stone or bricks |
cold cream
coldcream
face cream
vanishing cream | a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin |
| cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
| cold medicine | medicine intended to relieve the symptoms of the common cold |
| cold-water flat | an apartment without modern conveniences |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| nasal decongestant | a decongestant that provides temporary relief of nasal symptoms of the common cold and rhinitis and upper respiratory infections |
| nose | a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft), the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry |
| nose | the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon, he ducked under the nose of the gun |
nose cone
ogive | front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere |
| nose flute | a flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries) |