Addle-head (n.) Alt. of Addle-pate |
Card (n.) A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses |
Card (n.) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like |
Card (n.) A paper on which the points of the compass are marked |
Card (n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard. |
Card (n.) An indicator card. See under Indicator. |
Card (v. i.) To play at cards |
Card (n.) An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc. |
Card (n.) A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine. |
Card (v. t.) To comb with a card |
Card (v. t.) To clean or clear, as if by using a card. |
Card (v. t.) To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article. |
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 |
card game cards | a game played with playing cards |
card trick | a trick performed with playing cards |
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 |
ax head axe head | the cutting head of an ax |
baseball card | a trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing record |
card | one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes, he collected cards and traded them with the other boys |
card index card catalog card catalogue | an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item |
card table | a small light table with folding legs, can be folded for storage |
card table | a table for playing cards (as in a casino) |
circuit board circuit card board card plug-in add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
compass card mariner's compass | compass in the form of a card that rotates so that degrees or North points to magnetic north |
cylinder head | a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump |
drawing card loss leader leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
drumhead head | a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum |
face card picture card court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
gaming card | one of a set of cards used in gambling games |
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 |
hole card | (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown |
house of cards cardhouse card-house cardcastle | an unstable construction with playing cards, he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed |
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 |
playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games |
punched card punch card Hollerith card | a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes |
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 |
tarot card tarot | any of a set of (usually ) cards that include cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc., used by fortunetellers |
trading card | a card with a picture on it, collected and traded by children |
trump trump card | a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps, the ace of trumps is a sure winner |
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 |
wild card | a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it |
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 |