Addle-head (n.) Alt. of Addle-pate |
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 |
Head-hunter (n.) A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters. |
Head-lugged (a.) Lugged or dragged by the head. |
Hot-head (n.) A violent, passionate person |
Security (n.) The condition or quality of being secure |
Security (n.) Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care |
Security (n.) Hence, carelessness |
Security (n.) Freedom from risk |
Security (n.) That which secures or makes safe |
Security (n.) Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like |
Security (n.) One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation. |
Security (n.) An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc. |
site visit | a visit in an official capacity to examine a site to determine its suitability for some enterprise |
wrong-site surgery | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body |
delusion illusion head game | the act of deluding, deception by creating illusory ideas |
security intelligence | intelligence on the identity and capability and intentions of hostile individuals or organizations that may be engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism |
censoring censorship security review | counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy |
security security measures | measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc., military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising |
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 |
Social Security | social welfare program in the U.S., includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance |
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 |
cylinder head | a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump |
drill site | workplace that is the site of a drill hole |
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 |
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 |
security blanket | a blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety |
security blanket | anything that an adult person uses to reduce anxiety |
security system security measure security | an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in |
security system | (computing) a system that enforces boundaries between computer networks |
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 |
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 |
spread spread head spreadhead facing pages | two facing pages of a book or other publication |
head head word | (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent |
headword head word | a content word that can be qualified by a modifier |