Definition of head

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of head is as below...

Head (n.) The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head..

Lern More About Head

Bucker :: Bucker (n.) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
Comedo :: Comedo (n.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt)..
Pate :: Pate (n.) The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head..
Zenith :: Zenith (n.) That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.
Terin :: Terin (n.) A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also tarin..
Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.
Earing :: Earing (n.) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing.
Rosehead :: Rosehead (n.) See Rose, n., 4..
Furfuration :: Furfuration (n.) Falling of scurf from the head; desquamation.
Cronel :: Cronel (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear.
Trimmer :: Trimmer (n.) A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header..
Capitally :: Capitally (adv.) In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally..
Catawbas :: Catawbas (n. pl.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee.
Headed :: Headed (a.) Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster..
Sinciput :: Sinciput (n.) The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.
Pelican :: Pelican (n.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.
Renverse :: Renverse (a.) Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.
Sleepyhead :: Sleepyhead (n.) The ruddy duck.
Drearihead :: Drearihead (n.) Alt. of Drearihoo.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us