Definition of head

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Head (n.) A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon..

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Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To hide the head, as a child in the mother's bosom; to nestle..
Collar :: Collar (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured..
Principal :: Principal (n.) A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; as, the principal of a faction, a school, a firm, etc.; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant..
Cephalotome :: Cephalotome (n.) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery..
Trigamous :: Trigamous (a.) Having three sorts of flowers in the same head, -- male, female, and hermaphrodite, or perfect, flowers..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong..
Tassel :: Tassel (n.) The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent..
Yellowhammer :: Yellowhammer (n.) A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and writing lark..
Lustihead :: Lustihead (n.) See Lustihood.
Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree..
Pudding-headed :: Pudding-headed (a.) Stupid.
Headspring :: Headspring (n.) Fountain; source.
Train :: Train (v. t.) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to its head..
Snake''s-head :: Snake's-head (n.) The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
Encephalous :: Encephalous (a.) Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.
Spermatozoid :: Spermatozoid (n.) The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid..
Enumeration :: Enumeration (n.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument..
Buckler-headed :: Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.
Heady :: Heady (a.) Violent; impetuous.
Jolthead :: Jolthead (n.) A dunce; a blockhead.
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