ead: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ead
- head«Word Popularity Bar5/5
head
- noun the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
caput.
- he stuck his head out the window
- noun a single domestic animal
- 200 head of cattle
- noun the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- read5/5
read
- noun something that is read
- the article was a very good read
- verb interpret something that is written or printed
- read the advertisement
- Have you read Salman Rushdie?
- noun something that is read
- instead5/5
instead
- adverb in place of, or as an alternative to
alternatively; or else.
- Felix became a herpetologist instead
- alternatively we could buy a used car
- adverb on the contrary; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"
rather.
- rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left
- he didn't call
- used English terms instead of Latin ones
- adverb in place of, or as an alternative to
- lead5/5
lead
- noun an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- he took the lead at the last turn
- noun a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
Pb; atomic number 82.
- the children were playing with lead soldiers
- noun an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- dead5/5
dead
- noun people who are no longer living
- they buried the dead
- noun a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
- the dead of winter
- noun people who are no longer living
- spread5/5
spread
- noun process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
spreading.
- noun a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
gap.
- gap between income and outgo
- the spread between lending and borrowing costs
- noun process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- ahead5/5
ahead
- adjective satellite having the leading position or higher score in a contest
leading; in the lead.
- he is ahead by a pawn
- the leading team in the pennant race
- adverb at or in the front
in front; before.
- I see the lights of a town ahead
- the road ahead is foggy
- staring straight ahead
- we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front
- with the cross of Jesus marching on before
- adjective satellite having the leading position or higher score in a contest
- bread5/5
bread
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
breadstuff; staff of life.
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly.
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
- widespread5/5
widespread
- adjective satellite widely circulated or diffused
- a widespread doctrine
- widespread fear of nuclear war
- adjective satellite distributed over a considerable extent
far-flung.
- far-flung trading operations
- the West's far-flung mountain ranges
- widespread nuclear fallout
- adjective satellite widely circulated or diffused
- thread5/5
thread
- noun a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
yarn.
- noun any long object resembling a thin line
ribbon.
- a mere ribbon of land
- the lighted ribbon of traffic
- from the air the road was a grey thread
- a thread of smoke climbed upward
- noun a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- overhead5/5
overhead
- noun the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
operating cost; operating expense; budget items.
- noun (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
command processing overhead time; command processing overhead; command overhead.
- noun the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
- forehead5/5
forehead
- noun the part of the face above the eyes
brow.
- noun the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
frontal bone; os frontale.
- noun the part of the face above the eyes
- dread4/5
dread
- noun fearful expectation or anticipation
apprehension; apprehensiveness.
- the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
- verb be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
fear.
- I fear the winters in Moscow
- We should not fear the Communists!
- noun fearful expectation or anticipation
- mead4/5
mead
- noun made of fermented honey and water
- noun United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
Margaret Mead.
- noun made of fermented honey and water
- plead4/5
plead
- verb appeal or request earnestly
- I pleaded with him to stop
- verb offer as an excuse or plea
- She was pleading insanity
- verb appeal or request earnestly
- bead4/5
bead
- noun a small ball with a hole through the middle
- noun a shape that is spherical and small
pearl; drop.
- he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops
- beads of sweat on his forehead
- noun a small ball with a hole through the middle
- tread4/5
tread
- noun a step in walking or running
pace; stride.
- noun the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- noun a step in walking or running
- homestead4/5
homestead
- noun the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
- noun land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
- noun the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
- whitehead4/5
whitehead
- noun a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland
milium.
- noun English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)
Alfred North Whitehead.
- noun a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland
- stead4/5
stead
- noun the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
position; place; lieu.
- can you go in my stead?
- took his place
- in lieu of
- noun the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- reread3/5
reread
- verb read anew; read again
- He re-read her letters to him
- verb read anew; read again
- mislead3/5
mislead
- verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
lead astray; misguide; misdirect.
- The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
- verb give false or misleading information to
misinform.
- verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
- godhead3/5
godhead
Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.
- trailhead3/5
trailhead
- noun the beginning of a trail
trail head.
- noun the beginning of a trail
- arrowhead3/5
arrowhead
- noun the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
- noun the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
- redhead3/5
redhead
- noun someone who has red hair
redheader; carrottop; red-header.
- noun North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head
Aythya americana.
- noun someone who has red hair
- hampstead3/5
hampstead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- gingerbread3/5
gingerbread
- noun cake flavored with ginger
- noun cake flavored with ginger
- misread3/5
misread
- verb read or interpret wrongly
- He misread the data
- verb interpret wrongly
misinterpret.
- I misread Hamlet all my life!
- verb read or interpret wrongly
- letterhead3/5
letterhead
- noun a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top
- noun a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top
- bulkhead3/5
bulkhead
- noun a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
- noun a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
- spearhead3/5
spearhead
- noun someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- noun the leading military unit in an attack
- noun someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- knead3/5
knead
- verb make uniform
work.
- knead dough
- work the clay until it is soft
- verb manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
rub down; massage.
- She rubbed down her child with a sponge
- verb make uniform
- warhead3/5
warhead
- noun the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
load; payload.
- noun the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- proofread2/5
proofread
- verb read for errors
proof.
- I should proofread my manuscripts
- verb read for errors
- gilead2/5
gilead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- figurehead2/5
figurehead
- noun a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
straw man; nominal head; front; strawman; front man.
- noun figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
- noun a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- unread2/5
unread
- adjective satellite not informed through reading
- he seems to have been wholly unread in political theory"- V.L.Parrington
- adjective satellite not informed through reading
- bridgehead2/5
bridgehead
- noun an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
foothold.
- an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines
- the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar
- noun a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
- noun an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
- masthead2/5
masthead
- noun a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
flag.
- noun the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page
- noun a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
- bedspread2/5
bedspread
- noun decorative cover for a bed
counterpane; bed cover; bedcover; spread; bed covering.
- noun decorative cover for a bed
- undead2/5
undead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- flathead2/5
flathead
- noun food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
- noun pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
- noun food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
- cornbread2/5
cornbread
- noun bread made primarily of cornmeal
- noun bread made primarily of cornmeal
- beachhead2/5
beachhead
- noun a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation
- the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead
- noun an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments
foothold.
- the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors
- they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market
- noun a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation
- bedstead2/5
bedstead
- noun the framework of a bed
bedframe.
- noun the framework of a bed
- steelhead2/5
steelhead
(Zoöl.) A North Pacific salmon ( Salmo Gairdneri ) found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called alsohardhead , andpreesil .
- subhead2/5
subhead
- noun a heading of a subdivision of a text
subheading.
- noun a heading of a subdivision of a text
- farmstead2/5
farmstead
- noun the buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm
- noun a farm together with its buildings
farm-place; farmplace.
- noun the buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm
- overspread2/5
overspread
- verb spread across or over
spread.
- A big oil spot spread across the water
- verb spread across or over
- maidenhead2/5
maidenhead
- noun a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin
virginal membrane; hymen.
- noun a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin
- birkenhead2/5
- fountainhead2/5
fountainhead
- noun an abundant source
well; wellspring.
- she was a well of information
- noun the source of water from which a stream arises
head; headspring.
- they tracked him back toward the head of the stream
- noun an abundant source
- outspread2/5
outspread
- adjective satellite fully extended in width
spread.
- outspread wings
- with arms spread wide
- adjective satellite fully extended in width
- snead2/5
- marblehead2/5
- skinhead2/5
skinhead
- noun a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
- noun a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
- blockhead2/5
blockhead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- bankhead2/5
bankhead
- noun uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968)
Tallulah Bankhead.
- noun uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968)
- hammerhead2/5
hammerhead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun the striking part of a hammer
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- gateshead2/5
- riverhead2/5
- copperhead2/5
copperhead
- noun common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
Agkistrodon contortrix.
- noun venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
Denisonia superba.
- noun common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
- wellhead2/5
wellhead
- noun the source of water for a well
wellspring.
- noun a structure built over a well
- noun the source of water for a well
- hogshead2/5
hogshead
- noun a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
- noun a large cask especially one holding 63 gals
- noun a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
- shortbread2/5
shortbread
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
shortbread cookie.
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
- loggerhead2/5
loggerhead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas
loggerhead turtle; Caretta caretta.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- railhead2/5
railhead
- noun a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
- noun the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway
- noun a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
- holyhead2/5
- roadstead2/5
roadstead
- noun a partly sheltered anchorage
roads.
- noun a partly sheltered anchorage
- spithead2/5
- pinhead2/5
pinhead
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
dummy; booby; dope; boob; dumbbell.
- noun the head of a pin
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
- bullhead2/5
bullhead
- noun freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
- noun any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
bullhead catfish.
- noun freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
- lookahead2/5
- broadhead2/5
broadhead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- behead2/5
behead
- verb cut the head of
decollate; decapitate.
- the French King was beheaded during the Revolution
- verb cut the head of
- clubhead2/5
clubhead
- noun (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball
golf-club head; club-head; club head.
- noun (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball
- volstead2/5
volstead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- showerhead2/5
showerhead
- noun a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather
- noun a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather
- bowhead2/5
bowhead
- noun large-mouthed Arctic whale
bowhead whale; Greenland whale; Balaena mysticetus.
- noun large-mouthed Arctic whale
- deadhead2/5
deadhead
- noun a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
- the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible
- noun a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
- noun a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
- crosshead2/5
crosshead
- noun a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
crossheading.
- noun metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth
- noun a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
- weatherhead2/5
- dickhead2/5
dickhead
- noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
mother fucker; bastard; SOB; prick; motherfucker; whoreson; son of a bitch; asshole; cocksucker; shit.
- noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- roundhead2/5
roundhead
- noun a brachycephalic person
- noun a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
- noun a brachycephalic person
- ennead2/5
ennead
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
IX; niner; Nina from Carolina; nine; 9.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- hothead2/5
hothead
- noun a belligerent grouch
fire-eater.
- noun a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
harum-scarum; swashbuckler; lunatic; madcap; daredevil.
- noun a belligerent grouch
- drumhead1/5
drumhead
- noun a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
head.
- adjective satellite performed speedily and without formality
summary.
- a summary execution
- summary justice
- noun a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- egghead1/5
egghead
- noun an intellectual; a very studious and academic person
- in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead
- noun an intellectual; a very studious and academic person
- fathead1/5
fathead
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; cuckoo; goose; bozo; zany; twat; jackass; goofball.
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- shithead1/5
shithead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- sheepshead1/5
sheepshead
- noun large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
Archosargus probatocephalus.
- noun large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
- flatbread1/5
flatbread
- noun any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough
- noun any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough
- bonehead1/5
bonehead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- airhead1/5
airhead
- noun a flighty scatterbrained simpleton
- she's a total airhead
- every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one
- noun a bridgehead seized by airborne troops
- noun a flighty scatterbrained simpleton
- leatherhead1/5
leatherhead
(Zoöl.) The friar bird.
- thunderhead1/5
thunderhead
- noun a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm
- noun a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm
- wingspread1/5
wingspread
- noun distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended
- noun linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil
wingspan.
- noun distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended
- fairhead1/5
- knucklehead1/5
knucklehead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- sleepyhead1/5
sleepyhead
- noun a sleepy person
- noun a sleepy person
- tead1/5
tead
A torch. Obs. "A burning teade." Spenser.
- forkhead1/5
- butthead1/5
- snakehead1/5
snakehead
- noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
Chelone glabra; shellflower; turtlehead; snake-head; shell-flower.
- noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
- printhead1/5
- crackhead1/5
crackhead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sweetbread1/5
sweetbread
- noun edible glands of an animal
sweetbreads.
- noun edible glands of an animal
- fiddlehead1/5
fiddlehead
- noun tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Onoclea struthiopteris; shuttlecock fern; ostrich fern; Pteretis struthiopteris; Matteuccia struthiopteris.
- noun New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
fiddlehead fern; Osmunda cinnamonea; cinnamon fern.
- noun tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
- retread1/5
retread
- noun a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
recap.
- verb use again in altered form
rework; make over.
- retread an old plot
- noun a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
- horsehead1/5
horsehead
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Selene setapinnis; horse-head; horsefish; dollarfish; moonfish; Atlantic moonfish.
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
- blackhead1/5
blackhead
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
comedo.
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
- yellowhead1/5
- baldhead1/5
baldhead
- noun a person whose head is bald
baldy; baldpate.
- noun a person whose head is bald
- shewbread1/5
shewbread
See Showbread .
- greathead1/5
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- pothead1/5
pothead
- noun someone who smokes marijuana habitually
- noun someone who smokes marijuana habitually
- jarhead1/5
jarhead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- bighead1/5
bighead
- noun any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck
- noun any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck
- showbread1/5
showbread
(Jewish Antiq.) Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; -- the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place. Written also Mark ii. 26.shewbread .
- implead1/5
implead
(Law) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.
- braindead1/5
- bedhead1/5
bedhead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- oread1/5
oread
(Class. Myth.) One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes. Like a wood nymph light, Oread or Dryad. Milton.
- towhead1/5
towhead
- noun a person with light blond hair
- noun a person with light blond hair
- meathead1/5
meathead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- pierhead1/5
- pithead1/5
pithead
- noun the entrance to a coal mine
- noun the entrance to a coal mine
- gilthead1/5
gilthead
(Zoöl.) A marine fish . The name is applied to two species:(a) The .Pagrus, ∨ Chrysophrys, auratus , a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called alsogiltpoll (b) The Crenilabrus melops , of the British coasts; -- called alsogolden maid ,conner ,sea partridge .
- hindhead1/5
- rawhead1/5
rawhead
A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, .rawhead and bloodybones
- dunderhead1/5
dunderhead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- fuckhead1/5
fuckhead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- cathead1/5
cathead
(Naut.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.
- crispbread1/5
crispbread
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- bufflehead1/5
bufflehead
- noun small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
butterball; dipper; Bucephela albeola.
- noun small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
- jughead1/5
jughead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- casinghead1/5
- hardhead1/5
hardhead
Clash or collision of heads in contest. Dryden.
- packthread1/5
packthread
- noun a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages
- noun a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages
- axehead1/5
axehead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- multithread1/5
multithread
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- panhead1/5
- interplead1/5
interplead
(Law) To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader .Written also enterplead .
- blacklead1/5
blacklead
- verb cover with graphite
- verb cover with graphite
- macehead1/5
macehead
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- greenhead1/5
greenhead
(Zoöl.) (a) The mallard. (b) The striped bass. See Bass .
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lunkhead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
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cockhead
(Mach.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
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springhead
A fountain or source.
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despread
See Dispread .
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butterhead
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notehead
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stairhead
- noun platform at the top of a staircase
- noun platform at the top of a staircase
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nailhead
- noun something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device
- noun flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point
- noun something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device
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roadhead
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dragonhead
- noun American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers
dragon's head; Dracocephalum parviflorum.
- noun American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers
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unthread
To draw or take out a thread from; as, to .unthread a needle
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fairlead
- noun a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing
- noun a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing
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goldthread
- noun low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers
golden thread; Coptis groenlandica; Coptis trifolia groenlandica.
- noun low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers
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lipread
- verb interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
speech-read; lip-read.
- verb interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
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turtlehead
- noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
Chelone glabra; shellflower; snake-head; shell-flower; snakehead.
- noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
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shovelhead
- noun small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries
bonnet shark; Sphyrna tiburo; bonnethead.
- noun small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries
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bestead
To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. Only in p. p.They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21.
Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow.
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cheerlead
- verb act as a cheerleader in a sports event
- verb act as a cheerleader in a sports event
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sorehead
- noun someone who is peevish or disgruntled
- noun someone who is peevish or disgruntled
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bluehead
- noun small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
Thalassoma bifasciatum.
- noun small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
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overread
To read over, or peruse. Shak.
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Suffixes of ead
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eadweard
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eadwig
- noun King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959)
Edwy.
- noun King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959)
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eadi
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Derived words of ead
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already
- adverb prior to a specified or implied time
- she has already graduated
- adverb prior to a specified or implied time
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reading
- noun the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
- his main reading was detective stories
- suggestions for further reading
- noun a particular interpretation or performance
- on that reading it was an insult
- he was famous for his reading of Mozart
- noun the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
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ready
- noun poised for action
- their guns were at the ready
- verb prepare for eating by applying heat
cook; fix; make; prepare.
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
- noun poised for action
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leading
- noun thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
lead.
- noun the activity of leading
leadership.
- his leadership inspired the team
- noun thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
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leaders
- noun the body of people who lead a group
leadership.
- the national leadership adopted his plan
- noun a person who rules or guides or inspires others
leader.
- noun the body of people who lead a group
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leadership
- noun the activity of leading
leading.
- his leadership inspired the team
- noun the body of people who lead a group
leaders.
- the national leadership adopted his plan
- noun the activity of leading
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leader
- noun a person who rules or guides or inspires others
- noun a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
loss leader; drawing card.
- noun a person who rules or guides or inspires others
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reader
- noun a person who enjoys reading
- noun someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
subscriber.
- noun a person who enjoys reading
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lead
- noun an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- he took the lead at the last turn
- noun a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
Pb; atomic number 82.
- the children were playing with lead soldiers
- noun an advantage held by a competitor in a race
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reader
- noun a person who enjoys reading
- noun someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
subscriber.
- noun a person who enjoys reading
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head
- noun the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
caput.
- he stuck his head out the window
- noun a single domestic animal
- 200 head of cattle
- noun the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
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headed
- adjective satellite having a heading or course in a certain direction
- westward headed wagons
- verb to go or travel towards
head.
- where is she heading
- We were headed for the mountains
- adjective satellite having a heading or course in a certain direction
- readily5/5
readily
- adverb without much difficulty
- these snakes can be identified readily
- adverb in a punctual manner
pronto; promptly.
- he did his homework promptly
- adverb without much difficulty
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steady
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; sweetheart; sweetie.
- verb make steady
becalm; calm.
- steady yourself
- noun a person loved by another person
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headquarters
- noun (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
central office; main office; home office; home base.
- many companies have their headquarters in New York
- noun the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
military headquarters; HQ.
- the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents
- noun (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
- heading5/5
heading
- noun a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
header; head.
- the heading seemed to have little to do with the text
- noun the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
aim; bearing.
- noun a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- reads5/5
read
- noun something that is read
- the article was a very good read
- verb interpret something that is written or printed
- read the advertisement
- Have you read Salman Rushdie?
- noun something that is read
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reading
- noun the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
- his main reading was detective stories
- suggestions for further reading
- noun a particular interpretation or performance
- on that reading it was an insult
- he was famous for his reading of Mozart
- noun the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
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spreading
- noun process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
spread.
- noun the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
airing; public exposure; dissemination.
- noun process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- steadily5/5
steadily
- adverb at a steady rate or pace
- his interest eroded steadily
- adverb in a steady manner
steady.
- he could still walk steadily
- adverb at a steady rate or pace
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deadly
- adjective satellite causing or capable of causing death
deathly; mortal.
- a fatal accident
- a deadly enemy
- mortal combat
- a mortal illness
- adjective satellite of an instrument of certain death
lethal.
- deadly poisons
- lethal weapon
- a lethal injection
- adjective satellite causing or capable of causing death
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headache
- noun something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
vexation; worry; concern.
- New York traffic is a constant concern
- it's a major worry
- noun pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
cephalalgia; head ache.
- noun something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
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header
- noun a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
head; heading.
- the heading seemed to have little to do with the text
- noun horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
lintel.
- noun a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- misleading4/5
misleading
- adjective satellite designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
shoddy; deceptive.
- the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm
- deliberately deceptive packaging
- a misleading similarity
- statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading
- shoddy business practices
- verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
mislead; lead astray; misguide; misdirect.
- The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
- adjective satellite designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
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threads
- noun informal terms for clothing
duds; togs.
- noun a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
yarn; thread.
- noun informal terms for clothing
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beads
- noun several beads threaded together on a string
string of beads.
- noun a small ball with a hole through the middle
bead.
- noun several beads threaded together on a string
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dreadful
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
direful; horrific; fearful; frightening; terrible; dread; dire; horrendous; awful; dreaded; fearsome.
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- adjective satellite exceptionally bad or displeasing
atrocious; terrible; unspeakable; awful; abominable; painful.
- atrocious taste
- abominable workmanship
- an awful voice
- dreadful manners
- a painful performance
- terrible handwriting
- an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
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readiness
- noun the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
preparation; preparedness.
- putting them in readiness
- their preparation was more than adequate
- noun prompt willingness
zeal; eagerness; forwardness.
- readiness to continue discussions
- they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel
- they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority
- he tried to explain his forwardness in battle
- noun the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
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breadth
- noun the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
comprehensiveness; largeness.
- a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject
- a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views
- noun the extent of something from side to side
width.
- noun the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
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deadline
- noun the point in time at which something must be completed
- noun the point in time at which something must be completed
- pleaded4/5
plead
- verb appeal or request earnestly
- I pleaded with him to stop
- verb offer as an excuse or plea
- She was pleading insanity
- verb appeal or request earnestly
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meadow
- noun a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
hayfield.
- noun a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
- spreads4/5
spread
- noun process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
spreading.
- noun a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
gap.
- gap between income and outgo
- the spread between lending and borrowing costs
- noun process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
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pleading
- noun (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
- verb appeal or request earnestly
plead.
- I pleaded with him to stop
- noun (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
- headaches4/5
headache
- noun something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
vexation; worry; concern.
- New York traffic is a constant concern
- it's a major worry
- noun pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs
cephalalgia; head ache.
- noun something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
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meadow
- noun a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
hayfield.
- noun a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
- headings4/5
heading
- noun a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
header; head.
- the heading seemed to have little to do with the text
- noun the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
aim; bearing.
- noun a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
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dreaded
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
dreadful; direful; horrific; fearful; frightening; terrible; dread; dire; horrendous; awful; fearsome.
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- verb be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
fear; dread.
- I fear the winters in Moscow
- We should not fear the Communists!
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
- headline4/5
headline
- noun the heading or caption of a newspaper article
newspaper headline.
- verb publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
- noun the heading or caption of a newspaper article
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spreadsheet
- noun a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen
- noun a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen
- headlines4/5
headline
- noun the heading or caption of a newspaper article
newspaper headline.
- verb publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
- noun the heading or caption of a newspaper article
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readable
- adjective satellite easily deciphered
clear; decipherable.
- adjective satellite easily deciphered
- deadlines4/5
deadline
- noun the point in time at which something must be completed
- noun the point in time at which something must be completed
- readership4/5
readership
- noun the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
- noun the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
- headers4/5
header
- noun a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
head; heading.
- the heading seemed to have little to do with the text
- noun horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
lintel.
- noun a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
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steadfast
- adjective satellite marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
firm; unbendable; stiff; steady; unfaltering; unshakable; unwavering.
- firm convictions
- a firm mouth
- steadfast resolve
- a man of unbendable perseverence
- unwavering loyalty
- adjective satellite firm and dependable especially in loyalty
staunch; unswerving.
- a steadfast ally
- a staunch defender of free speech
- unswerving devotion
- unswerving allegiance
- adjective satellite marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
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threaded
- adjective (of bolts or screws) having screw threads
- verb to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
wander; meander; thread; wind; weave.
- the river winds through the hills
- the path meanders through the vineyards
- sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
- adjective (of bolts or screws) having screw threads
- meade3/5
mead
- noun made of fermented honey and water
- noun United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
Margaret Mead.
- noun made of fermented honey and water
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headlight
- noun a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
headlamp.
- noun a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
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unsteady
- adjective subject to change or variation
- her unsteady walk
- his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine
- an unsteady voice
- adjective satellite not firmly or solidly positioned
unfirm.
- climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder
- an unfirm stance
- adjective subject to change or variation
- headlong3/5
headlong
- adjective satellite excessively quick
hasty.
- made a hasty exit
- a headlong rush to sell
- adjective satellite with the head foremost
headfirst.
- a headfirst plunge down the stairs
- a headlong dive into the pool
- adjective satellite excessively quick
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deadlock
- noun a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
dead end; impasse; standstill; stalemate.
- reached an impasse on the negotiations
- noun a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
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pleading
- noun (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
- verb appeal or request earnestly
plead.
- I pleaded with him to stop
- noun (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
- heady3/5
heady
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
judicious; wise.
- judicious use of one's money
- a wise decision
- adjective satellite extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
intoxicating.
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
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headmaster
- noun presiding officer of a school
master; schoolmaster.
- noun presiding officer of a school
- headway3/5
headway
- noun vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
headroom; clearance.
- noun forward movement
head.
- the ship made little headway against the gale
- noun vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
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bread
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
breadstuff; staff of life.
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly.
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
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treadmill
- noun an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
- noun a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps
tread-wheel; treadwheel.
- noun an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
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spreadsheet
- noun a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen
- noun a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen
- beaded3/5
beaded
- adjective satellite covered with beads of liquid
- a face beaded with sweat
- verb form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
bead.
- adjective satellite covered with beads of liquid
- dreadfully3/5
dreadfully
- adverb of a dreadful kind
horribly; awfully.
- there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning
- adverb in a dreadful manner
dismally.
- as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed
- adverb of a dreadful kind
- overheads3/5
overhead
- noun the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
operating cost; operating expense; budget items.
- noun (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
command processing overhead time; command processing overhead; command overhead.
- noun the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
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readability
- noun the quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand
- noun a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read
legibility.
- noun the quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand
- treading3/5
tread
- noun a step in walking or running
pace; stride.
- noun the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- noun a step in walking or running
- threading3/5
thread
- noun a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
yarn.
- noun any long object resembling a thin line
ribbon.
- a mere ribbon of land
- the lighted ribbon of traffic
- from the air the road was a grey thread
- a thread of smoke climbed upward
- noun a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- steadfastly3/5
steadfastly
- adverb with resolute determination
firm; unwaveringly; firmly.
- we firmly believed it
- you must stand firm
- adverb with resolute determination
- beheaded3/5
beheaded
- adjective satellite having had the head cut off
decapitated.
- the beheaded prisoners
- verb cut the head of
behead; decollate; decapitate.
- the French King was beheaded during the Revolution
- adjective satellite having had the head cut off
- rereading3/5
reread
- verb read anew; read again
- He re-read her letters to him
- verb read anew; read again
- headphones3/5
headphone
- noun electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
phone; earphone; earpiece.
- it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked
- noun electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
- pleads3/5
plead
- verb appeal or request earnestly
- I pleaded with him to stop
- verb offer as an excuse or plea
- She was pleading insanity
- verb appeal or request earnestly
- leaden3/5
leaden
- adjective satellite darkened with overcast
dull.
- a dark day
- a dull sky
- the sky was leaden and thick
- adjective satellite made heavy or weighted down with weariness
weighted.
- his leaden arms
- weighted eyelids
- adjective satellite darkened with overcast
- headquartered3/5
headquarter
- verb provide with headquarters
- the compnay is headquartered in New Jersey
- verb provide with headquarters
- arrowheads3/5
arrowhead
- noun the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
- noun the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
- readout3/5
readout
- noun the output of a computer in readable form
read-out.
- noun the information displayed or recorded on an electronic device
read-out.
- noun the output of a computer in readable form
- spearheaded3/5
spearhead
- noun someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- noun the leading military unit in an attack
- noun someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- warheads3/5
warhead
- noun the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
load; payload.
- noun the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- headman3/5
headman
- noun an executioner who beheads the condemned person
headsman.
- noun the head of a tribe or clan
chief; chieftain; tribal chief.
- noun an executioner who beheads the condemned person
- proofreading3/5
proofread
- verb read for errors
proof.
- I should proofread my manuscripts
- verb read for errors
- readjustment3/5
readjustment
- noun the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)
- noun the act of adjusting something to match a standard
adjustment; registration.
- noun the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)
- breadwinner3/5
breadwinner
- noun one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
- noun one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
- headdress3/5
headdress
- noun clothing for the head
headgear.
- noun clothing for the head
- steadied3/5
steadied
- adjective satellite made steady or constant
- the noise became a steadied roaring
- verb make steady
becalm; steady; calm.
- steady yourself
- adjective satellite made steady or constant
- dreading3/5
dread
- noun fearful expectation or anticipation
apprehension; apprehensiveness.
- the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
- verb be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
fear.
- I fear the winters in Moscow
- We should not fear the Communists!
- noun fearful expectation or anticipation
- foreheads3/5
forehead
- noun the part of the face above the eyes
brow.
- noun the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
frontal bone; os frontale.
- noun the part of the face above the eyes
- headland3/5
headland
- noun a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
head; foreland; promontory.
- noun a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- subheading3/5
subheading
- noun a heading of a subdivision of a text
subhead.
- noun a heading of a subdivision of a text
- headless3/5
headless
- adjective not having a head or formed without a head
- the headless horseman
- brads are headless nails
- adjective satellite not using intelligence
brainless.
- adjective not having a head or formed without a head
- readied3/5
ready
- noun poised for action
- their guns were at the ready
- verb prepare for eating by applying heat
cook; fix; make; prepare.
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
- noun poised for action
- headset3/5
headset
- noun receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
- noun receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
- headwaters3/5
headwater
- noun the source of a river
- the headwaters of the Nile
- noun the source of a river
- threadbare3/5
threadbare
- adjective satellite repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
well-worn; commonplace; hackneyed; tired; old-hat; timeworn; trite; banal; shopworn; stock.
- bromidic sermons
- his remarks were trite and commonplace
- hackneyed phrases
- a stock answer
- repeating threadbare jokes
- parroting some timeworn axiom
- the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
- adjective satellite having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
- threadbare rugs
- adjective satellite repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- unreadable3/5
unreadable
- adjective satellite not easily deciphered
unclear; indecipherable; undecipherable.
- indecipherable handwriting
- adjective satellite not easily deciphered
- steadiness3/5
steadiness
- noun freedom from wavering or indecision; constancy of resolve or conduct
- He trusted her clear steadiness that she would do what she said
- noun the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place
firmness.
- noun freedom from wavering or indecision; constancy of resolve or conduct
- misreading3/5
misreading
- noun misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading
- verb read or interpret wrongly
misread.
- He misread the data
- noun misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading
- treads3/5
tread
- noun a step in walking or running
pace; stride.
- noun the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- noun a step in walking or running
- kneading3/5
knead
- verb make uniform
work.
- knead dough
- work the clay until it is soft
- verb manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
rub down; massage.
- She rubbed down her child with a sponge
- verb make uniform
- homesteads3/5
homestead
- noun the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
- noun land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
- noun the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
- cheerleader3/5
cheerleader
- noun an enthusiastic and vocal supporter
- he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning
- noun someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event
- noun an enthusiastic and vocal supporter
- headstrong3/5
headstrong
- adjective satellite habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
willful; wilful; froward; self-willed.
- adjective satellite habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
- headgear3/5
headgear
- noun clothing for the head
headdress.
- noun the hoist at the pithead of a mine
- noun clothing for the head
- leaded3/5
leaded
- adjective satellite (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead
- leaded windowpanes
- verb take somebody somewhere
guide; conduct; take; lead; direct.
- We lead him to our chief
- can you take me to the main entrance?
- He conducted us to the palace
- adjective satellite (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead
- unsteadily3/5
unsteadily
- adverb in an unsteady manner
uncertainly; falteringly.
- he walked unsteadily toward the exit
- The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs
- adverb in an unsteady manner
- steadying3/5
steadying
- adjective satellite causing to become steady
- had a steadying effect on her nerves
- verb make steady
becalm; steady; calm.
- steady yourself
- adjective satellite causing to become steady
- headmen2/5
headman
- noun an executioner who beheads the condemned person
headsman.
- noun the head of a tribe or clan
chief; chieftain; tribal chief.
- noun an executioner who beheads the condemned person
- steadfastness2/5
steadfastness
- noun loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
staunchness.
- noun steadfast resolution
- noun loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
- cheerleaders2/5
cheerleader
- noun an enthusiastic and vocal supporter
- he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning
- noun someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event
- noun an enthusiastic and vocal supporter
- headstone2/5
headstone
- noun the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
keystone; key.
- noun a stone that is used to mark a grave
gravestone; tombstone.
- noun the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- deadweight2/5
deadweight
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- reade2/5
read
- noun something that is read
- the article was a very good read
- verb interpret something that is written or printed
- read the advertisement
- Have you read Salman Rushdie?
- noun something that is read
- headboard2/5
headboard
- noun a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
- noun a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
- headship2/5
headship
- noun the position of headmaster or headmistress
- noun the position of head
- noun the position of headmaster or headmistress
- beading2/5
beading
- noun ornamentation with beads
beadwork.
- noun a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
bead; beadwork; astragal.
- noun ornamentation with beads
- beadle2/5
beadle
- noun a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- noun United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
George Beadle; George Wells Beadle.
- noun a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- readjust2/5
readjust
- verb adjust anew
readapt.
- After moving back to America, he had to readjust
- verb adjust again after an initial failure
reset.
- verb adjust anew
- headlight2/5
headlight
- noun a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
headlamp.
- noun a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
- steadman2/5
- headlands2/5
headland
- noun a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
head; foreland; promontory.
- noun a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- headspace2/5
headspace
- noun the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing
- noun the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing
- headlined2/5
headline
- noun the heading or caption of a newspaper article
newspaper headline.
- verb publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
- noun the heading or caption of a newspaper article
- kneaded2/5
knead
- verb make uniform
work.
- knead dough
- work the clay until it is soft
- verb manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
rub down; massage.
- She rubbed down her child with a sponge
- verb make uniform
- beheading2/5
beheading
- noun execution by cutting off the victim's head
decapitation.
- noun killing by cutting off the head
decapitation.
- noun execution by cutting off the victim's head
- subheadings2/5
subheading
- noun a heading of a subdivision of a text
subhead.
- noun a heading of a subdivision of a text
- cheerleading2/5
cheerlead
- verb act as a cheerleader in a sports event
- verb act as a cheerleader in a sports event
- deadliest2/5
deadly
- adjective satellite causing or capable of causing death
deathly; mortal.
- a fatal accident
- a deadly enemy
- mortal combat
- a mortal illness
- adjective satellite of an instrument of certain death
lethal.
- deadly poisons
- lethal weapon
- a lethal injection
- adjective satellite causing or capable of causing death
- deadening2/5
deadening
- noun the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
stultification; impairment; constipation.
- verb make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
deaden; damp; dampen.
- muffle the message
- noun the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
- readying2/5
readying
- noun the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
preparation.
- preparations for the ceremony had begun
- verb prepare for eating by applying heat
cook; ready; fix; make; prepare.
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
- noun the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
- deadwood2/5
deadwood
- noun a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
- noun someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
fifth wheel.
- noun a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
- beady2/5
beady
- adjective satellite small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
buttony; beadlike; buttonlike.
- bright beady eyes
- black buttony eyes
- adjective satellite covered with beads or jewels or sequins
gemmed; spangled; jewelled; sequined; spangly; jeweled.
- adjective satellite small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
- readmission2/5
readmission
- noun the act of admitting someone again
- the surgery was performed on his readmission to the clinic
- noun the act of admitting someone again
- headteacher2/5
headteacher
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- dreads2/5
dread
- noun fearful expectation or anticipation
apprehension; apprehensiveness.
- the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
- verb be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
fear.
- I fear the winters in Moscow
- We should not fear the Communists!
- noun fearful expectation or anticipation
- headband2/5
headband
- noun a band worn around or over the head
- the earphones were held in place by a headband
- noun a band worn around or over the head
- spreader2/5
spreader
- noun a hand tool for spreading something
- he used his knife as a spreader
- noun a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions
broadcaster.
- noun a hand tool for spreading something
- breadcrumbs2/5
breadcrumb
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- headfirst2/5
headfirst
- adjective satellite with the head foremost
headlong.
- a headfirst plunge down the stairs
- a headlong dive into the pool
- adverb with the head foremost
headlong.
- the runner slid headlong into third base
- adjective satellite with the head foremost
- redheaded2/5
redheaded
- adjective satellite having red hair and usually fair skin
- adjective satellite having red hair and usually fair skin
- headstones2/5
headstone
- noun the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
keystone; key.
- noun a stone that is used to mark a grave
gravestone; tombstone.
- noun the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- bandleader2/5
bandleader
- noun the leader of a dance band
- noun the leader of a dance band
- headscarf2/5
headscarf
- noun a kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin
- noun a kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin
- misleadingly2/5
misleadingly
- adverb in a misleading way
deceivingly; deceptively.
- the exam looked deceptively easy
- adverb in a misleading way
- deadened2/5
deadened
- adjective satellite devoid of physical sensation; numb
dead.
- his gums were dead from the novocain
- she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
- a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities
- verb make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
deaden; damp; dampen.
- muffle the message
- adjective satellite devoid of physical sensation; numb
- headdresses2/5
headdress
- noun clothing for the head
headgear.
- noun clothing for the head
- bareheaded2/5
bareheaded
- adjective satellite having the head uncovered
bared.
- caught bareheaded by the downpour
- with bared head
- adjective satellite having the head uncovered
- skinheads2/5
skinheads
- noun a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism
bootboys.
- noun a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
skinhead.
- noun a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism
- readjusted2/5
readjust
- verb adjust anew
readapt.
- After moving back to America, he had to readjust
- verb adjust again after an initial failure
reset.
- verb adjust anew
- macready2/5
- multithreaded2/5
multithreaded
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- readymade2/5
readymade
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- homesteaders2/5
homesteader
- noun someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
nester; squatter.
- noun someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
- deadpan2/5
deadpan
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
unexpressive; impassive; poker-faced; expressionless.
- deadpan humor
- his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
- adverb without betraying any feeling
- she told the joke deadpan
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
- headmistress2/5
headmistress
- noun a woman headmaster
- noun a woman headmaster
- bulkheads2/5
bulkhead
- noun a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
- noun a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
- deadlocked2/5
deadlocked
- adjective satellite at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
stalemated.
- the chess game ended with white stalemated
- the two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits
- adjective satellite at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
- ringleaders2/5
ringleader
- noun a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
- noun a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
- headcount2/5
headcount
- noun number of people in a particular group
head count.
- noun number of people in a particular group
- steadier2/5
steady
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; sweetheart; sweetie.
- verb make steady
becalm; calm.
- steady yourself
- noun a person loved by another person
- farmsteads2/5
farmstead
- noun the buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm
- noun a farm together with its buildings
farm-place; farmplace.
- noun the buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm
- breadfruit2/5
breadfruit
- noun native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread
Artocarpus communis; breadfruit tree; Artocarpus altilis.
- noun a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts
- noun native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread
- headteachers2/5
headteachers
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- breadwinners2/5
breadwinner
- noun one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
- noun one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents
- ringleader2/5
ringleader
- noun a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
- noun a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
- proofreader2/5
proofreader
- noun someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
reader.
- noun someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
- dreadnought2/5
dreadnought
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
dreadnaught.
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
- deadlocks2/5
deadlock
- noun a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
dead end; impasse; standstill; stalemate.
- reached an impasse on the negotiations
- noun a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
- loggerheads2/5
loggerhead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas
loggerhead turtle; Caretta caretta.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- readmitted2/5
readmit
- verb admit anew
- The refugee was readmitted into his home country
- verb admit again or anew
- After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted
- verb admit anew
- leaderships2/5
leadership
- noun the activity of leading
leading.
- his leadership inspired the team
- noun the body of people who lead a group
leaders.
- the national leadership adopted his plan
- noun the activity of leading
- lightheadedness2/5
lightheadedness
- noun a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
giddiness; dizziness; vertigo.
- noun a frivolous lack of prudence
- noun a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
- beadwork2/5
beadwork
- noun ornamentation with beads
beading.
- noun a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
bead; beading; astragal.
- noun ornamentation with beads
- dreadlocks2/5
dreadlock
- noun one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians
- noun one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians
- headsets2/5
headset
- noun receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
- noun receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
- deaden2/5
deaden
- verb make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
damp; dampen.
- muffle the message
- verb cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
girdle.
- girdle the plant
- verb make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- pleader2/5
pleader
- noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court
counsel; counselor-at-law; counsellor; advocate; counselor.
- noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- headroom2/5
headroom
- noun vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
headway; clearance.
- noun the capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without distortion
dynamic headroom.
- noun vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
- homesteading2/5
homestead
- noun the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
- noun land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
- noun the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
- leaderless2/5
leaderless
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- preadolescent2/5
preadolescent
- adjective satellite of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
preteen.
- a preteen party
- preteen clothing
- adjective satellite of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
- lightheaded2/5
lightheaded
- adjective satellite weak and likely to lose consciousness
light; swooning; faint; light-headed.
- suddenly felt faint from the pain
- was sick and faint from hunger
- felt light in the head
- a swooning fit
- light-headed with wine
- light-headed from lack of sleep
- adjective satellite lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
giddy; featherbrained; airheaded; empty-headed; dizzy; light-headed; silly.
- a dizzy blonde
- light-headed teenagers
- silly giggles
- adjective satellite weak and likely to lose consciousness
- spearheads2/5
spearhead
- noun someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- noun the leading military unit in an attack
- noun someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- unsteadiness2/5
unsteadiness
- noun the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place
ricketiness.
- noun the quality of being unsteady--varying and unpredictable
- noun the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place
- interpleader2/5
interpleader
One who interpleads.
- multithreading2/5
- deadness2/5
deadness
- noun the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
unresponsiveness.
- she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident
- in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away
- noun the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity
- he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls
- noun the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events
- headquarter2/5
headquarter
- verb provide with headquarters
- the compnay is headquartered in New Jersey
- verb provide with headquarters
- pleadingly2/5
pleadingly
- adverb in a beseeching manner
entreatingly; imploringly; beseechingly; importunately.
- `You must help me,' she said imploringly
- adverb in a beseeching manner
- headpiece2/5
headpiece
- noun the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
headstall.
- noun a protective helmet for the head
- noun the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
- headrest2/5
headrest
- noun a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash
head restraint.
- noun a rest for the head
- noun a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash
- headhunters2/5
headhunter
- noun a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
- noun a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
head-shrinker.
- noun a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
- hardheaded2/5
hardheaded
- adjective satellite unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
mulish.
- adjective satellite guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
practical; hard-nosed; pragmatic.
- a hardheaded appraisal of our position
- a hard-nosed labor leader
- completely practical in his approach to business
- not ideology but pragmatic politics
- adjective satellite unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
- readme2/5
readme
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- spearheading2/5
spearhead
- noun someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- noun the leading military unit in an attack
- noun someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- misleads2/5
mislead
- verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
lead astray; misguide; misdirect.
- The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
- verb give false or misleading information to
misinform.
- verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
- readier2/5
ready
- noun poised for action
- their guns were at the ready
- verb prepare for eating by applying heat
cook; fix; make; prepare.
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
- noun poised for action
- deadbeat2/5
deadbeat
- noun someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
defaulter.
- noun someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
- unleaded2/5
unleaded
- adjective not treated with lead
leadless.
- unleaded gasoline
- adjective satellite not having leads between the lines
- adjective not treated with lead
- readerly2/5
reader
- noun a person who enjoys reading
- noun someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
subscriber.
- noun a person who enjoys reading
- hogsheads2/5
hogshead
- noun a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
- noun a large cask especially one holding 63 gals
- noun a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
- readjusting2/5
readjust
- verb adjust anew
readapt.
- After moving back to America, he had to readjust
- verb adjust again after an initial failure
reset.
- verb adjust anew
- unready2/5
unready
- adjective not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond
- she cursed her unready tongue
- adjective not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond
- headlamp2/5
headlamp
- noun a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
headlight.
- noun a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
- wrongheaded2/5
wrongheaded
- adjective satellite obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion
- a wrongheaded policy
- adjective satellite obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion
- readjustments2/5
readjustment
- noun the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)
- noun the act of adjusting something to match a standard
adjustment; registration.
- noun the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances)
- headlamps2/5
headlamp
- noun a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
headlight.
- noun a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
- meads2/5
mead
- noun United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
Margaret Mead.
- noun United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931)
George Herbert Mead.
- noun United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
- leadeth2/5
lead
- noun an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- he took the lead at the last turn
- noun a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
Pb; atomic number 82.
- the children were playing with lead soldiers
- noun an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- headwater2/5
headwater
- noun the source of a river
- the headwaters of the Nile
- noun the source of a river
- headphone2/5
headphone
- noun electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
phone; earphone; earpiece.
- it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked
- noun electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
- newsreader2/5
newsreader
- noun someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin
news reader.
- noun someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin
- readouts2/5
readout
- noun the output of a computer in readable form
read-out.
- noun the information displayed or recorded on an electronic device
read-out.
- noun the output of a computer in readable form
- breaded2/5
bread
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
breadstuff; staff of life.
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly.
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
- headnote2/5
headnote
A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.
- headscarves2/5
headscarf
- noun a kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin
- noun a kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin
- bedsteads2/5
bedstead
- noun the framework of a bed
bedframe.
- noun the framework of a bed
- treadle2/5
treadle
- noun a lever that is operated with the foot
pedal; foot lever; foot pedal.
- verb tread over
- the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones
- noun a lever that is operated with the foot
- copperheads2/5
copperhead
- noun common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
Agkistrodon contortrix.
- noun venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
Denisonia superba.
- noun common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
- doubleheader2/5
doubleheader
- noun two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)
double feature; twin bill.
- noun two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)
- deadlier2/5
deadly
- adjective satellite causing or capable of causing death
deathly; mortal.
- a fatal accident
- a deadly enemy
- mortal combat
- a mortal illness
- adjective satellite of an instrument of certain death
lethal.
- deadly poisons
- lethal weapon
- a lethal injection
- adjective satellite causing or capable of causing death
- headliner2/5
headliner
- noun a performer who receives prominent billing
star.
- noun a performer who receives prominent billing
- spreaders2/5
spreader
- noun a hand tool for spreading something
- he used his knife as a spreader
- noun a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions
broadcaster.
- noun a hand tool for spreading something
- headhunter2/5
headhunter
- noun a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
- noun a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
head-shrinker.
- noun a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
- bedspreads2/5
bedspread
- noun decorative cover for a bed
counterpane; bed cover; bedcover; spread; bed covering.
- noun decorative cover for a bed
- readiest2/5
ready
- noun poised for action
- their guns were at the ready
- verb prepare for eating by applying heat
cook; fix; make; prepare.
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
- noun poised for action
- meadowlark2/5
meadowlark
- noun North American songbirds having a yellow breast
lark.
- noun North American songbirds having a yellow breast
- breadbasket2/5
breadbasket
- noun a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
- noun an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
tummy; stomach; tum.
- noun a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
- proofreaders2/5
proofreader
- noun someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
reader.
- noun someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
- headbands2/5
headband
- noun a band worn around or over the head
- the earphones were held in place by a headband
- noun a band worn around or over the head
- headhunting2/5
headhunting
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- threadlike2/5
threadlike
- adjective satellite thin in diameter; resembling a thread
filiform; thready; filamentous; filamentlike.
- adjective satellite thin in diameter; resembling a thread
- enneads2/5
ennead
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
IX; niner; Nina from Carolina; nine; 9.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
- deadman2/5
deadman
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- headmasters2/5
headmaster
- noun presiding officer of a school
master; schoolmaster.
- noun presiding officer of a school
- subheads2/5
subhead
- noun a heading of a subdivision of a text
subheading.
- noun a heading of a subdivision of a text
- homesteader2/5
homesteader
- noun someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
nester; squatter.
- noun someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
- treadmills2/5
treadmill
- noun an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
- noun a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps
tread-wheel; treadwheel.
- noun an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
- redheads2/5
redhead
- noun someone who has red hair
redheader; carrottop; red-header.
- noun North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head
Aythya americana.
- noun someone who has red hair
- misreadings2/5
misreading
- noun misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading
- verb read or interpret wrongly
misread.
- He misread the data
- noun misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading
- leadbetter2/5
leadbetter
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- sweetbreads2/5
sweetbreads
- noun edible glands of an animal
sweetbread.
- noun edible glands of an animal
sweetbread.
- noun edible glands of an animal
- meadowlands2/5
meadowlands
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- deadbolt2/5
deadbolt
- noun the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
bolt.
- noun the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- roundheads2/5
roundhead
- noun a brachycephalic person
- noun a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
- noun a brachycephalic person
- levelheaded2/5
levelheaded
- adjective satellite exercising or showing good judgment
healthy; sound; intelligent; level-headed.
- healthy scepticism
- a healthy fear of rattlesnakes
- the healthy attitude of French laws
- healthy relations between labor and management
- an intelligent solution
- a sound approach to the problem
- sound advice
- no sound explanation for his decision
- adjective satellite exercising or showing good judgment
- dreadnoughts2/5
dreadnought
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
dreadnaught.
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
- breadths2/5
breadth
- noun the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
comprehensiveness; largeness.
- a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject
- a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views
- noun the extent of something from side to side
width.
- noun the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
- hotheaded2/5
hotheaded
- adjective satellite quickly aroused to anger
quick-tempered; hot-tempered; short-tempered; choleric; irascible.
- a hotheaded commander
- adjective satellite characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; (`brainish' is archaic)
impetuous; brainish; tearaway; impulsive; madcap.
- a hotheaded decision
- liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers
- an impetuous display of spending and gambling
- madcap escapades
- adjective satellite quickly aroused to anger
- breadboard2/5
breadboard
- noun a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced
bread board.
- noun a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced
- leadbelly2/5
leadbelly
- noun United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949)
Huddie Leadbetter; Ledbetter.
- noun United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949)
- readies2/5
ready
- noun poised for action
- their guns were at the ready
- verb prepare for eating by applying heat
cook; fix; make; prepare.
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
- noun poised for action
- figureheads2/5
figurehead
- noun a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
straw man; nominal head; front; strawman; front man.
- noun figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
- noun a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- trailheads2/5
trailhead
- noun the beginning of a trail
trail head.
- noun the beginning of a trail
- clearheaded2/5
clearheaded
- adjective not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently
clear-thinking.
- adjective not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently
- headwind2/5
headwind
- noun wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft
- noun wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft
- preadolescents2/5
preadolescent
- adjective satellite of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
preteen.
- a preteen party
- preteen clothing
- adjective satellite of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
- steadies2/5
steady
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; sweetheart; sweetie.
- verb make steady
becalm; calm.
- steady yourself
- noun a person loved by another person
- headword2/5
headword
- noun a content word that can be qualified by a modifier
head word.
- noun a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
- noun a content word that can be qualified by a modifier
- thready2/5
thready
- adjective satellite forming viscous or glutinous threads
ropey; ropy; stringy.
- adjective satellite thin in diameter; resembling a thread
threadlike; filiform; filamentous; filamentlike.
- adjective satellite forming viscous or glutinous threads
- readerships2/5
readership
- noun the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
- noun the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
- headliners2/5
headliner
- noun a performer who receives prominent billing
star.
- noun a performer who receives prominent billing
- letterheads2/5
letterhead
- noun a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top
- noun a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top
- thunderheads2/5
thunderhead
- noun a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm
- noun a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm
- headsman2/5
headsman
- noun an executioner who beheads the condemned person
headman.
- noun an executioner who beheads the condemned person
- steadicam2/5
steadicam
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- blockheads2/5
blockhead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- headnotes2/5
headnote
A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.
- headstock2/5
headstock
- noun the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe)
- noun the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe)
- homesteaded2/5
homestead
- noun the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
- noun land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
- noun the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
- bridgeheads2/5
bridgehead
- noun an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
foothold.
- an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines
- the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar
- noun a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
- noun an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
- breadwinning2/5
breadwinning
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- hotheads2/5
hothead
- noun a belligerent grouch
fire-eater.
- noun a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
harum-scarum; swashbuckler; lunatic; madcap; daredevil.
- noun a belligerent grouch
- meadowsweet2/5
meadowsweet
(Bot.) The name of several plants of the genus Spiræa , especially the white- or pink-floweredS. salicifolia , a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceousS. Ulmaria , which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes.
- headlock2/5
headlock
- noun a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body
- noun a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body
- headlining1/5
headline
- noun the heading or caption of a newspaper article
newspaper headline.
- verb publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
- noun the heading or caption of a newspaper article
- misreads1/5
misread
- verb read or interpret wrongly
- He misread the data
- verb interpret wrongly
misinterpret.
- I misread Hamlet all my life!
- verb read or interpret wrongly
- treaded1/5
tread
- noun a step in walking or running
pace; stride.
- noun the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- noun a step in walking or running
- flatheads1/5
flathead
- noun food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
- noun pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
- noun food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
- headwaiter1/5
headwaiter
- noun a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
captain; maitre d'; maitre d'hotel.
- noun a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- pigheaded1/5
pigheaded
- adjective satellite obstinate and stupid
bullheaded; bullet-headed.
- adjective satellite obstinate and stupid
- deadfall1/5
deadfall
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- pleaders1/5
pleader
- noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court
counsel; counselor-at-law; counsellor; advocate; counselor.
- noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- blackheads1/5
blackhead
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
comedo.
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
- deadens1/5
deaden
- verb make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
damp; dampen.
- muffle the message
- verb cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
girdle.
- girdle the plant
- verb make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- leadoff1/5
leadoff
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- breadmaking1/5
- hairbreadth1/5
hairbreadth
The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. Judg. xx. 16
- toreador1/5
toreador
- noun someone who fights bulls
bullfighter.
- noun someone who fights bulls
- rereads1/5
reread
- verb read anew; read again
- He re-read her letters to him
- verb read anew; read again
- breadcrumb1/5
breadcrumb
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- beheadings1/5
beheading
- noun execution by cutting off the victim's head
decapitation.
- noun killing by cutting off the head
decapitation.
- noun execution by cutting off the victim's head
- headend1/5
- deader1/5
dead
- noun people who are no longer living
- they buried the dead
- noun a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
- the dead of winter
- noun people who are no longer living
- bandleaders1/5
bandleader
- noun the leader of a dance band
- noun the leader of a dance band
- readmissions1/5
readmission
- noun the act of admitting someone again
- the surgery was performed on his readmission to the clinic
- noun the act of admitting someone again
- steadiest1/5
steady
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; sweetheart; sweetie.
- verb make steady
becalm; calm.
- steady yourself
- noun a person loved by another person
- deadheading1/5
deadhead
- noun a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
- the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible
- noun a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
- noun a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
- headwall1/5
headwall
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- breading1/5
bread
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
breadstuff; staff of life.
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly.
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
- headwear1/5
- headshot1/5
headshot
- noun a photograph of a person's head
- noun an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head
- noun a photograph of a person's head
- preadmission1/5
- deadheads1/5
deadhead
- noun a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
- the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible
- noun a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
- noun a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
- preadolescence1/5
preadolescence
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- newsreaders1/5
newsreader
- noun someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin
news reader.
- noun someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin
- beachheads1/5
beachhead
- noun a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation
- the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead
- noun an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments
foothold.
- the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors
- they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market
- noun a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation
- meadowland1/5
meadowland
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- deadpanned1/5
deadpan
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
unexpressive; impassive; poker-faced; expressionless.
- deadpan humor
- his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
- adverb without betraying any feeling
- she told the joke deadpan
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
- headwinds1/5
headwind
- noun wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft
- noun wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft
- deadliness1/5
deadliness
- noun the quality of being deadly
lethality.
- noun the quality of being deadly
- bullheaded1/5
bullheaded
- adjective satellite obstinate and stupid
bullet-headed; pigheaded.
- adjective satellite obstinate and stupid
- headwords1/5
headword
- noun a content word that can be qualified by a modifier
head word.
- noun a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
- noun a content word that can be qualified by a modifier
- treader1/5
tread
- noun a step in walking or running
pace; stride.
- noun the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
- noun a step in walking or running
- leadings1/5
leading
- noun thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
lead.
- noun the activity of leading
leadership.
- his leadership inspired the team
- noun thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- mastheads1/5
masthead
- noun a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
flag.
- noun the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page
- noun a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
- deadbeats1/5
deadbeat
- noun someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
defaulter.
- noun someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
- headrests1/5
headrest
- noun a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash
head restraint.
- noun a rest for the head
- noun a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash
- headboards1/5
headboard
- noun a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
- noun a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
- steading1/5
stead
- noun the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
position; place; lieu.
- can you go in my stead?
- took his place
- in lieu of
- noun the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- whiteheads1/5
whitehead
- noun English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)
Alfred North Whitehead.
- noun a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland
milium.
- noun English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)
- readmit1/5
readmit
- verb admit anew
- The refugee was readmitted into his home country
- verb admit again or anew
- After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted
- verb admit anew
- beadles1/5
beadle
- noun a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- noun United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
George Beadle; George Wells Beadle.
- noun a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- showerheads1/5
showerhead
- noun a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather
- noun a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather
- deadend1/5
deadend
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- lipreading1/5
lipreading
- noun perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips
- verb interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
lipread; speech-read; lip-read.
- noun perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips
- readymades1/5
- rereadings1/5
reread
- verb read anew; read again
- He re-read her letters to him
- verb read anew; read again
- breadsticks1/5
breadstick
- noun a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup
bread-stick.
- noun a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup
- headpieces1/5
headpiece
- noun the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
headstall.
- noun a protective helmet for the head
- noun the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
- meadowlarks1/5
meadowlark
- noun North American songbirds having a yellow breast
lark.
- noun North American songbirds having a yellow breast
- deadlift1/5
deadlift
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- eggheads1/5
egghead
- noun an intellectual; a very studious and academic person
- in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead
- noun an intellectual; a very studious and academic person
- headshots1/5
headshot
- noun a photograph of a person's head
- noun an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head
- noun a photograph of a person's head
- headstand1/5
headstand
- noun an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands)
- noun an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands)
- unreadiness1/5
unreadiness
The quality or state of being unready.
- breadline1/5
breadline
- noun a queue of people waiting for free food
bread line.
- noun a queue of people waiting for free food
- spreadable1/5
spreadable
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- leadin1/5
leadin
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- baldheaded1/5
baldhead
- noun a person whose head is bald
baldy; baldpate.
- noun a person whose head is bald
- meader1/5
mead
- noun United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
Margaret Mead.
- noun United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931)
George Herbert Mead.
- noun United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
- impleaded1/5
implead
(Law) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.
- overspreading1/5
overspread
- verb spread across or over
spread.
- A big oil spot spread across the water
- verb spread across or over
- hammerheads1/5
hammerhead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun the striking part of a hammer
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- kneads1/5
knead
- verb make uniform
work.
- knead dough
- work the clay until it is soft
- verb manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
rub down; massage.
- She rubbed down her child with a sponge
- verb make uniform
- headworks1/5
- nonreaders1/5
nonreader
- noun a student who is very slow in learning to read
- noun a person unable to read
illiterate person; illiterate.
- noun a student who is very slow in learning to read
- bullheads1/5
bullhead
- noun freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
- noun any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
bullhead catfish.
- noun freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
- spreadeagled1/5
spreadeagle
- verb defeat disastrously
spread-eagle; rout.
- verb defeat disastrously
- railheads1/5
railhead
- noun a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
- noun the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway
- noun a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
- readjusts1/5
readjust
- verb adjust anew
readapt.
- After moving back to America, he had to readjust
- verb adjust again after an initial failure
reset.
- verb adjust anew
- dreadfuls1/5
dreadful
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
direful; horrific; fearful; frightening; terrible; dread; dire; horrendous; awful; dreaded; fearsome.
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- adjective satellite exceptionally bad or displeasing
atrocious; terrible; unspeakable; awful; abominable; painful.
- atrocious taste
- abominable workmanship
- an awful voice
- dreadful manners
- a painful performance
- terrible handwriting
- an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
- snakeheads1/5
snakehead
- noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
Chelone glabra; shellflower; turtlehead; snake-head; shell-flower.
- noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
- headsail1/5
headsail
- noun any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
- noun any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
- headcloth1/5
headcloth
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- towheaded1/5
towheaded
- adjective satellite of hair color; whitish
platinum-blonde; ash-blonde.
- adjective satellite of hair color; whitish
- impleader1/5
impleader
(Law) One who prosecutes or sues another.
- headshake1/5
headshake
- noun the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement
headshaking.
- I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me
- noun the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement
- deadeye1/5
deadeye
- noun a dead shot
- noun (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
- noun a dead shot
- threader1/5
threader
- noun a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
bodkin.
- noun a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
- headways1/5
headway
- noun vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
headroom; clearance.
- noun forward movement
head.
- the ship made little headway against the gale
- noun vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
- headward1/5
- readaptation1/5
readaptation
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- fiddleheads1/5
fiddlehead
- noun tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Onoclea struthiopteris; shuttlecock fern; ostrich fern; Pteretis struthiopteris; Matteuccia struthiopteris.
- noun New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
fiddlehead fern; Osmunda cinnamonea; cinnamon fern.
- noun tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
- deadfalls1/5
deadfalls
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- handbreadth1/5
handbreadth
- noun any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
handsbreadth.
- noun any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
- breadlines1/5
breadline
- noun a queue of people waiting for free food
bread line.
- noun a queue of people waiting for free food
- pinheads1/5
pinhead
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
dummy; booby; dope; boob; dumbbell.
- noun the head of a pin
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
- headright1/5
headright
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- coleader1/5
coleader
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- headstall1/5
headstall
- noun the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
headpiece.
- noun the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
- thickheaded1/5
thickheaded
- adjective satellite (used informally) stupid
duncical; loggerheaded; blockheaded; duncish; fatheaded; boneheaded; thick; wooden-headed; thick-skulled.
- adjective satellite (used informally) stupid
- knuckleheads1/5
knucklehead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- nonsteady1/5
- hairsbreadth1/5
hairsbreadth
- noun a very small distance or space
hair; hair's-breadth; whisker.
- they escaped by a hair's-breadth
- they lost the election by a whisker
- noun a very small distance or space
- dreadfulness1/5
dreadfulness
- noun a quality of extreme unpleasantness
awfulness; horridness; terribleness.
- noun a quality of extreme unpleasantness
- readdress1/5
readdress
To address a second time; -- often used reflexively. He readdressed himself to her. Boyle.
- orangeade1/5
orangeade
- noun sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice
- noun sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice
- breadbox1/5
breadbox
- noun a container used to keep bread or cake in
bread-bin.
- noun a container used to keep bread or cake in
- preadaptation1/5
preadaptation
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- campeador1/5
- readopted1/5
readopt
To adopt again. Young.
- handbreadths1/5
handbreadth
- noun any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
handsbreadth.
- noun any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
- headachy1/5
headachy
Afflicted with headache. Colloq.
- limeade1/5
limeade
- noun sweetened beverage of lime juice and water
- noun sweetened beverage of lime juice and water
- readdressed1/5
readdress
To address a second time; -- often used reflexively. He readdressed himself to her. Boyle.
- fingerbreadths1/5
fingerbreadth
- noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
finger's breadth; digit; finger.
- noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
- readjusters1/5
readjuster
One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors.
- retreading1/5
retread
- noun a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
recap.
- verb use again in altered form
rework; make over.
- retread an old plot
- noun a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
- rocksteady1/5
- preadapted1/5
preadapted
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- retreads1/5
retread
- noun a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
recap.
- verb use again in altered form
rework; make over.
- retread an old plot
- noun a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
- flatbreads1/5
flatbread
- noun any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough
- noun any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough
- deady1/5
- boneheaded1/5
boneheaded
- adjective satellite (used informally) stupid
duncical; loggerheaded; blockheaded; duncish; fatheaded; thick; wooden-headed; thick-skulled; thickheaded.
- adjective satellite (used informally) stupid
- deadest1/5
dead
- noun people who are no longer living
- they buried the dead
- noun a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
- the dead of winter
- noun people who are no longer living
- widespreading1/5
widespread
- adjective satellite widely circulated or diffused
- a widespread doctrine
- widespread fear of nuclear war
- adjective satellite distributed over a considerable extent
far-flung.
- far-flung trading operations
- the West's far-flung mountain ranges
- widespread nuclear fallout
- adjective satellite widely circulated or diffused
- headsails1/5
headsail
- noun any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
- noun any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
- crackheads1/5
crackheads
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- readjuster1/5
readjust
- verb adjust anew
readapt.
- After moving back to America, he had to readjust
- verb adjust again after an initial failure
reset.
- verb adjust anew
- unreadability1/5
- beheads1/5
behead
- verb cut the head of
decollate; decapitate.
- the French King was beheaded during the Revolution
- verb cut the head of
- dreadnaught1/5
dreadnaught
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
dreadnought.
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
- headiness1/5
headiness
The quality of being heady.
- coolheaded1/5
coolheaded
- adjective satellite marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
nerveless; cool.
- play it cool
- keep cool
- stayed coolheaded in the crisis
- the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament
- adjective satellite marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
- deads1/5
dead
- noun people who are no longer living
- they buried the dead
- noun a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
- the dead of winter
- noun people who are no longer living
- leadless1/5
leadless
- adjective not treated with lead
unleaded.
- unleaded gasoline
- adjective not treated with lead
- breadstuffs1/5
breadstuff
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
staff of life; bread.
- noun flour or meal or grain used in baking bread
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
- deadbolts1/5
deadbolt
- noun the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
bolt.
- noun the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- roundheaded1/5
roundheaded
- adjective satellite having a brachycephalic head
broad-headed; short-headed.
- adjective satellite having a brachycephalic head
- treadles1/5
treadle
- noun a lever that is operated with the foot
pedal; foot lever; foot pedal.
- verb tread over
- the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones
- noun a lever that is operated with the foot
- doubleheaders1/5
doubleheader
- noun two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)
double feature; twin bill.
- noun two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)
- coleaders1/5
coleaders
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- headmistresses1/5
headmistress
- noun a woman headmaster
- noun a woman headmaster
- headful1/5
headful
- noun the quantity of information that a head will hold
- he has a headful of baseball statistics
- noun a covering over the surface of your head
- a headful of tight curls
- a headful of lice
- noun the quantity of information that a head will hold
- steads1/5
stead
- noun the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
position; place; lieu.
- can you go in my stead?
- took his place
- in lieu of
- noun the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- threadfin1/5
threadfin
- noun mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
- noun mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
- readapt1/5
readapt
- verb adapt anew
- He readapted himself
- verb adjust anew
readjust.
- After moving back to America, he had to readjust
- verb adapt anew
- pigheadedness1/5
pigheadedness
- noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
self-will; stubbornness; obstinacy; obstinance; bullheadedness.
- noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
- deadrise1/5
- overspreads1/5
overspread
- verb spread across or over
spread.
- A big oil spot spread across the water
- verb spread across or over
- shitheads1/5
shithead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- threadworm1/5
threadworm
- noun small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
Enterobius vermicularis; pinworm.
- noun small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
- threadworms1/5
threadworm
- noun small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
Enterobius vermicularis; pinworm.
- noun small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
- breadstick1/5
breadstick
- noun a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup
bread-stick.
- noun a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup
- potheads1/5
pothead
- noun someone who smokes marijuana habitually
- noun someone who smokes marijuana habitually
- headhunted1/5
headhunted
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- unthreaded1/5
unthread
To draw or take out a thread from; as, to .unthread a needle
- wrongheadedness1/5
wrongheadedness
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- headcounts1/5
headcount
- noun number of people in a particular group
head count.
- noun number of people in a particular group
- roadsteads1/5
roadstead
- noun a partly sheltered anchorage
roads.
- noun a partly sheltered anchorage
- headgate1/5
headgate
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- leadsman1/5
leadsman
(Naut.) The man who heaves the lead. Totten.
- readvance1/5
readvance
To advance again.
- headwork1/5
headwork
Mental labor.
- preadult1/5
preadult
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- bowheads1/5
bowhead
- noun large-mouthed Arctic whale
bowhead whale; Greenland whale; Balaena mysticetus.
- noun large-mouthed Arctic whale
- airheads1/5
airhead
- noun a flighty scatterbrained simpleton
- she's a total airhead
- every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one
- noun a bridgehead seized by airborne troops
- noun a flighty scatterbrained simpleton
- multiheaded1/5
- boneheads1/5
bonehead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- headships1/5
headship
- noun the position of headmaster or headmistress
- noun the position of head
- noun the position of headmaster or headmistress
- readmitting1/5
readmit
- verb admit anew
- The refugee was readmitted into his home country
- verb admit again or anew
- After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted
- verb admit anew
- drumheads1/5
drumhead
- noun a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
head.
- adjective satellite performed speedily and without formality
summary.
- a summary execution
- summary justice
- noun a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
- headier1/5
heady
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
judicious; wise.
- judicious use of one's money
- a wise decision
- adjective satellite extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
intoxicating.
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- dickheads1/5
dickhead
- noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
mother fucker; bastard; SOB; prick; motherfucker; whoreson; son of a bitch; asshole; cocksucker; shit.
- noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- wellheads1/5
wellhead
- noun the source of water for a well
wellspring.
- noun a structure built over a well
- noun the source of water for a well
- muddleheaded1/5
muddleheaded
- adjective satellite stupid and confused
addlebrained; addlepated; puddingheaded.
- blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are
- a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne
- adjective satellite stupid and confused
- readapted1/5
readapt
- verb adapt anew
- He readapted himself
- verb adjust anew
readjust.
- After moving back to America, he had to readjust
- verb adapt anew
- axeheads1/5
- dreadlock1/5
dreadlock
- noun one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians
- noun one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians
- bready1/5
- headforemost1/5
headforemost
With the head foremost.
- kneader1/5
knead
- verb make uniform
work.
- knead dough
- work the clay until it is soft
- verb manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
rub down; massage.
- She rubbed down her child with a sponge
- verb make uniform
- toreadors1/5
toreador
- noun someone who fights bulls
bullfighter.
- noun someone who fights bulls
- headmost1/5
headmost
Most advanced; most forward; as, the .headmost ship in a fleet
- headbox1/5
- gileadites1/5
- breadboards1/5
breadboard
- noun a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced
bread board.
- noun a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced
- beadlike1/5
beadlike
- adjective satellite small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
beady; buttony; buttonlike.
- bright beady eyes
- black buttony eyes
- adjective satellite small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
- blackheaded1/5
blackhead
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
comedo.
- noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
- steadings1/5
steading
The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- called also Prov. Eng. & Scot.onstead ,farmstead ,farm offices , orfarmery .
- headframe1/5
- bigheaded1/5
bigheaded
- adjective satellite (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
snotty; snot-nosed; stuck-up; persnickety; too big for one's breeches; uppish; snooty.
- a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage
- they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety
- adjective satellite (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
- retreaded1/5
retread
- noun a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
recap.
- verb use again in altered form
rework; make over.
- retread an old plot
- noun a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
- godheads1/5
godhead
- noun terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
Jehovah; Creator; God Almighty; Almighty; Lord; Divine; Maker.
- noun terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
- oreads1/5
- deadlifts1/5
- seadog1/5
seadog
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- spreadability1/5
- readmittance1/5
readmittance
Allowance to enter again; a second admission.
- deadheaded1/5
deadhead
- noun a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
- the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible
- noun a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
- noun a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
- spreaded1/5
spread
- noun process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
spreading.
- noun a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
gap.
- gap between income and outgo
- the spread between lending and borrowing costs
- noun process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- deadlocking1/5
deadlock
- noun a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
dead end; impasse; standstill; stalemate.
- reached an impasse on the negotiations
- noun a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
- headly1/5
head
- noun the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
caput.
- he stuck his head out the window
- noun a single domestic animal
- 200 head of cattle
- noun the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
- meadowy1/5
meadowy
Of or pertaining to meadows; resembling, or consisting of, meadow.
- fountainheads1/5
fountainhead
- noun an abundant source
well; wellspring.
- she was a well of information
- noun the source of water from which a stream arises
head; headspring.
- they tracked him back toward the head of the stream
- noun an abundant source
- headcheese1/5
headcheese
- noun sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig
- noun sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig
- gileadite1/5
gileadite
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- nonreading1/5
- preadoption1/5
- jarheads1/5
- treaders1/5
trader
- noun someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
bargainer; monger; dealer.
- noun someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
- readoption1/5
readoption
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- hardheadedness1/5
hardheadedness
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- nondeadly1/5
- headgates1/5
- leadscrew1/5
- nonreader1/5
nonreader
- noun a student who is very slow in learning to read
- noun a person unable to read
illiterate person; illiterate.
- noun a student who is very slow in learning to read
- nailheads1/5
nailhead
- noun something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device
- noun flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point
- noun something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device
- headbanging1/5
headbanging
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- breadstuff1/5
breadstuff
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
staff of life; bread.
- noun flour or meal or grain used in baking bread
- noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
- readdressing1/5
readdress
To address a second time; -- often used reflexively. He readdressed himself to her. Boyle.
- headstands1/5
headstand
- noun an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands)
- noun an acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands)
- headcloths1/5
- threadless1/5
- misleaders1/5
misleader
- noun someone who leads astray (often deliberately)
- noun someone who leads astray (often deliberately)
- headage1/5
- preadaptations1/5
- dreadnaughts1/5
dreadnaught
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
dreadnought.
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
- readopt1/5
readopt
To adopt again. Young.
- deadpans1/5
deadpan
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
unexpressive; impassive; poker-faced; expressionless.
- deadpan humor
- his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
- adverb without betraying any feeling
- she told the joke deadpan
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
- dunderheads1/5
dunderhead
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- headmastership1/5
headmastership
- noun the position of headmaster
- noun the position of headmaster
- bullheadedness1/5
bullheadedness
- noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
pigheadedness; self-will; stubbornness; obstinacy; obstinance.
- noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
- headshaking1/5
headshaking
- noun the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement
headshake.
- I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me
- noun the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement
- overreading1/5
- deadzone1/5
- crossheads1/5
crosshead
- noun a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
crossheading.
- noun metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth
- noun a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
- leadline1/5
- deadeyes1/5
deadeye
- noun a dead shot
- noun (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
- noun a dead shot
- levelheadedness1/5
levelheadedness
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- deadmen1/5
- ragheads1/5
- everready1/5
everready
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- headgears1/5
headgear
- noun clothing for the head
headdress.
- noun the hoist at the pithead of a mine
- noun clothing for the head
- fingerbreadth1/5
fingerbreadth
- noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
finger's breadth; digit; finger.
- noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
- sneads1/5
snead
- noun United States golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002)
Samuel Jackson Snead; Sam Snead.
- noun United States golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002)
- outspreading1/5
outspread
- adjective satellite fully extended in width
spread.
- outspread wings
- with arms spread wide
- adjective satellite fully extended in width
- headbanger1/5
headbanger
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- horseheads1/5
horsehead
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Selene setapinnis; horse-head; horsefish; dollarfish; moonfish; Atlantic moonfish.
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
- headbangers1/5
headbangers
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- buffleheads1/5
bufflehead
- noun small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
butterball; dipper; Bucephela albeola.
- noun small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
- leadwork1/5
- beadsman1/5
beadsman
- noun a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
bedesman.
- noun a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
- deadhouse1/5
deadhouse
A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.
- headpin1/5
headpin
- noun the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins
kingpin.
- noun the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins
- headwaiters1/5
headwaiter
- noun a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
captain; maitre d'; maitre d'hotel.
- noun a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
- proofreads1/5
proofread
- verb read for errors
proof.
- I should proofread my manuscripts
- verb read for errors
- headbutt1/5
headbutt
- verb butt with the head
- The soccer player headbutted his oponent and was sent off the field
- verb butt with the head
- clearheadedness1/5
clearheadedness
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- softheaded1/5
softheaded
- adjective satellite foolish; totally unsound
crazy; screwball; half-baked.
- a crazy scheme
- half-baked ideas
- a screwball proposal without a prayer of working
- adjective satellite foolish; totally unsound
- breadbaskets1/5
breadbasket
- noun a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
- noun an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
tummy; stomach; tum.
- noun a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
- longheaded1/5
longheaded
Having unusual foresight or sagacity. --Long"-head`ed*ness , n.
- misleader1/5
misleader
- noun someone who leads astray (often deliberately)
- noun someone who leads astray (often deliberately)
- unsteadied1/5
unsteady
- adjective subject to change or variation
- her unsteady walk
- his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine
- an unsteady voice
- adjective satellite not firmly or solidly positioned
unfirm.
- climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder
- an unfirm stance
- adjective subject to change or variation
- metalheads1/5
- headiest1/5
heady
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
judicious; wise.
- judicious use of one's money
- a wise decision
- adjective satellite extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
intoxicating.
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- maidenheads1/5
maidenhead
- noun a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin
virginal membrane; hymen.
- noun a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin
- impleading1/5
implead
(Law) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.
- headily1/5
heady
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
judicious; wise.
- judicious use of one's money
- a wise decision
- adjective satellite extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
intoxicating.
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- shortbreads1/5
shortbread
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
shortbread cookie.
- noun very rich thick butter cookie
- breaden1/5
- spreadeagle1/5
spreadeagle
- verb defeat disastrously
spread-eagle; rout.
- verb defeat disastrously
- zapateado1/5
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