heads: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of heads
- overheads«Word Popularity Bar3/5
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
- arrowheads3/5
arrowhead
- noun the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
- noun the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
- 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
- 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
- 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.)
- subheads2/5
subhead
- noun a heading of a subdivision of a text
subheading.
- noun a heading of a subdivision of a text
- trailheads2/5
trailhead
- noun the beginning of a trail
trail head.
- noun the beginning of a trail
- 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
- roundheads2/5
roundhead
- noun a brachycephalic person
- noun a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
- noun a brachycephalic person
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- potheads1/5
pothead
- noun someone who smokes marijuana habitually
- noun someone who smokes marijuana habitually
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- beheads1/5
behead
- verb cut the head of
decollate; decapitate.
- the French King was beheaded during the Revolution
- verb cut the head of
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- metalheads1/5
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- showerheads1/5
showerhead
- noun a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather
- noun a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather
- 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
- 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
- bowheads1/5
bowhead
- noun large-mouthed Arctic whale
bowhead whale; Greenland whale; Balaena mysticetus.
- noun large-mouthed Arctic whale
- 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
- 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
- crackheads1/5
crackheads
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- axeheads1/5
- jarheads1/5
- ragheads1/5
Suffixes of heads
- headstrong«Word Popularity Bar3/5
headstrong
- adjective satellite habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
willful; wilful; froward; self-willed.
- adjective satellite habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
- headset3/5
headset
- noun receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
- noun receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
- headship2/5
headship
- noun the position of headmaster or headmistress
- noun the position of head
- noun the position of headmaster or headmistress
- 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
- 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
- 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
- headsman2/5
headsman
- noun an executioner who beheads the condemned person
headman.
- noun an executioner who beheads the condemned person
- 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)
- 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
- headsets2/5
headset
- noun receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
- noun receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
- 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
- headships1/5
headship
- noun the position of headmaster or headmistress
- noun the position of head
- noun the position of headmaster or headmistress
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `heads`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
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