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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; "he stuck his head out the window"

noun: a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle"

noun: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

noun: a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation"

noun: the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"

noun: the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam"

noun: the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"

noun: the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"

noun: (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

noun: the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

noun: the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"

noun: a dense cluster of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"

noun: the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"

noun: an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head"

noun: a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads"

noun: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

noun: a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet"

noun: the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a large head of foam"

noun: the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"

noun: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"

noun: forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale"

noun: a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"

noun: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"

noun: a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

noun: the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus"

noun: that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

noun: (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

noun: (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!"

noun: the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer"

noun: (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

noun: a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin"

noun: a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

noun: oral stimulation of the genitals; "they say he gives good head"

verb: to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"

verb: be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?"

verb: travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John"

verb: be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class"

verb: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

verb: take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"

verb: be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president"

verb: form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year"

verb: remove the head of; "head the fish"


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head

Length: 4 letters

Scrabble value: 8

Words with Friends value: 7

Literati value: 5

TWL (USA): Found

SOWPODS (UK): Found


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