Word Meanings - BRAINISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Hot-headed; furious. Shak.

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• HEADSTALL
  That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. Shak.
• HEADING
  A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. (more info) 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head. 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of
• HEADLAND
  1. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with wheat." Shak. 2. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence. Tusser.
• 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.
• HEADFISH
  The sunfish .
• HEADSTRONG
  1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn;
• HEADRACE
  See COURSE
• HEADACHY
  Afflicted with headache.
• HEADROOM
  See 2
• HEADSTONE
  1. The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone. Ps. cxviii. 22. 2. The stone at the head of a grave.
• HEADROPE
  That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.
• HEADSTRONGNESS
  Obstinacy. Gayton.
• HEADILY
  In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately.
• HEADWORK
  Mental labor.
• HEADLESS
  1. Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass. 2. Destitute of a chief or leader. Sir W. Raleigh. 3. Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate. Witless headiness in judging or headless hardiness
• HEADPAN
  The brainpan.
• HEADER
  1. One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading. 2. One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader. A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall. In framing, the
• HEADTIRE
  1. A headdress. "A headtire of fine linen." 1 Edras iii. 6. 2. The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.
• HEAD GEAR; HEADGEAR
  1. Headdress. 2. Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.
• FURIOUS
  1. Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal. 2. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm. Syn. -- Impetuous; vehement; boisterous; fierce; turbulent; tumultuous;
• BEASTLIHEAD
  Beastliness. Spenser.
• THORN-HEADED
  Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.
• TORSION HEAD
  That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended.
• ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE
  A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
• BULLHEAD
  A small black water insect. E. Phillips. Bullhead whiting , the kingfish of Florida . (more info) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's
• DUNDERHEAD
  A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl.
• STEELHEAD
  A North Pacific salmon found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil.
• PIG-HEADED
  Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn. B. Jonson. -- Pig"-head`ed*ness, n.
• BLUFF-HEADED
  Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
• WOOLHEAD
  The buffel duck.
• CUBBRIDGE-HEAD
  A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.
• POPE'S HEAD
  A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, etc., also for washing windows.
• RINGHEAD
  An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.
• BILLETHEAD
  A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.
• TRIPLE-HEADED
  Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.