Word Meanings - JANUS-HEADED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Double-headed.
Related words: (words related to JANUS-HEADED)
- 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. - DOUBLEGANGER
An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger. Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. C. Kingsley. - DOUBLE
Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally - DOUBLE-SHADE
To double the natural darkness of . Milton. - 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. - DOUBLE-LOCK
To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler. - HEADFISH
The sunfish . - DOUBLE DEALER
One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange. - 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; - DOUBLEHEARTED
Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys. - DOUBLETHREADED
Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (more info) 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads. - 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. - DOUBLE-BARRELED; DOUBLE-BARRELLED
Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun. - HEADSTRONGNESS
Obstinacy. Gayton. - 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. - WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.