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Word Meanings - TRIPLE-HEADED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.

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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
  • THREE-SQUARE
    Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • 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.
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • THREE-MILE
    Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt of three miles included in territorial waters of a state.
  • 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.
  • THREE-PILE
    An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak.
  • HEADFISH
    The sunfish .
  • THREE-DECKER
    A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
  • TRIPLE-HEADED
    Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • THREE-SIDED
    Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.
  • 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;
  • THREE-CORNERED
    Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
  • TRIPLE
    1. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. By thy triple shape as thou art seen. Dryden. 2. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble. 3. One of three; third. Shak. Triple crown, the crown,
  • THREE-PORT
    Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke.
  • THREE-PLY
    Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
  • HEADRACE
    See COURSE
  • 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.

 

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