headband
- n a band worn around or over the head
the earphones were held in place by a headband
headboard
- n a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
headcheese
- n sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig
headcounter
- n someone who conducts surveys of public opinion
a headcounter counts heads
header
- n a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
- n horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
- n brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
- n a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
- n a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
- n (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
- n a headlong jump (or fall)
he took a header into the shrubbery
headfast
- n a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf
headfish
- n among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
headful
- n the quantity of information that a head will hold
he has a headful of baseball statistics - n a covering over the surface of your head
a headful of tight curls
a headful of lice
headgear
- n clothing for the head
- n the hoist at the pithead of a mine
- n stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head
headhunter
- n a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
- n a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
heading
- n 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 - n the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
- n a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- v to go or travel towards
where is she heading - v be in charge of
Who is heading this project? - v travel in front of; go in advance of others
- v be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
- v direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- v take its rise
- v be in the front of or on top of
- v form a head or come or grow to a head
- v remove the head of