Word Meanings - SHOCKHEAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Shock-headed. Tennyson.

• HEADFIRSTHEADFOREMOST
  With the head foremost.
• Headfish
  The sunfish (Mola).
• Headmost
  Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet.
• Headstone
  The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
• HEADHUNTER
  A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters. -- Head"-hunt`ing, n.
• Head gear
  Alt. of Headgear
• 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.
• Headstrong
  Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
• HEADLUGGED
  Lugged or dragged by the head. [R.] "The head-lugged bear." Shak.
• Headgear
  Headdress.
• Headstrongness
  Obstinacy.
• HEADMOLDSHOTHEADMOULDSHOT
  An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. Dunglison.
• Head-hunter
  A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters.
• Headpiece
  Head.
• Headtire
  A headdress.
• HEADWATER
  The source and upper part of a stream; -- commonly used in the plural; as, the headwaters of the Missouri.

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