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  • 81headbanger — /hed bang euhr/, n. metalhead. [1985 90] * * * …

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  • 82headboard — /hed bawrd , bohrd /, n. a board forming the head of anything, esp. of a bed. [1720 30; HEAD + BOARD] * * * …

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  • 83headbox — /hed boks /, n. 1. (in a papermaking machine) the container in which cleaned pulp is collected for uniform distribution across the wire. 2. headrail (def. 2). [HEAD + BOX1] * * * …

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  • 84headcheese — /hed cheez /, n. a seasoned loaf made of the head meat, sometimes including the tongue or brains, of a calf or pig and molded in the natural aspic of the head. [1835 45, Amer.; HEAD + CHEESE1] * * * …

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  • 85headcloth — /hed klawth , kloth /, n., pl. headcloths / klawdhz , klodhz , klawths , kloths /. any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple. [bef. 1000; ME he(v)ed cloth; OE heafod clath; see HEAD, CLOTH] * * * …

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  • 86headdress — /hed dres /, n. 1. a covering or decoration for the head: a tribal headdress of feathers. 2. a style or manner of arranging the hair. [1695 1705; HEAD + DRESS] * * * …

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  • 87headed — /hed id/, adj. 1. having a heading or course. 2. shaped or grown into a head. 3. having the mentality, personality, emotional control, or quality specified, or possessing a specified number of heads (usually used in combination): a slow headed… …

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  • 88header — /hed euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something. 2. a reaping machine that cuts off and gathers only the heads of the grain. 3. a chamber to which the ends of a number of tubes are connected so that water or steam may …

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  • 89headfirst — /hed ferrst /, adv. 1. with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea. 2. rashly; precipitately. [1820 30; HEAD + FIRST] * * * …

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  • 90headfish — /hed fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) headfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) headfishes. 1. See ocean sunfish. 2. See sharptail mola. [1835 45, Amer.; HEAD + FISH] * * * …

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