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  • 1Head tie — A head tie is a West and Southern African women’s cloth head scarf. It is known as a Duku (Malawi, Ghana), Dhuku (Zimbabwe), Tukwi (Botswana) and Gele (Nigeria). The head scarf is used specifically ornamental head covering or fashion accessory,… …

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  • 2head — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of an animal s body, containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs. 2 a the head regarded as the seat of intellect or repository of comprehended information. b… …

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  • 3Disease in ornamental fish — Ornamental fish kept in aquariums are susceptible to numerous diseases. The study of fish diseases has remained a rudimentary branch of veterinary medicine.[citation needed] Due to their generally small size and the low cost of replacing diseased …

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  • 4Sheep's Head — Sheep s Head, also known as Muntervary ( ga. Rinn Mhuintir Bháire), is the headland at the end of the peninsula between Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay in County Cork, Ireland.The Sheep s Head Way is an 88 km long distance trail which follows old… …

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  • 5International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers — Infobox Union name= Ironworkers country= United States, Canada affiliation= AFL CIO, CLC members= full name= International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers native name= founded= 1896 current= head=… …

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  • 6Flower head — Flower Flow er (flou [ e]r), n. [OE. flour, OF. flour, flur, flor, F. fleur, fr. L. flos, floris. Cf. {Blossom}, {Effloresce}, {Floret}, {Florid}, {Florin}, {Flour}, {Flourish}.] 1. In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy …

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  • 7Turret head — Turret Tur ret, n. [OE. touret, OF. tourette, dim. of tour a tower, L. turris. See {Tower}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arch.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anc.… …

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  • 8Turk's-head — /terrks hed /, n. a turbanlike knot of small cords, made around a rope, spar, etc. [1715 25] * * * Turk s head «TURKS HEHD», noun. a type of ornamental knot tied by winding small cord around a larger rope, used especially by sailors …

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  • 9pop|py|head — «POP ee HEHD», noun. Architecture. an ornamental finial, often richly carved, as at the top of the upright end of a bench or pew …

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  • 10Turk's head — noun an ornamental knot resembling a turban in shape, made in the end of a rope to form a stopper …

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