A deciduous much-branched shrub (Lyonia ligustrina) with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers.

To originate; to spring; to have its source, as a river.

A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass.

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.

unable to concentrate on matters at hand; flighty[2].

Lugged or dragged by the head.

characterized by direct opposition; as, a head-on confrontation.

Pain in the head; cephalalgia.

Afflicted with headache.

A fillet; a band for the head.

A board or boarding which marks or forms the head of anything; as, the headboard of a bed; the headboard of a grave.

The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder.

A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire; as, chiefs among the plains Indians had elaborate long headdresses with many feathers.

Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

The sunfish (Mola).

With the head foremost; -- of motion.

Headdress.

In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately.

The quality of being heady.

The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.

A powerful light with a reflector, attached to the front of an automobile, locomotive, or other vehicle; called also headlight.

A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water.

Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.

A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the front of a vehicle such as an automobile, truck, locomotive etc., to throw light on the road or track ahead of the vehicle at night, or in going through a dark tunnel; a headlamp.

The line at the head or top of a page.

To mention in a headline.

The abbreviated writing style of headline writers.

A wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body.

Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.

A head or leading man, especially of a village community.

Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet.

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.

The brainpan.

Head.

The front pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins.

The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order.

See Race, a water course.

See Headway, 2.

That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail.

a warning to be prepared for an imminent event.

Any sail set forward of the foremast.

A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial.

Authority or dignity; chief place.

An executioner who cuts off heads.

Fountain; source.

That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.

A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock. The part of a planing machine that supports the cutter, etc.

The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.

Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.

Obstinacy.

A headdress.

The source and upper part of a stream; -- commonly used in the plural; as, the headwaters of the Missouri.

The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.

a word that is qualified by a modifier.

Mental labor.

Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

Health.

Capable of being healed.

A common herb of the Mint family (Brunella vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought to be a panacea.

One who, or that which, heals.

Tending or serving to heal; healing.

Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.

So as to heal or cure.

The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.

Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant.

In health; wholesomely.

The state of being healthful.

In a healthy manner.

The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.

Without health, whether of body or mind; infirm.

The state of being healthless.

Wholesome; salubrious.

In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency.

Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy child; a healthy plant.

The afterbirth or secundines of a beast.

To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.

One who heaps, piles, or amasses.

a large quantity. See heap, senses 2 and 3; as, he made heaps of money in the stock market.

Lying in heaps.

To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound.

perceptible by the ear. Opposite of inaudible.

imp. p. p. of Hear.

One who hears; an auditor.

The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.

having a hearing impairment making hearing difficult; having a defective but functioning sense of hearing.

To hear by listening.

One who hearkens; a listener.

Rehearsal.

Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.

To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.

A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.

Suitable to a funeral.

To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage.

Preying on the heart.

Depriving of thought; ecstatic.

Having the shape of a heart; cordate; -- of a leaf shape.

A part of the breastbone.

causing gladness and pleasure; -- used mostly of the actions of people, and sometimes of animals; as, Is there a sight more heart-warming than a family reunion?.

Having the heart or affections free; not in love.

Wounded to the heart with love or grief.

Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling.

Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang.

the audible and palpable rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; as, he listened to her heartbeat with a stethoscope.

Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.

Causing overpowering sorrow.

Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.

An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of other complaints.

Having heartburn.

Same as Heartburn.

Sincerely beloved.

Rooted in the heart.

Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).

Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness.

To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.

One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up.

Hearty; sincere.

Heartache; sorrow.

The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove.

a rug spread out in front of a fireplace.