Word Meanings - FOREHEAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow. 2. The aspect or countenance; assurance. To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the power and puissance of the king. Shak. 3.

Additional info about word: FOREHEAD

1. The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow. 2. The aspect or countenance; assurance. To look with forehead bold and big enough Upon the power and puissance of the king. Shak. 3. The front or fore part of anything. Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton. So rich advantage of a promised glory As smiles upon the forehead of this action. Shak.

Related words: (words related to FOREHEAD)

• FRONTIERSMAN
  A man living on the frontier.
• FRONTIERED
  Placed on the frontiers.
• POWERFUL
  Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
• FRONTLESSLY
  Shamelessly; impudently.
• FRONTED
  Formed with a front; drawn up in line. "Fronted brigades." Milton.
• BRAIN
  The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord,
• POWERABLE
  1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
• FRONTLET
  The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles. (more info) 1. A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead. They shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. Deut. vi. 8. 2. A frown . What makes that
• FRONTAGE
  The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.
• COUNTENANCE
  demeanor, composure, F. contenance demeanor, fr. L. continentia continence, LL. also, demeanor, fr. L. continere to hold together, 1. Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien. So spake the Son, and into terror changed
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• FRONTIER
  An outwork. Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. Shak. (more info) 1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country;
• FRONTLESS
  Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent. "Frontless vice." Dryden. "Frontless flattery." Pope.
• FRONTON
  See 2
• ABOVEBOARD
  Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke. Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands
• ABOVESAID
  Mentioned or recited before.
• ASPECT RATIO
  The ratio of the long to the short side of an aëroplane, aërocurve, or wing.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• ABOVE-MENTIONED; ABOVE-NAMED
  Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
• FRONTIGNAC; FRONTIGNAN
  A grape of many varieties and colors. (more info) 1. A sweet muscadine wine made in Frontignan , France.
• WHITE-FRONTED
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• ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE
  A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
• CONFRONT
  1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew
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  Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
• CONFRONTATION
  Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.
• SICK-BRAINED
  Disordered in the brain.
• EFFRONTUOUSLY
  Impudently. R. North.
• SHATTER-BRAINED; SHATTER-PATED
  Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.
• CRACK-BRAINED
  Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope.
• IMPOWER
  See EMPOWER
• FAT-BRAINED
  Dull of apprehension.