Word Meanings - THORN-HEADED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.

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• HEADSTALL
  That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. Shak.
• THORN-HEADED
  Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.
• ARM-GRET
  Great as a man's arm. A wreath of gold, arm-gret. Chaucer.
• CALLOSUM
  The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
• HEADING
  A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. (more info) 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head. 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of
• CALLOW
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• CALLE
  A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
• ARMADA
  A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
• THORNBUT
  The turbot.
• THORNSET
  Set with thorns. Dyer.
• HEADLAND
  1. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with wheat." Shak. 2. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence. Tusser.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• 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.
• HEADFISH
  The sunfish .
• ARMORY
  fr. L. armarium place for keeping arms; but confused with F. 1. A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping. 2. Armor: defensive and offensive arms. Celestial armory, shields, helms, and spears. Milton. 3. A manufactory
• ARMILLARY
  Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles. Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• HEADSTRONG
  1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn;
• ARMOZEEN; ARMOZINE
  A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. Simmonds.
• WARMTH
  The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement;
• BEASTLIHEAD
  Beastliness. Spenser.
• BABY FARMING
  The business of keeping a baby farm.
• GYMNASTICALLY
  In a gymnastic manner.
• HYPERCRITICALLY
  In a hypercritical manner.
• TORSION HEAD
  That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended.
• SCALLION
  A kind of small onion , native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc.
• UNEMPIRICALLY
  Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
• ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE
  A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
• BULLHEAD
  A small black water insect. E. Phillips. Bullhead whiting , the kingfish of Florida . (more info) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's
• CARMINIC
  Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine. Carminic acid. Same as Carmine, 3.