the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs
denoting the front, forward, or upper part or end of a specified thing
(1898–1981), American costume designer. She worked on a wide range of films, winning Oscars for costume design in All About Eve (1950) and The Sting (1973)
a common cold characterized by congested nasal passages, sneezing, and headache
(in palmistry) the lower of the two horizontal lines that cross the palm of the hand, linked to the nature and strength of a person’s mental faculties
a resort town in eastern North Carolina, in the Outer Banks; population 3,016 (est. 2008)
an ornament like the head of a nail, used chiefly in architecture and on clothing
a type of screw head with vertical sides and a slightly domed top
a bar or block between the piston rod and connecting rod in a steam engine
a model of a human head with a microphone in each ear, used in making binaural and other sound-recording techniques
a headland on the north coast of Scotland, between Thurso and John o’Groats. It is the most northerly point on the British mainland
a compact mass of flowers at the top of a stem, especially a capitulum
the gasket which fits between the cylinder head and the cylinders or cylinder block in an internal-combustion engine
a louse which infests the hair of the human head and is especially common among schoolchildren
one of the high registers of the voice in speaking or singing, above chest voice
the end of a roof that is hipped for only part of its height, leaving a truncated gable
the forward in the front row of a scrummage who is nearest to the scrum half as the ball is put in
a point on the coast of County Donegal, the northernmost point of Ireland. The shipping forecast area Malin covers the Atlantic north of Ireland and west of the southern half of Scotland
the frame at the top of a mineshaft, supporting pulleys for the ropes used in hoisting
a length less than that of a horse’s head (used in referring to the distance by which a horse wins or loses)
the prop forward supporting the hooker on the opposite side of the scrum from the loose head
an ornamental knot resembling a turban in shape, made in the end of a rope to form a stopper
the part of a vertically opening valve that is lifted off the valve aperture to open the valve
the end cover of a cylinder in an internal-combustion engine, against which the piston compresses the cylinder’s contents
an extinct volcano overlooking the port of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu
the ascending or north node of the moon’s orbit, used in drawing up an astrological chart
each of the small pegs on the head of a guitar, used for tightening the strings