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ahead
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adv 1: at or in the front; "I see the lights of a town ahead";
"the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we
couldn't see over the heads of the people in front";
"with the cross of Jesus marching on before" [syn:
ahead, in front, before]
2: toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in
imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to
seeing you" [syn: ahead, forward] [ant: back,
backward]
3: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead
slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the
forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: ahead,
onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader]
4: ahead of time; in anticipation; "when you pay ahead (or in
advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan ahead";
"should have made reservations beforehand" [syn: ahead, in
advance, beforehand]
5: to a more advanced or advantageous position; "a young man
sure to get ahead"; "pushing talented students ahead"
6: to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced
either toward the present or toward the future); "moved the
appointment ahead from Tuesday to Monday"; "pushed the
deadline ahead from Tuesday to Wednesday"
7: leading or ahead in a competition; "the horse was three
lengths ahead going into the home stretch"; "ahead by two
pawns"; "our candidate is in the lead in the polls"; "way out
front in the race"; "the advertising campaign put them out
front in sales" [syn: ahead, out front, in the lead]
adj 1: having the leading position or higher score in a contest;
"he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant
race" [syn: ahead(p), in the lead, leading]
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airhead
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n 1: a flighty scatterbrained simpleton; "she's a total
airhead"; "every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy
one"
2: a bridgehead seized by airborne troops
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arrowhead
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n 1: the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
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beachhead
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n 1: a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an
amphibious operation; "the Germans were desperately trying
to contain the Anzio beachhead"
2: an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further
developments; "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to
ban smoking outdoors"; "they are presently attempting to gain
a foothold in the Russian market" [syn: beachhead,
foothold]
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behead
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v 1: cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the
Revolution" [syn: decapitate, behead, decollate]
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blackhead
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n 1: a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin [syn:
blackhead, comedo]
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blockhead
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n 1: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low
opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce,
dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead,
lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,
muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead]
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bonehead
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n 1: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low
opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce,
dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead,
lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead,
muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead]
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bridgehead
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n 1: an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is
held awaiting further troops and supplies; "an attempt to
secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines"; "the only foothold
left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar" [syn:
bridgehead, foothold]
2: a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
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bulkhead
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n 1: a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
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bullhead
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n 1: freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head
with hornlike spines
2: any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United
States [syn: bullhead, bullhead catfish]
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copperhead
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n 1: common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United
States [syn: copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix]
2: venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia [syn:
copperhead, Denisonia superba]
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deadhead
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n 1: a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way; "the
deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as
possible"
2: a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
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drumhead
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adj 1: performed speedily and without formality; "a summary
execution"; "summary justice" [syn: drumhead,
summary]
n 1: a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum [syn:
drumhead, head]
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godhead
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n 1: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
Almighty, Jehovah]
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redhead
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n 1: someone who has red hair [syn: redhead, redheader,
red-header, carrottop]
2: North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and
reddish-brown head [syn: redhead, Aythya americana]
3: black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head
and neck [syn: redheaded woodpecker, redhead, Melanerpes
erythrocephalus]
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roundhead
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n 1: a brachycephalic person
2: a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the
English Civil War
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shovelhead
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n 1: small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head;
abundant in bays and estuaries [syn: shovelhead,
bonnethead, bonnet shark, Sphyrna tiburo]
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skinhead
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n 1: a young person who belongs to a British or American group
that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or
engage in white supremacist demonstrations
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sleepyhead
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n 1: a sleepy person
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sorehead
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n 1: someone who is peevish or disgruntled
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spearhead
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n 1: someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or
campaign etc.)
2: the leading military unit in an attack
3: the head and sharpened point of a spear [syn: spearhead,
spearpoint, spear-point]
v 1: be the leader of; "She spearheaded the effort to find a
cure for the disease"
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subhead
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n 1: a heading of a subdivision of a text [syn: subheading,
subhead]
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thickhead
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n 1: Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious
whistling call [syn: thickhead, whistler]
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thunderhead
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n 1: a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining
edges; often appears before a thunderstorm
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towhead
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n 1: a person with light blond hair
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warhead
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n 1: the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo
that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the
chemical or biological agents [syn: warhead, payload,
load]
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wellhead
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n 1: the source of water for a well [syn: wellhead,
wellspring]
2: a structure built over a well
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woodenhead
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broadhead
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