| BEACHHEAD | • beachhead n. (Military) An area of hostile territory (especially on a beach) that, when captured, serves for the… • beachhead n. (By extension) A coastal landing place. • beachhead n. (By extension) An initial success that ensures the possibility of further advances in a project; a foothold. |
| DAHABEEAH | • dahabeeah n. Alternative form of dahabieh. • DAHABEEAH n. (Arabic) a Nile sailing boat, also DAHABEAH, DAHABEEYAH, DAHABIAH, DAHABIEH, DAHABIYA, DAHABIYAH, DAHABIYEH. |
| HANDWHEEL | • handwheel n. (Mechanics) Any wheel worked by hand, whether used to allow leverage, as of a valve or a handbrake… • HANDWHEEL n. any wheel worked by hand; esp. one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted. |
| HARSHENED | • harshened v. Simple past tense and past participle of harshen. • HARSHEN v. to make harsh. |
| HATCHELED | • hatcheled v. Simple past tense and past participle of hatchel. • HATCHEL v. to separate flax fibres with a comb, also HACKLE, HECKLE. |
| HEADACHES | • headaches n. Plural of headache. • HEADACHE n. a pain inside the head. |
| HEADACHEY | • headachey adj. Alternative spelling of headachy. • HEADACHEY adj. afflicted with a headache, also HEADACHY. |
| HEADPHONE | • headphone n. A cushioned speaker placed on, over, or inside the ear, normally used in left/right pairs. • HEADPHONE n. an audio receiver worn in pairs over the ears, esp. for listening to a radio, cassette player, etc. |
| HEADREACH | • head␣reach n. (Nautical) The distance to windward traversed by a vessel while tacking. • HEADREACH v. to make distance to windward in tacking. |
| HEADSHAKE | • headshake n. A shake of the head. • HEADSHAKE n. a shake of the head. |
| HEATHERED | • heathered adj. Covered with heather. • heathered adj. (Textiles) Having flecks produced by interwoven yarns of mixed colours. • HEATHERED adj. covered with heather. |
| HEDYPHANE | • hedyphane n. (Mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, chlorine, lead, and oxygen. • HEDYPHANE n. a white variety of green lead ore, arsenate, phosphate and chlorate of lead and calcium with barium. |
| HEMIHEDRA | • hemihedra n. Plural of hemihedron. • HEMIHEDRON n. a solid derived in a hemihedral way, such as a tetrahedron. |
| HEXAHEDRA | • hexahedra n. Plural of hexahedron. • HEXAHEDRON n. a solid body of six sides or faces. |
| HORSEHEAD | • horsehead n. The head of a horse. • horsehead n. A pump for pumping oil from an oil well. • horsehead n. A steel girder supporting the roof of a mine tunnel. |
| HOTHEADED | • hotheaded adj. Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered. • hot-headed adj. Alternative spelling of hotheaded. • HOTHEADED adj. rash, impetuous. |
| SHEEPHEAD | • sheephead n. (Card games) Alternative form of sheepshead. • SHEEPHEAD n. a large and valuable sparoid food fish found on the Atlantic coast of the United States, also SHEEPSHEAD. |
| WHITEHEAD | • whitehead n. A pimple formed by a clogged sebaceous gland, usually with a milky-white cap. • whitehead n. A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla). • whitehead n. The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens. |