| HEADWAY | • headway n. Movement ahead or forward. • headway n. (Nautical) Forward motion, or its rate. • headway n. (Countable, transport) The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses)… |
| HEADWALL | • headwall n. (Geography) The highest cliff of a glacial cirque. • headwall n. (Geology) The steep cliff at the back of a cirque. • headwall n. (Civil engineering) A retaining wall at the outlet of a drain or culvert. |
| HEADWARD | • headward adj. (Geology) Cutting backwards or upstream above the original source. • headward adj. Toward the head. • headward adv. In a headward direction. |
| HEADWAYS | • headways n. Plural of headway. • HEADWAY n. forward movement. |
| HEADWIND | • headwind n. A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship. • headwind n. (Figurative, by extension) A strong force that impedes or reverses progress. • head␣wind n. Alternative form of headwind. |
| HEADWORD | • headword n. A word used as the title of a section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus. • headword n. (Grammar) Any word which may be modified by an adjunct. • HEADWORD n. a word appearing at the beginning. |
| HEADWORK | • headwork n. Mental or intellectual labour; the use of logic and clear thinking. • HEADWORK n. mental work. |
| HEADWALLS | • headwalls n. Plural of headwall. • HEADWALL n. a steep rock-face at the end of a cirque. |
| HEADWARDS | • headwards adv. (Anatomy, geology) Toward the head. • HEADWARDS adv. backwards beyond the original source, also HEADWARD. |
| HEADWATER | • headwater n. (Chiefly in the plural) The source (and the initial part) of a stream. • HEADWATER n. the highest part of a stream or river before receiving tributaries. |
| HEADWINDS | • headwinds n. Plural of headwind. • head␣winds n. Plural of head wind. • HEADWIND n. a wind blowing contrary to one's direction of travel. |
| HEADWORDS | • headwords n. Plural of headword. • HEADWORD n. a word appearing at the beginning. |
| HEADWORKS | • headworks n. Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used… • HEADWORK n. mental work. |
| HEADWAITER | • headwaiter n. A waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff; chief waiter. • HEADWAITER n. the head of the dining-room staff of a restaurant or hotel. |
| HEADWATERS | • headwaters n. The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river’s beginning. • HEADWATER n. the highest part of a stream or river before receiving tributaries. |
| HEADWORKER | • headworker n. One who performs mental or intellectual labour. • HEADWORKER n. one who does headwork, mental work. |
| HEADWAITERS | • headwaiters n. Plural of headwaiter. • HEADWAITER n. the head of the dining-room staff of a restaurant or hotel. |
| HEADWORKERS | • headworkers n. Plural of headworker. • HEADWORKER n. one who does headwork, mental work. |