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Headbox

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headstocknounThe part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
head housenounAlternative spelling of headhouse. [The portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.]
headroomnounThe vertical clearance above someone's head, as in a tunnel, doorway etc; room (space) for one's head.
barrel-headnounAlternative form of barrelhead. [The head of a barrel, especially when the barrel has been stood vertically and its head thus serves horizontally like a tabletop.]
barrel headnounAlternative form of barrelhead. [The head of a barrel, especially when the barrel has been stood vertically and its head thus serves horizontally like a tabletop.]
headsteadnoun(of a bed) The area at the head of the bed; headboard.
headpeacenounObsolete form of headpiece. [The head; the brain.]
headsnounOne side of a coin:
headpiecenounSomething covering the head.
hat headnounSynonym of hat hair.
headloadnounA load carried on the head.
headsticknounA stick-like device strapped to a paralysed person's head to allow them to perform activities such as typing on a keyboard.
headcodenoun(rail transport, UK) A code used to distinguish classes of train for the benefit of signalmen, formerly by using white oil lamps (or white discs) placed on brackets on the front of the locomotive. The various lamp positions defined the class of train.
floorheadnoun(nautical) Any of the upper extremities of the floor of a vessel.
soundheadnounAlternative form of sound head. [A component of a film projector or similar device that reads or writes audio signals in electromagnetic form.]
bucketheadnounA stupid or oblivious person.
airheadnoun(originally US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.
stillheadnounThe head of a distillation still.
headwidthnoun(typography) The width of a header
head groupnounAlternative spelling of headgroup. [(organic chemistry) A bulky part of a molecule, often containing one or more functional groups, attached to a relatively long aliphatic tail or backbone]

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