DICTOMETER

MOLLERA (Spanish for "head")

(head, hode)

1. Synonyms:
   • Head
   • Caput
   Definitions:
   • the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals
   • contains the face and brains
   Examples:
   • He stuck his head out the window
   Antonyms:
   rear
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Head
   Definitions:
   • a single domestic animal
   Examples:
   • 200 head of cattle
   Antonyms:
   foot
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Mind
   • Head
   • Brain
   • Psyche
   • Nous
   Definitions:
   • that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
   • the seat of the faculty of reason
   Examples:
   • His mind wandered
   • I couldn't get his words out of my head
   Antonyms:
   tail
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Head
   • Chief
   • Top dog
   Definitions:
   • a person who is in charge
   Examples:
   • The head of the whole operation
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Head
   Definitions:
   • the front of a military formation or procession
   Examples:
   • The head of the column advanced boldly
   • They were at the head of the attack
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Head
   Definitions:
   • the pressure exerted by a fluid
   Examples:
   • A head of steam
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Head
   Definitions:
   • the top of something
   Examples:
   • The head of the stairs
   • The head of the page
   • The head of the list
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Fountainhead
   • Headspring
   • Head
   Definitions:
   • the source of water from which a stream arises
   Examples:
   • They tracked him back toward the head of the stream
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Head
   • Head word
   Definitions:
   • (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
    Examples:
    • He is two heads taller than his little sister
    • His horse won by a head
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Capitulum
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
    Examples:
    • A head of cauliflower
    • A head of lettuce
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Principal
    • School principal
    • Head teacher
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • the educator who has executive authority for a school
    Examples:
    • She sent unruly pupils to see the principal
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • an individual person
    Examples:
    • Tickets are $5 per head
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • a user of (usually soft) drugs
    Examples:
    • The office was full of secret heads
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Promontory
    • Headland
    • Head
    • Foreland
    Definitions:
    • a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • a rounded compact mass
    Examples:
    • The head of a comet
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
    Examples:
    • The beer had a large head of foam
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Forefront
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • the part in the front or nearest the viewer
    Examples:
    • He was in the forefront
    • He was at the head of the column
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Pass
    • Head
    • Straits
    Definitions:
    • a difficult juncture
    Examples:
    • A pretty pass
    • Matters came to a head yesterday
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Headway
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • forward movement
    Examples:
    • The ship made little headway against the gale
    
    
22. Synonyms:
    • Point
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
    Examples:
    • The point of the arrow was due north
    
    
23. Synonyms:
    • Question
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • the subject matter at issue
    Examples:
    • The question of disease merits serious discussion
    • Under the head of minor Roman poets
    
    
24. Synonyms:
    • Heading
    • Header
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
    Examples:
    • The heading seemed to have little to do with the text
    
    
25. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
    Examples:
    • The head of the humerus
    
    
26. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
    
    
27. Synonyms:
    • Read/write head
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
    
    
28. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
    Examples:
    • Call heads or tails!
    
    
29. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • the striking part of a tool
    Examples:
    • The head of the hammer
    
    
30. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
    
    
31. Synonyms:
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • a projection out from one end
    Examples:
    • The head of the nail, a pinhead is the head of a pin
    
    
32. Synonyms:
    • Drumhead
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
    
    
33. Synonyms:
    • Oral sex
    • Head
    Definitions:
    • oral stimulation of the genitals
    Examples:
    • They say he gives good head
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Head
   Definitions:
   • to go or travel towards
   Examples:
   • Where is she heading
   • We were headed for the mountains
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Head
   • Lead
   Definitions:
   • be in charge of
   Examples:
   • Who is heading this project?
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Lead
   • Head
   Definitions:
   • travel in front of
   • go in advance of others
   Examples:
   • The procession was headed by John
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Head
   • Head up
   Definitions:
   • be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
   Examples:
   • This student heads the class
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Steer
   • Maneuver
   • Manoeuver
   • Manoeuvre
   • Direct
   • Point
   • Head
   • Guide
   • Channelize
   • Channelise
   Definitions:
   • direct the course
   • determine the direction of travelling
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Head
   Definitions:
   • take its rise
   Examples:
   • These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Head
   Definitions:
   • be in the front of or on top of
   Examples:
   • The list was headed by the name of the president
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Head
   Definitions:
   • form a head or come or grow to a head
   Examples:
   • The wheat headed early this year
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Head
   Definitions:
   • remove the head of
   Examples:
   • Head the fish