Synonym of the word HEAD

head

n. (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense…
n. (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
n. (social, countable) A leader or expert.
n. A significant or important part.
n. Headway; progress.
n. Topic; subject.
n. (uncountable) Denouement; crisis.
n. (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
n. (slang, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
n. (slang) The glans penis.
n. (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
n. (obsolete) Power; armed force.
adj. Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
adj. Foremost in rank or importance.
adj. Placed at the top or the front.
adj. Coming from in front.
v. (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.).
v. (transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball.
v. (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
v. (fishing) To remove the head from a fish.
v. (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
v. (intransitive) To form a head.
v. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
v. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
v. (obsolete) To behead; to decapitate.
v. To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain.
v. To set on the head.

advance

v. To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.
v. (obsolete) To raise; to elevate.
v. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
v. To accelerate the growth or progress of; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten.
v. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show.
v. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
v. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand.
v. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate.
v. (intransitive) To move forwards, to approach.
v. (obsolete) To extol; to laud.
n. A forward move; improvement or progression.
n. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
n. An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
n. (in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
adj. Completed before need or a milestone event.
adj. Preceding.
adj. Forward.

arise

v. To come up from a lower to a higher position.
v. To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
v. To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin…

bathroom

n. A room containing a bathtub and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
n. (chiefly US, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a…

be

v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from"…
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are…
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun…
v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate…
v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
v. (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
v. (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense,…
v. (African American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the…

beginning

n. (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space…
n. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
n. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
n. The initial portion of some extended thing.
v. present participle of begin.
adj. (informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

brain

n. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible…
n. (informal) An intelligent person.
n. (in the plural) Intellect.
n. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
n. (slang, vulgar) oral sex.
v. (transitive) To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
v. (transitive, slang) To strike (someone) on the head.
v. (transitive, figuratively) To destroy; to put an end to.
v. (transitive) To conceive in the mind; to understand.

can

v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To be possible, usually with be.
v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium.
n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet.
n. (US, slang) A place with a toilet: a lavatory.
n. (US, slang) Buttocks.
n. (slang) Jail or prison.
n. (slang) Headphones.
n. (obsolete) A drinking cup.
n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark.
v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
v. To shut up.
v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.

capitulum

n. (botany) A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from…
n. (arachnology) The head-like mouthpart apparatus of a tick, including the palpi, mandibles, and hypostome.
n. (anatomy) A small protuberance on a bone which articulates into another bone to form a ball-and-socket…
n. (entomology, obsolete) The enlarged end of a proboscis.

caput

n. (anatomy) The head.
n. (anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
n. The top or superior part of a thing.
n. (Britain) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

channelise

v. (British spelling) alternative form of channelize.

channelize

v. To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river.
v. (transitive) To transmit through a channel.
v. (transitive) To multiplex (messages) through a single line.

chief

n. A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
n. (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon.
n. An informal address to an equal.
adj. Primary; principal.
v. (US, slang) To smoke cannabis.

cognition

n. The process of knowing.
n. (countable) A result of a cognitive process.

coil

n. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
n. Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
n. (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
n. (figuratively) Entanglement; perplexity.
v. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
v. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
v. To wind cylindrically or spirally.
v. (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
n. (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.

command

n. An order to do something.
n. The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
n. power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
n. A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
n. The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
n. (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer;…
n. Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
n. (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform…
n. (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
v. (transitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
v. (transitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have…
v. (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
v. (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
v. (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
v. (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
v. (intransitive, archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.
v. (obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

continue

v. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
v. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
v. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position etc.
v. (intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
v. (intransitive) To resume.
v. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
v. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
n. (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
n. (programming) a statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements…

control

v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

develop

v. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
v. (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
v. (transitive) To create.
v. (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
v. (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
v. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
v. (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving…
v. (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations…

direct

adj. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
adj. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
adj. Straightforward; sincere.
adj. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
adj. In the line of descent; not collateral.
adj. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the…
adj. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes…
adj. (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
adv. Directly.
v. To manage, control, steer.
v. To aim (something) at (something else).
v. To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
v. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
v. (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom…

drumhead

n. Alternative spelling of drum head.

educator

n. A person distinguished for his/her educational work.
n. A teacher.

elevation

n. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons,…
n. The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
n. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
n. The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between…
n. The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
n. The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle…
n. (architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the…
n. (Christianity) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.

foam

n. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains.
n. a manufactured substance, e.g. polystyrene foam. See also derived terms.
n. (by extension) Sea foam; (figuratively) the sea.
v. (intransitive) To form or emit foam.
v. (intransitive) To spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth.

forefront

n. The leading position or edge.
v. (transitive) To bring to the forefront; to emphasize, or focus on.

foreland

n. A headland.
n. (geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

forepart

n. The front or anterior part of something.

form

n. (heading, physical) To do with shape.
n. (social) To do with structure or procedure.
n. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
n. Level of performance.
n. (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape…
n. The den or home of a hare.
n. (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
n. (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
n. (printing, dated) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured…
n. (geometry) A quantic.
n. (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
v. (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
v. (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
v. (intransitive) To take shape.
v. To put together or bring into being; assemble.
v. (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
v. (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
v. To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
v. To provide (a hare) with a form.
v. (electrical, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage…

formation

n. Something possessing structure or form.
n. The act of assembling a group or structure.
n. (geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
n. (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division,…
n. (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon…
n. (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
n. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
n. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.

fountainhead

n. A spring that is the source of a river.
n. An abundant source of knowledge, etc.

front

n. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
n. The side of a building with the main entrance.
n. A field of activity.
n. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
n. (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting…
n. (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
n. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity…
n. (military) The direction of the enemy.
n. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command…
n. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
n. (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
n. (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
n. The most conspicuous part.
n. (obsolete) The beginning.
n. (Britain) a seafront or coastal promenade.
n. (obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
n. (slang, hotels, dated) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word…
adj. Located at or near the front.
adj. (comparable, phonetics) Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.
v. (intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
v. (transitive) To face, be opposite to.
v. (transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
v. (transitive) To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
v. (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
v. (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.
v. (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
v. (transitive) To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
v. (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
v. (intransitive) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
v. (transitive) To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
v. To appear before, as in to front court.

froth

n. foam.
n. (figuratively) unimportant events or actions; drivel.
v. (transitive) To create froth in (a liquid).
v. (intransitive) (of a liquid) To bubble.
v. (transitive) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
v. (intransitive) (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.
v. (transitive) To cover with froth.

grow

v. (ergative) To become bigger.
v. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.
v. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
v. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

guide

n. Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer…
n. A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
n. A sign that guides people; guidepost.
n. Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
n. A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
n. (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
n. (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for…
v. to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
v. to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
v. to exert control or influence over someone or something.
v. to supervise the education or training of someone.
v. (intransitive) to act as a guide.

header

n. The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
n. Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
n. Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
n. (informal) A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
n. a brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing;…
n. a horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
n. a machine that cuts the heads off of grain etc.
n. (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with the head.
n. a headlong fall or jump.
n. (computing) the first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
n. (programming) Clipping of header file.
n. (networking) the first part of a packet, often containing its address and descriptors.
n. A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water…
n. A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
v. (sports, transitive) To strike (a ball) with one's head.

heading

v. present participle of head.
n. The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
n. (nautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading)…
n. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
n. (mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
n. (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
n. (masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.

headland

n. A bit of coastal land that juts into the sea.
n. The unplowed boundary of a field.

headspring

n. A fountainhead; a source.
n. (figuratively) A basis or foundation.
n. (gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast places both hands on the mat with the top of the head about 6…
n. A spring that sits at the top of a mechanism, pushing the internal parts inward.
v. (gymnastics) To perform a headspring.

headway

n. Movement ahead or forward.
n. (nautical) Forward motion, or its rate.
n. (countable, transport) The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses)…
n. (uncountable, figuratively) Progress toward a goal.
n. (countable) The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.
n. (coal-mining) A cross-heading.

individual

n. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
n. (law) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
n. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
n. (statistics) An element belonging to a population.
adj. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
adj. Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.

john

n. (slang) A prostitute's client.
n. (slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (…
n. (slang) A generic term for Western men while traveling in East Asia.
n. A male mule.

juncture

n. A place where things join, a junction.
n. A critical moment in time.
n. (linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds;…

knowledge

n. The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation…
n. Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
n. Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
n. Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
n. (philosophical) Justified true belief.
n. (archaic or law) Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).
n. (obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice.
n. The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
n. (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
n. (obsolete) Acknowledgement.
n. (obsolete) Notice, awareness.
n. (Britain, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab…
v. (obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge.

lav

n. (Britain, slang) Clipping of lavatory.

lavatory

n. A vessel or fixture for washing, particularly.
n. Handwashing, particularly.
n. (obsolete) A liquid used in washing; a lotion; a wash; a rinse.
n. (dated) A washroom: a room used for washing the face and hands.
n. (euphemistic) A room containing a toilet: a bathroom (US) or WC (UK).
n. (Britain, New England) A plumbing fixture for urination and defecation: a toilet.
n. (dated) A place to wash clothes: a laundry.
n. (obsolete) A place where gold is panned.
n. (obsolete) A paved room in a mortuary where corpses are kept under a shower of disinfecting fluid.
adj. (dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing.

lead

n. (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnishe…
n. (countable) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at seaor (dated) to estimate…
n. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
n. (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
n. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
n. (plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
n. (countable) A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
n. (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
v. (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
v. (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
v. (heading, transitive) To guide or conduct.
v. (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing…
v. (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
v. (transitive) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice;…
v. (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
v. To produce (with to).
v. Misspelling of led.
n. (uncountable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course.
n. (uncountable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead…
n. (countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
n. (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
n. (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit,…
n. (acting) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
n. (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
n. (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
n. (countable, mining) A lode.
n. (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
n. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash.
n. In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release…
n. Charging lead.
n. (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
n. (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
n. Hypothesis that has not been pursued.
n. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details…
n. (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
n. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more…
n. (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
n. (newspapers) A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why…
n. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast.
n. (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times…
n. (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
n. (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
n. (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance…
n. (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound…
n. (electrical) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter…
n. (electrical) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive…
adj. (not comparable) Foremost.
adj. (music) main, principal.
v. Misspelling of led.

leader

n. Any person that leads or directs.
n. An animal that leads.
n. Something that leads or conducts.

lie

v. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
v. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
v. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
v. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
v. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
v. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
v. (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
n. (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
n. (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
v. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
v. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
n. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
n. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth.
n. Anything that misleads or disappoints.

line

n. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen;…
n. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
n. A hose or pipe, of any size.
n. Direction, path.
n. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points:…
n. A letter, a written form of communication.
n. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement…
n. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied…
n. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
n. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
n. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
n. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place…
n. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
n. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
n. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often…
n. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,…
n. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
n. A small amount of text. Specifically.
n. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade,…
n. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political…
n. The products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
n. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
n. A measure of length.
n. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
n. (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter’s box.
n. (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
n. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with…
n. A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug).
n. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
n. (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
n. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock…
n. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
v. (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
v. (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding;…
v. To form a line along.
v. (transitive) To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
v. (transitive) To read or repeat line by line.
v. (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line.
v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare…
v. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
n. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
v. (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
v. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
v. (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
v. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate.

maneuver

n. A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
n. (often in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
n. An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.
v. (transitive) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
v. (figuratively, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully.
v. (figuratively, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme.

manoeuver

n. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of maneuver.
v. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of maneuver.

manoeuvre

n. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand spelling of maneuver.
v. (transitive) British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand spelling…

mark

n. (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
n. (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
n. (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
n. (heading) Attention.
v. To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
v. To indicate in some way for later reference.
v. To take note of.
v. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
v. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
v. To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
v. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having…
v. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a…
v. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
v. (singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during…
n. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
n. (now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver),…
n. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and…
n. A mark coin.
v. (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command).

membrane

n. A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually…
n. A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
n. A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.

mind

n. The ability for rational thought.
n. The ability to be aware of things.
n. The ability to remember things.
n. The ability to focus the thoughts.
n. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
n. Judgment, opinion, or view.
n. Desire, inclination, or intention.
n. A healthy mental state.
n. (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity,…
v. (now regional) To remember.
v. (now rare except in phrases) To concern oneself with, to pay attention to.
v. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered…
v. (now chiefly Canada, US, Ireland) To pay attention to; to listen attentively to, to obey.
v. To pay attention to (something); to keep one's mind on.
v. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
v. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).
v. To be careful about.
v. (obsolete) To have in mind; to intend.
v. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind.

noesis

n. (in psychology) cognition, the functioning of intellect.
n. (in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
n. (in metaphysical philosophy) the consciousness component of Neotic Theory, which concerns the duality…

nous

n. (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional.
n. In Neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
n. Common sense; practical intelligence.

object

n. A thing that has physical existence.
n. Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something.
n. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase.…
n. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
n. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
n. (category theory) An element within a category upon which functions operate. Thus, a category consists…
n. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
v. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach;…
v. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

obverse

adj. Turned or facing toward the observer.
adj. Corresponding; complementary.
adj. (botany) Having the base, or end next to the attachment, narrower than the top.
n. The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.
n. (logic) The double negative of a statement e.g. All men are mortal => No man is immortal.

occasion

n. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
n. The time when something happens.
n. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
n. Something which causes something else; a cause.
n. (obsolete) An occurrence or incident.
n. A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
n. Need; requirement, necessity.
n. A special event or function.
n. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
v. (transitive) To cause; to produce; to induce.

origin

n. The beginning of something.
n. The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
n. (mathematics) The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
n. (anatomy) The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of…
n. (cartography) An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
n. (in the plural) Ancestry.

originate

v. (transitive) To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.
v. (intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).

pass

v. (heading) Physical movement.
v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
v. (heading) To move through time.
v. (heading) To be accepted.
v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
v. (heading) To do or be better.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
n. An attempt.
n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
n. A sexual advance.
n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

peak

n. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
n. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
n. (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
n. (geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
n. (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
n. (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
n. (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
n. (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is…
v. To reach a highest degree or maximum.
v. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
v. (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
v. (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
v. (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
v. Misspelling of pique.

pedagog

n. Alternative form of pedagogue.

pedagogue

n. A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
n. A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the…
n. (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them…

perversion

n. The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
n. The state of being perverted; depravity; viciousness.
n. A sexual practice or act considered abnormal; sexual deviance.
n. (geometry) tendril perversion.

point

n. A discrete division of something.
n. A sharp extremity.
n. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
n. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
n. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
n. Lace worked by the needle.
n. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
n. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
n. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
v. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or…
v. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
v. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
v. (transitive) To direct toward an object; to aim.
v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
v. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
v. (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
v. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or…
v. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
v. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
v. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
v. (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
v. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
v. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location…
v. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that…
v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
v. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting…
v. (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
v. (obsolete) To appoint.
v. (dated) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to point out.

precede

v. (transitive) To go before, go in front of.
v. (intransitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
v. (transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
n. Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay).

pressure

n. A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
n. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind.
n. Distress.
n. Urgency.
n. (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
n. (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.
v. (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.

principal

adj. Primary; most important.
adj. (obsolete, Latinism) Of or relating to a prince; princely.
n. (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are…
n. (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The chief administrator of a school.
n. (Britain, Scotland, Canada) The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
n. (law) One who directs another (the agent) to act on one′s behalf.
n. (law) The primary participant in a crime.
n. A company represented by a salesperson.
n. (Canada, US) A partner or owner of a business.
n. (music) A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ.
n. (architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss…
n. The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
n. One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse…
n. (obsolete) An essential point or rule; a principle.
n. A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
n. (computing) A security principal.

privy

adj. (now chiefly historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
adj. (now rare, archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed.
adj. With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
n. An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
n. A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
n. A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
n. (law) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.

proceed

v. (intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
v. (intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
v. (intransitive) To come from (have as the source or origin).
v. (intransitive) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures;…
v. (intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
v. (intransitive, of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
v. (law, intransitive) To begin and carry on a legal process.

progress

n. Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
n. Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
n. An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
n. (now rare) A journey forward; travel.
n. Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
v. (intransitive) to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
v. (intransitive) to improve; to become better or more complete.
v. (transitive) To move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite.

progression

n. The act of moving from one thing to another.
n. The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
n. (mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
n. Development, increase, evolution.
n. (music) chord progression.

projection

n. Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
n. The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
n. The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide…
n. A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation.
n. (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself.
n. (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
n. (cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth…
n. (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
n. (linear algebra) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
n. (mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
n. (category theory) A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.

promontory

n. A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
n. (anatomy) A projecting part of the body.

psyche

n. The human soul, mind, or spirit.
n. (chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
abbr. psychology.
interj. Used abruptly after a sentence to indicate that the speaker is only joking.
v. (transitive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.
v. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.
v. (transitive, informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

question

n. A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
n. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
n. A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.
n. A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
n. interrogation by torture.
n. (obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
v. To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.
v. To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
v. (obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.

remove

v. (transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
v. (transitive) To murder.
v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
v. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
v. To dismiss or discharge from office.
n. The act of removing something.
n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced,…
n. (Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").
n. Distance in time or space; interval.
n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

rise

v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
v. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
v. To begin; to develop.
v. (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
v. (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
v. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
v. To come; to offer itself.
v. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any…
n. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
n. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
n. (chiefly Britain) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
n. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
n. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
n. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it;…
n. (informal) An angry reaction.
n. Alternative form of rice (“twig”).

root

n. The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores…
n. A root vegetable.
n. The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
n. The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
n. The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
n. The primary source; origin.
n. (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified…
n. (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often…
n. (analysis) A zero (of an equation).
n. (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
n. (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects…
n. (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
n. (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
n. The lowest place, position, or part.
n. (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and…
n. (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
n. (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
v. (computing, slang, transitive) To break into a computer system and obtain root access.
v. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
v. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
v. (transitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
v. (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
v. (intransitive) To rummage, to search as if by digging in soil.
v. (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
v. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse.
v. (horticulture, intransitive) To grow roots.
v. (horticulture, transitive) To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
n. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
n. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
v. (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of…

source

n. The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
n. Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which…
n. A reporter's informant.
n. (computing) Source code.
n. (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
v. (chiefly US) To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.
v. (transitive) To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation…

steer

n. The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
v. (transitive) To castrate (a male calf).
n. (informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
v. (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a…
v. (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder,…
v. (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
v. (transitive) To direct a group of animals.
v. (transitive) To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
v. (transitive) To direct a conversation.
v. To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
n. (obsolete) A helmsman; a pilot.

straits

n. plural of strait.

striker

n. An individual who is on strike.
n. Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
n. (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal,…
n. (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
n. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
n. (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
n. (obsolete) A harpoon.
n. (obsolete) A harpooner.
n. (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.
n. (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics.
n. (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought.

structure

n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
n. The underlying shape of a solid.
n. The overall form or organization of something.
n. A set of rules defining behaviour.
n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
n. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend…
n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
v. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

subject

adj. Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
adj. Conditional upon.
adj. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
adj. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
n. (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses…
n. An actor; one who takes action.
n. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
n. A particular area of study.
n. A citizen in a monarchy.
n. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
n. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
n. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
n. (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with…
n. (logic) That of which something is stated.
v. (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially…

take

v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
v. (transitive) To remove.
v. (transitive) To have sex with.
v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
v. (transitive) To consume.
v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
v. (transitive) To require.
v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
v. (transitive) To move into.
v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
v. (transitive) To deal with.
v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
n. The or an act of taking.
n. Something that is taken; a haul.
n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

theme

n. A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
n. A recurring idea; a motif.
n. (dated) An essay written for school.
n. (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
n. (film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character,…
n. (computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment…
n. (grammar) The stem of a word.
n. (linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
n. (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
n. (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
n. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
v. (transitive) To give a theme to.
v. (computing, transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

tip

n. The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
n. A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility…
n. (music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
n. (chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
n. A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
n. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
v. (transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
v. (ergative) (To cause) to knock over, make fall down or overturn.
v. (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
v. (transitive, slang, dated) To drink.
v. (transitive) To dump (refuse).
v. (US, transitive) To pour a libation, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
v. (transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
n. (skittles, obsolete) The knocking over of a skittle.
n. An act of tipping up or tilting.
n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse,…
n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, by extension) A recycling centre.
n. (colloquial) A very untidy place.
n. The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips.
v. (now rare) To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.
n. (now rare) A light blow or tap.
v. To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
v. (thieves′ slang) To give, pass.
n. A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token…
n. A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting…
n. A piece of advice.
v. To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
n. (African American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
n. (African American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.

toilet

n. (archaic) Personal grooming, in other words washing, dressing, etc.
n. (now rare) One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
n. (archaic) A dressing room.
n. A room or enclosed area containing a toilet: a bathroom or water closet.
n. (New Zealand) A small secondary lavatory having a toilet and sink but no bathtub or shower.
n. (obsolete) A chamber pot.
n. A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly those with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat…
n. (figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place.
n. (obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or dressing room.
n. (obsolete) A dressing table.
v. (dated) To dress and groom oneself.
v. To use the toilet.
v. To assist another (a child etc.) in using the toilet.

top

n. The highest part or component of an object.
n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
n. (heading) Someone who is eminent.
n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
n. (physics) A top quark.
n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the…
n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest.
n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been…
n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
n. (in the plural, slang, dated) Topboots.
n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group…
v. To cover on the top or with a top.
v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree).
v. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
v. (Britain, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
v. (slang, gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
v. (archaic) To predominate.
v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
v. (slang, dated) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior…
v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this…
adj. Situated on the top of something.
adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality.
adv. Rated first.

topic

adj. topical.
n. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
n. (Internet) Discussion thread.
n. (obsolete) An argument or reason.
n. (obsolete, medicine) An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.

uprise

v. (archaic) To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
v. (archaic) To have an upward direction or inclination.
v. To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
n. The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.

user

n. One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer.
n. A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
n. (computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received…
n. (pejorative) An exploiter, an abusive user (a person who uses something or someone unfairly, selfishly…

withdraw

v. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
v. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
v. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
v. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
v. (intransitive) To retreat.
v. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.

word

n. The smallest unit of language which has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest…
n. Something which is like such a unit of language.
n. The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action.
n. (now rare outside certain phrases) Something which has been said; a comment, utterance; speech.
n. (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting…
n. (obsolete) A proverb or motto.
n. News; tidings (used without an article).
n. An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
n. A promise; an oath or guarantee.
n. A brief discussion or conversation.
n. (in the plural) See words.
n. (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
n. (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
v. (transitive) To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
v. (transitive, obsolete) To flatter with words, to cajole.
v. (transitive) To ply or overpower with words.
v. (transitive, rare) To conjure with a word.
v. (intransitive, archaic) To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
interj. (slang, African American Vernacular) Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement…
interj. (slang, emphatic, stereotypically, African American Vernacular) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement…
v. Alternative form of worth (to become).

Synonyms of the word

head

advance

arise

bathroom

be

beginning

brain

can

capitulum

caput

channelise

channelize

chief

cognition

coil

command

continue

control

develop

direct

drumhead

educator

elevation

foam

forefront

foreland

forepart

form

formation

fountainhead

front

froth

grow

guide

header

heading

headland

headspring

headway

individual

john

juncture

knowledge

lav

lavatory

lead

leader

lie

line

maneuver

manoeuver

manoeuvre

mark

membrane

mind

noesis

nous

object

obverse

occasion

origin

originate

pass

peak

pedagog

pedagogue

perversion

point

precede

pressure

principal

privy

proceed

progress

progression

projection

promontory

psyche

question