English dictionary: words starting with headst

noun

A head collar or halter.

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When teaching the arabians to rear up and walk on their back legs, he placed an assistant on each s…

noun

A head collar or halter.

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When teaching the arabians to rear up and walk on their back legs, he placed an assistant on each s…

noun

An act of balancing on one's head and hands with one's feet in the air.

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Forearm stands, headstands, difficult balance poses - he did them all, concentrating as fully as he…

noun

An act of balancing on one's head and hands with one's feet in the air.

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Forearm stands, headstands, difficult balance poses - he did them all, concentrating as fully as he…

noun

Another term for forestay.

noun

Another term for forestay.

noun

A piece of wood placed above the top of pages in a forme when they are imposed, so as to secure them and produce a margin at the head of the printed page. compare "reglet".

noun

A set of bearings in a machine, supporting a revolving part.

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The latest electric bike does look quite spiffy, with a mountain bike chassis and a large battery w…

noun

A slab of stone set up at the head of a grave, typically inscribed with the name of the dead person.

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It's an amazing sight to see 43 acres of graves and monuments and headstones and so many images of …

noun

A slab of stone set up at the head of a grave, typically inscribed with the name of the dead person.

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It's an amazing sight to see 43 acres of graves and monuments and headstones and so many images of …

noun

A headwater stream.

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‘waitanyuan’ means literally ‘the headstream of the bund’ and is centred at the confluence of suzho…

adjective

Energetically wilful and determined.

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The headstrong impulsiveness of youth

noun

The quality or state of being headstrong; wilfulness, obstinacy; waywardness.