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Noun
S: (n) head, caput (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains) "he stuck his head out the window"
S: (n) breast (the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest)
S: (n) throat (the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat)
S: (n) hood ((zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal)
S: (n) arthromere (any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod)
S: (n) lip (either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking)
S: (n) labium (a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva))
S: (n) head, caput (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains) "he stuck his head out the window"
S: (n) neck, cervix (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body) "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck"
S: (n) frill, ruff (an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal)
S: (n) breast, chest (the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen) "he beat his breast in anger"
S: (n) extremity, appendage, member (an external body part that projects from the body) "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
S: (n) extremity (that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso)
S: (n) face, human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear) "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"
S: (n) face (the part of an animal corresponding to the human face)
S: (n) head (a single domestic animal) "200 head of cattle"
S: (n) mind, head, brain, psyche, nous (that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason) "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
S: (n) head, chief, top dog (a person who is in charge) "the head of the whole operation"
S: (n) head (the front of a military formation or procession) "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"
S: (n) head (the pressure exerted by a fluid) "a head of steam"
S: (n) head (the top of something) "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"
S: (n) fountainhead, headspring, head (the source of water from which a stream arises) "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
S: (n) head, head word ((grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent)
S: (n) head (the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates))
S: (n) head (the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head) "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"
S: (n) capitulum, head (a dense cluster of flowers or foliage) "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"
S: (n) head (a rounded compact mass) "the head of a comet"
S: (n) head (the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container) "the beer had a large head of foam"
S: (n) forefront, head (the part in the front or nearest the viewer) "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"
S: (n) pass, head, straits (a difficult juncture) "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
S: (n) headway, head (forward movement) "the ship made little headway against the gale"
S: (n) point, head (a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer) "the point of the arrow was due north"
S: (n) question, head (the subject matter at issue) "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"
S: (n) heading, header, head (a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about) "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
S: (n) head (the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint) "the head of the humerus"
S: (n) head (that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves)
S: (n) read/write head, head ((computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk)
S: (n) head ((usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head) "call heads or tails!"
S: (n) head (the striking part of a tool) "the head of the hammer"
S: (n) head ((nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship)