9-letter words that end in ead
- hard head — semirefined tin containing iron.
- hate read — to read (a blog, newspaper, etc.) that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize.
- hate-read — to read (a blog, newspaper, etc.) that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize.
- heapstead — the buildings at the surface of a mine
- hemi-head — a cylinder head having hemispherical combustion chambers.
- hempstead — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- homestead — a town in S Florida.
- hornyhead — species of fish
- horsehead — moonfish (def 1).
- juicehead — a heavy drinker of alcoholic liquor.
- jump head — the headline printed over the continued portion of a story in a newspaper, magazine, etc., usually condensed from the main headline.
- jump lead — Jump leads are thick electrical leads that are used to connect a flat battery in a vehicle to an external charged battery, such as the battery of another vehicle, so that the first vehicle can be started.
- lake mead — a reservoir in NW Arizona and SE Nevada, formed by the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River: one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)
- link-dead — Said of a MUD character who has frozen in place because of a dropped network connection.
- lookahead — (computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- lowlihead — lowly state; lowliness.
- lustihead — lustiness
- make head — to make progress
- manspread — (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people: guys who manspread on the subway.
- metalhead — Slang. a fan of heavy metal music; headbanger.
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- must-read — a piece of literature or writing considered important or classic; writing that should or must be read.
- nan bread — (in Indian cookery) a slightly leavened bread in a large flat leaf shape
- negrohead — a type of low-quality India rubber
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- poppyhead — a finial or other ornament, often richly carved, as the top of the upright end of a bench or pew.
- printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
- proofread — to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.
- put ahead — to reset the hands of (a clock) to a later time
- rail bead — a long, straight, cock bead.
- read head — a part of a recording device that senses data on a carrier medium such as a disk or tape
- riverhead — the source or spring of a river.
- roadstead — road (def 4).
- roundhead — a member or adherent of the Parliamentarians or Puritan party during the civil wars of the 17th century (so called in derision by the Cavaliers because they wore their hair cut short).
- rye bread — bread that is made either entirely or partly from rye flour, often with caraway seeds.
- scaldhead — a person's scalp that is diseased with ringworm or another similar affliction
- scarehead — a headline in exceptionally large type. Compare screamer (def 4).
- screwhead — the head or top of a screw having a slot for the end of a screwdriver.
- sea bread — ship biscuit; hardtack.
- sheephead — a large California food fish, Semicossyphus pulcher, of the wrasse family.
- shewbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- skim-read — to read quickly and superficially, in order to pick up the important or significant details
- smackhead — a person who is addicted to heroin
- snakehead — checkered lily.
- spearhead — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- speedread — to read (something) very quickly
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.