bell notificationshomepageloginedit profileclubsdmBox

Search word meanings:

Word Meanings - CLEAR-HEADED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.

Related words: (words related to CLEAR-HEADED)

  • HEADSTALL
    That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. Shak.
  • HEADING
    A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. (more info) 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head. 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of
  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • CLEARLY
    In a clear manner.
  • HEADLAND
    1. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with wheat." Shak. 2. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence. Tusser.
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • LABORIOUS
    1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all Learn these from Cato. Addison. 2. Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic.
  • CLEARER
    A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
  • HEADNOTE
    A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court.
  • HEADFISH
    The sunfish .
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • HEADSTRONG
    1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn;
  • UNDERSTANDINGLY
    In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved.
  • QUICKBEAM
    See TREE
  • PERCEPTION
    The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses;
  • INTELLIGENTIAL
    1. Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or implying understanding; intellectual. "With act intelligential." Milton. 2. Consisting of unembodied mind; incorporeal. Food alike those pure Intelligential substances require. Milton.
  • QUICKSTEP
    A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.
  • CLEAR-HEADED
    Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.
  • HEADRACE
    See COURSE
  • HEADACHY
    Afflicted with headache.
  • BEASTLIHEAD
    Beastliness. Spenser.
  • THORN-HEADED
    Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.
  • TORSION HEAD
    That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended.
  • ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE
    A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
  • ENQUICKEN
    To quicken; to make alive. Dr. H. More.
  • BULLHEAD
    A small black water insect. E. Phillips. Bullhead whiting , the kingfish of Florida . (more info) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's
  • DUNDERHEAD
    A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl.
  • STEELHEAD
    A North Pacific salmon found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil.
  • PIG-HEADED
    Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn. B. Jonson. -- Pig"-head`ed*ness, n.
  • BLUFF-HEADED
    Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
  • WOOLHEAD
    The buffel duck.
  • CUBBRIDGE-HEAD
    A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.
  • POPE'S HEAD
    A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, etc., also for washing windows.

 

Back to top