Word Meanings - HEADTIRE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A headdress. "A headtire of fine linen." 1 Edras iii. 6. 2. The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.

Related words: (words related to HEADTIRE)

• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• DRESSINESS
  The state of being dressy.
• PLACER
  One who places or sets. Spenser.
• PARTICULARITY
  1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. 2. That which is particular; as: Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. "An old heathen altar with this particularity."
• PARTICULARLY
  1. In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly. 2. In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure. The exact propriety of Virgil
• PLACE
  Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
• LINENER
  A dealer in linen; a linen draper.
• DRESS CIRCLE
  A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn.
• HEADTIRE
  1. A headdress. "A headtire of fine linen." 1 Edras iii. 6. 2. The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.
• PARTICULARISM
  The doctrine of particular election. (more info) 1. A minute description; a detailed statement.
• MANNERIST
  One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
• PLACENTA
  The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi
• DRESSING
  An application to a sore or wound. Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.;
• MANNERISM
  Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
• HEADDRESS
  1. A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire. Among birds the males very often appear in a most beautiful headdress, whether it be a crest, a comb, a tuft of feathers, or a natural little plume. Addison. 2. A manner of dressing the hair or
• PLACEMAN
  One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott.
• DRESSY
  Showy in dress; attentive to dress. A dressy flaunting maidservant. T. Hook. A neat, dressy gentleman in black. W. Irving.
• PLACENTIOUS
  Pleasing; amiable. "A placentious person." Fuller.
• UNDRESS
  To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• UNMANNERLY
  Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
• COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
  1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like
• REDRESSIVE
  Tending to redress. Thomson.
• ADDRESS
  To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. To address one's self to. To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to. To direct one's speech or discourse to. (more
• TOP-DRESSING
  The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.
• APLACENTAL
  Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
• TENDRESSE
  Tender feeling; fondness.
• DISPLACER
  The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces.