DEAD HEAD

  

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DEAD HEAD

Definition: DEAD HEAD

DEAD HEAD

1. (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor buoy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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Crosswords: DEAD HEAD

English words defined with "DEAD HEAD": Caput mortuumhognose snakepuff addersand viper. (references)
Specialty definitions using "DEAD HEAD": AbracadabraDeputyFemaleGHOULKingMachaerusPrimateSCIMETAR, storyXanthos. (references)

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Modern Usage: DEAD HEAD

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Not so fast Dead Head! You want a baby, why don't you go knock off some willing hellhound! (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)

Movie/TV Titles

Sergeant Dead Head (1965)

Dead Head (1986)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: DEAD HEAD

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DEAD HEAD

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dead head

17

dead head rose

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: DEAD HEAD

Language Translations for "dead head"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

eadday eadhay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DEAD HEAD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: deadhead.

Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-d-e-e-h"

-2 letters: headed.

-3 letters: aahed, added, ahead, haded.

-4 letters: dada, dead, deed, hade, haed, head, heed.

-5 letters: aah, add, aha, dad, dah, dee, edh, had, hae.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-d-d-e-e-h"
 

+1 letter: deadheads.

 

+2 letters: baldheaded, deadheaded, hardheaded.

 

+3 letters: deadheading, dodecahedra.

 

+4 letters: dodecahedral, hardheadedly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DEAD HEAD


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 45 41 44      48 45 41 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01000101 01000001 01000100 00100000 01001000 01000101 01000001 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#69 &#65 &#68 &#32 &#72 &#69 &#65 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0045 0041 0044      0048 0045 0041 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38393538242393538

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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