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FEED HEAD

Definition: FEED HEAD

FEED HEAD

1. (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler. (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; -- also called a riser , deadhead , or simply feed or head --Knight.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: FEED HEAD

English words defined with "FEED HEAD": feedbag ♦ Lernean ♦ nosebag. (references)

Specialty definitions using "FEED HEAD": bindery operator, BOOK TRIMMER, BRUSH MAKER, MACHINE ♦ cartridge gauger, CHUCKING-MACHINE OPERATOR, COLLATING-MACHINE OPERATOR, combing-machine tender ♦ DISC-PAD GRINDER, DOWEL-MACHINE OPERATOR, dowel-sticker operator, DRAW-FRAME TENDER ♦ electric-sewer-cleaning-machine operator, EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATOR I ♦ FARM-MACHINE OPERATOR, feed ratio, feed shaft, feeder breaker, FILTER-PRESS TENDER, HEAD, FISH CLEANER MACHINE TENDER, FISHING ACCESSORIES MAKER, FREEZER OPERATOR ♦ grinding-machine operator ♦ ice-cream freezer, INSPECTOR, SALVAGE ♦ JIG-BORING MACHINE OPERATOR, NUMERICAL CONTROL ♦ loading-machine operator, LOG-CUT-OFF SAWYER, AUTOMATIC ♦ MILLING-MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR I, MILLING-MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR II, multiple-knife-edge-trimmer operator ♦ PLANER SET-UP OPERATOR, TOOL, PLATEN GRINDER, PLATEN-PRESS FEEDER, pole peeler, pole shaver, POLE-PEELING-MACHINE OPERATOR, PRODUCTION-MACHINE TENDER ♦ rigid coupling, rim-fire charger operator, RIM-FIRE-PRIMING OPERATOR, RUBBER-MILL OPERATOR ♦ salvage-machine operator, screwfeed, set-making-machine operator, SEWER-PIPE CLEANER, shearing-machine operator, shift gear, SHOTGUN-SHELL-LOADING-MACHINE OPERATOR, SHRIMP-PEELING-MACHINE OPERATOR, SWEEP-PRESS OPERATOR ♦ TINNING-MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR, TRIMMER OPERATOR, trimmer operator, three knife. (references)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: FEED 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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
feed head	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: FEED HEAD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-e-f-h"
	-2 letters: headed, heeded.
	-3 letters: faded, haded.
	-4 letters: dead, deaf, deed, fade, feed, hade, haed, head, heed.
	-5 letters: add, dad, dah, dee, edh, fad, fed, fee, feh, had, hae.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-e-f-h"
	+2 letters: freehanded.
	+4 letters: featheredged, freehandedly.
	+5 letters: fatheadedness, featherbedded, featherheaded, schadenfreude.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Alternative Orthography: FEED HEAD

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

46 45 45 44 48 45 41 44

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

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

01000110 01000101 01000101 01000100 00100000 01001000 01000101 01000001 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#69 &#69 &#68 &#32 &#72 &#69 &#65 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0045 0045 0044 0048 0045 0041 0044

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

40393938242393538

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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