Headed

Definition: Headed

Headed

Adjective

1. Having a heading or course in a certain direction; "westward headed wagons".

2. Having a heading or caption; "a headed column"; "headed notepaper".

3. Having a head or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination; "headed bolts"; "three-headed Cerberus"; "a cool-headed fighter pilot".

4. Of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head; "headed cabbages".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "headed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Imbecility Folly

Weak-minded, feeble-minded; dull minded, shallow minded, lack-brained; rattle-brained, rattle headed; half witted, lean witted, short witted, dull witted, blunt-witted, shallow-pated, clod-pated, addle-pated; dim-sighted, short-sighted; thick-skulled; weak in the upper story.

Weak headed, addle headed, puzzle headed, blunder headed, muddle headed, muddy headed, pig headed, beetle headed, buffle headed, chuckle headed, mutton headed, maggoty headed, grossheaded; beef headed, fat witted, fat-headed.

Crosswords: Headed

You two-toned, zebra headed, slime coated,pimple farming, parimicium brain, munching on your own mucus suffering from Peter Pan envy (Hook; writing credit: James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. Based on the play 'Peter Pan' by J.M. Barrie.)

It's headed right for us (Twister; writing credit: Michael Crichton; Anne-Marie Martin)

if you boys just turned on around and headed back down that way and let us up there where the real fighting is. (Glory; writing credit: Robert Gould Shaw; Lincoln Kirstein)

Would you like if I took this and headed right for your damn incisors (Little Shop of Horrors; writing credit: Charles B. Griffith; Howard Ashman)

They do seem to be headed in that general direction (Spies Like Us; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Dave Thomas)

Off the coast and I'm headed (Brick; performing artist: Ben Folds Five)

With the navivgation arrow headed straight to yo' (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers)

Maybe I'm headed over the hill (I Go To Extremes; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Rounding third he was headed for home (Brown Eyed Handsome Man; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

I don't mind not knowing what I'm headed for (Lost In Your Eyes; performing artist: Debbie Gibson)

If you are headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns. (references; author: unknown)

Double Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933 (1973)

Red Headed Baby (1931)

Hard Headed (1994)

On a Train Headed West (1992)

Red Headed Swede (performing artist: The Skal Club Spelmanslag)

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

Books

• Test Driving Marriage: How to Tell If Your Live-In Relationship Is Headed to the Altar (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Headed for the Future (reference)

• Level Headed (reference)

• Red Headed Stranger [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

George C. Mattison Headed first C&GS photogrammetric project. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Paul A. Smith United States delegate to International Civil Aviation Organization Headed aeronautical charting during WWII. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A shrimp boat headed north along the Intracoastal Waterway passing under the JFK Causeway. Credit: America's Coastlines.

View of San Francisco in 1849 from the head of Clay Street. The ships in the harbor have all been deserted as their crews headed for the gold fields. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 224. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The DELAWARE II headed down into a swell. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

"Manning the pumps" on the TERRA NOVA headed across the Southern Ocean. In: "Scott's Last Expedition ....", 1913. Dodd, Mead, and Company. New York. Volume I. Page 10. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Tuna purse seiner is headed towards school of tuna to encircle with net. Workboat that helps hold net during deployment is still on starboard stern. Smaller vessel in water is used to make noise to scare tuna into staying within confines of net prior to ship and workboat deploying and closing the net. Credit: Fisheries.

Headed out from Point Judith during the United States Atlantic Tuna Tournament. Credit: Fisheries.

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. A view of the bay headed for Sage Lot Pond. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

The bow of the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN headed into North Pacific swells. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But in a moment it was out, headed southwest as it had been from the first

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Prime Minister Hans Modrow headed a caretaker government which shared power with the new, democratically oriented parties. (references)

DETR is a super-Ministry, headed by the Deputy Prime Minister, with broad responsibility for infrastructure activities in Britain. (references)

In South Africa, water affairs falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry headed up by Minister Ronnie Kasrils. (references)

Children

Rwanda

At least 85,000 households are headed by children. (references)

Malawi

Children in rural households headed by women are among the poorest. (references)

Zambia

Approximately 7 percent of households are headed by children due to the death of both parents. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

Implementation of the plan, which is guided by an interagency commission on combating extremism headed by the Ministry of Education, was sporadic. (references)

Bulgaria

The Municipal Authority reportedly justified its decision by stating that the evangelical association preached ideas that were "alien to local people." On December 13, 2000, approximately 2,000 Orthodox clergy and Church members marched in Sofia to protest the Government's refusal to register the Holy Synod headed by Patriarch Maksim. (references)

Kazakhstan

Some members of other faiths, including Muslims not affiliated with the national Muslim organization headed by the Mufti (the national leader of Islam), criticized the Government's inclusion of the Mufti and archbishop in state events as official favoritism and a violation of the Constitutional separation of church and state; however, leaders of other faiths participated in some events, especially in Almaty. (references)

Economic History

Iran

Iran has 28 provinces, each headed by a governor general. (references)

Seychelles

The DP, headed by Mr. Mancham, did not take part in the elections. (references)

Malaysia

Each state has an assembly and government headed by a chief minister. (references)

Human Rights

Uganda

On July 19, the Commission, headed by Justice David Porter, began public hearings. (references)

Egypt

The Higher Judicial Council is a set body headed by the President of the Court of Cassation. (references)

Papua New Guinea

There also are village courts headed by lay persons, who judge minor offenses under both customary and statutory law. (references)

Minorities

Greece

An interministerial committee headed by the Ministry of Interior is responsible for coordinating government projects for Roma; it estimated the total Romani population to be between 85,000 and 120,000. Nonofficial sources estimate the total at 250,000 to 300,000. Most of the Roma in Thrace are Muslims; elsewhere the majority are Greek Orthodox. (references)

Political Economy

Poland

Each Sejmik is headed by a Marshall. (references)

Sweden

The Cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister, exercises executive authority. (references)

Political Rights

Yemen

The councils are headed by government-appointed governors. (references)

Afghanistan

Nominal president Burhanuddin Rabbani headed the Northern Alliance. (references)

East Timor

The ETPA consists of 10 ministries and 4 secretariats, all headed by East Timorese. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

A consortium headed by Oxbow Coal and Carbon is conducting the study. (references)

Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Bank is headed by a Governor, who reports to the Secretary, Finance Division of the Ministry of Finance. (references)

Chad

The application of customs regulations between the member nations is determined by CEMAC's/UDEAC's Central Management Committee headed by a conference of heads of states and ministerial council and run by an Executive Secretariat. (references)

Women

Guatemala

In urban areas, nearly one in four households is headed by a woman. (references)

Malawi

Households headed by women are represented disproportionately in the lowest quarter of income distribution. (references)

Jamaica

The JCF rape investigative and juvenile unit, which is headed by a female deputy superintendent, handles sex crimes. (references)

Worker Rights

United Kingdom

The Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit at the University of North London has headed efforts to intensify public discussion on prostitution and trafficking. (references)

Guatemala

An ILO direct contacts mission headed by Adrian Goldin that visited the country in April noted that these reforms "constitute a significant step forward in the application of Conventions Nos. (references)

Croatia

If they cannot agree, the Labor Law calls for the "Economic and Social Council" (GSV) represented by the Government, labor, and private sectors, and headed by a labor professional, to appoint one. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "headed": be headed for ♦ beef headed ♦ bell headed nail ♦ cheese headed screw ♦ clear headed ♦ empty headed ♦ flat headed nail ♦ flaxen headed ♦ Great headed widgeon ♦ grey headed ♦ headed paper ♦ headed pin ♦ headed with iron ♦ hexagon headed bolt ♦ level headed. Additional references.

Beginning with "headed": headed-up.

Ending with "headed": bar-headed, black-headed, crop-headed, curly-headed, falcon-headed, female-headed, hydra-headed, large-headed, letter-headed, level-headed, lion-headed, many-headed, multi-headed, pin-headed, ram-headed, round-headed, shaven-headed, small-headed, square-headed, thick-headed, thousand-headed, three-headed, two-headed, white-headed, wrong-headed.

Containing "headed": a cool-headed man, addle-headed person, arrow-headed characters, black-headed gull, black-headed minnow, black-headed snake, blue-headed vireo, bone-headed dinosaur, choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered, dog-headed boa, double-headed anvil, Double-headed rail, double-headed-eagle, gaff-headed sail, go bald-headed into, go bald-headed into smth., Green-headed widgeon, Hammer-headed shark, logger-headed turtle, Nail-headed characters, Nail-headed molding, northern casque-headed frog, red-headed duck, red-headed widgeon, round-headed leek, spiny-headed worm, square-headed boyfriend, square-headed girlfriend, star-headed hyacinth, Thorn-headed worm, Thousand-headed cabbage, tow-headed snake, white-headed boy, white-headed goose, white-headed stilt.

Albanian

me kokë (head on, headforemost, headlong). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ذو رأس. (various references)

Bulgarian 

с глава, озаглавен. (various references)

Chinese 

带领 (leading, led). (various references)

Czech

nìkolika-hlavý. (various references)

Danish

vågehval (Davidson's whale, lesser rorqual, little piked whale, minke whale, pikeheaded whale, sharp headed finner whale), skrue med indvendig sekskant (Allen screw, hexagon socket-type screw, hollow head set screw, hollow screw, socket head screw, socket screw, socketed screw, socket-headed screw), skrue med hoved (headed screw), sekskantskrue (hex head screw, hexagon bolt, hexagon head screw, hexagon headed bolt, hexagonal bolt, hexagonal head bolt, hexagonal head screw), papsoem (clout nail, flat headed nail), cylinderhovedskrue (cheese head screw, cheese headed screw, cheese screw, fillister head screw, flat fillister screw, slotted cheese headscrew), bolt med hoved (clevis pin, headed pin, rod end pin). (various references)

Dutch

zeskantbout (hex head screw, hexagon bolt, hexagon head screw, hexagon headed bolt, hexagonal bolt, hexagonal head bolt, hexagonal head screw), schroef met cilindrische kop (cheese head screw, cheese headed screw, cheese screw, fillister head screw, flat fillister screw, slotted cheese headscrew), plaatnagel (bell headed nail), kopschroef (headed screw), inbusschroef (Allen screw, hexagon socket-type screw, hollow head set screw, hollow screw, socket head screw, socket screw, socketed screw, socket-headed screw), dwergvinvis (Davidson's whale, lesser rorqual, little piked whale, minke whale, pikeheaded whale, sharp headed finner whale), duizendkoppige kool (thousand headed kale), cilinderkopschroef (cheese head screw, cheese headed screw, cheese screw, fillister head screw, flat fillister screw, slotted cheese headscrew), bouwplaatnagel (bell headed nail), bout met kop (clevis pin, headed pin, rod end pin), asfaltnagel (clout nail, flat headed nail). (various references)

Farsi 

نوک دار (Cuspidate, Picked, Sharp), سردار, رسیده (Consummate, Full, Grown, Mellow, Ripe). (various references)

Finnish

huopanaula (clout nail, flat headed nail), lieriökantaruuvi (cheese head screw, cheese headed screw, cheese screw, fillister head screw, flat fillister screw, slotted cheese headscrew), lahtivalas (Davidson's whale, lesser rorqual, little piked whale, minke whale, pikeheaded whale, sharp headed finner whale), kuusioruuvi (hex head screw, hexagon bolt, hexagon head screw, hexagon headed bolt, hexagonal bolt, hexagonal head bolt, hexagonal head screw), kellokantanaula (bell headed nail), ajattelematon (hasty, heedless, inconsiderate, indiscreet, light-headed, thoughtless). (various references)

French

� tête. (various references)

German

steuerte an, steürte an. (various references)

Greek 

βίδα με κεφαλή βυθισμένου εξαγώνου (Allen screw, hexagon socket-type screw, hollow head set screw, hollow screw, socket head screw, socket screw, socketed screw, socket-headed screw), άξονας με κεφαλή (clevis pin, headed pin, rod end pin), εξαγωνικός κοχλίας (hex head screw, hexagon bolt, hexagon head screw, hexagon headed bolt, hexagonal bolt, hexagonal head bolt, hexagonal head screw), πλατυκέφαλο καρφί (clout nail, dog nail, flat headed nail), πρόκα (nail), με καθαρή σκέψη (clear headed), μελανοκέφαλος τσικνιάς (ardea melanocephala, black-headed heron), νηφάλιοσ (clear headed, sober, staid), ισορροπημένοσ (level headed, well balanced), ardea melanocephala (ardea melanocephala, black-headed heron), βίδα Allen (Allen screw, hexagon socket-type screw, hollow head set screw, hollow screw, socket head screw, socket screw, socketed screw, socket-headed screw), κυλινδρική κατσαβιδόβιδα (cheese head screw, cheese headed screw, cheese screw, fillister head screw, flat fillister screw, slotted cheese headscrew), βλήτρο με κεφάλι (headed screw), γνωστικόσ (gnostic, level headed, sensible), ρυγχοφάλαινα (beaked whale, Davidson's whale, lesser rorqual, little piked whale, minke whale, pikeheaded whale, sharp headed finner whale), κοχλίας εξαγωνικής κεφαλής (hex head screw, hexagon bolt, hexagon head screw, hexagon headed bolt, hexagonal bolt, hexagonal head bolt, hexagonal head screw), κοχλίας με κυλινδρική κεφαλή και εγκοπή (cheese head screw, cheese headed screw, cheese screw, fillister head screw, flat fillister screw, slotted cheese headscrew), κουφιοκέφαλοσ (empty headed), καστανοκεφαλόγλαρος (black headed gull), καρφί με πριτσινωτή κεφαλή (bell headed nail), κεφαλούδι (white headed duck), ισχυρογνώμων (contumacious, hard-headed, headstrong, hidebound, obstinate, opinionated, pertinacious, self willed, self-opinionated, self-willed, stubborn, wilful, willful). (various references)

Hebrew 

מיושב ב�"עתו (composed, even tempered, level headed, self possessed, sober, staid, steady), בעל מחשב�" צלול�" (clear headed), בעל שער שיב�" (grey haired, grey headed), ריקא (empty headed, vain). (various references)

Hungarian

fejléces, fejes (big bug, big noise, big pot, big wheel, big wig, boss, crackerjack, froward, leading man, mogul, panjandrum, top dog). (various references)

Indonesian

pusing (dizzy, giddy, groggy, headache, light-headed), berangasan (hot headed). (various references)

Italian

perno a testa piana (clevis pin, headed pin, rod end pin), ardea melanocephala (ardea melanocephala, black-headed heron), balena minore (Davidson's whale, lesser rorqual, little piked whale, minke whale, pikeheaded whale, sharp headed finner whale), balenottera rostrata (Davidson's whale, lesser rorqual, little piked whale, minke whale, pikeheaded whale, sharp headed finner whale), cavolo mille teste (thousand headed kale), equilibrato (balanced, calm, equable, evened, level, level headed, peaceful, sane, silent, smoothly, sober, stable, staid, unflustered, well balanced), airone testanera (ardea melanocephala, black-headed heron), oca indiana (bar headed goose), vite esagonale (hex head screw, hexagon bolt, hexagon head screw, hexagon headed bolt, hexagonal bolt, hexagonal head bolt, hexagonal head screw), punta a testa larga per coperture catramate (clout nail, flat headed nail), sventato (flighty, headless, heedless, light-headed, rash, scatterbrain, scatterbrained, thwarts), vite a testa (headed screw), vite a testa cilindrica (cheese head screw, cheese headed screw, cheese screw, fillister head screw, flat fillister screw, slotted cheese headscrew), vite a testa esagonale (hex head screw, hexagon bolt, hexagon head screw, hexagon headed bolt, hexagonal bolt, hexagonal head bolt, hexagonal head screw), vite a testa vuota (Allen screw, hexagon socket-type screw, hollow head set screw, hollow screw, socket head screw, socket screw, socketed screw, socket-headed screw), impetuoso (boisterous, dashing, forceful, headlong, heady, hot, hot-headed, impetuous, impulsive, rapid, slapdash, slaphappy, sweeping, vehement, violent). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� �重 (haughty, heavy-headed), 無帽 (bare-headed, uncovered head), 福禄寿 , 敗色が濃い (the team appears to be headed for defeat), 両� � (double headed). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ずおも (haughty, heavy-headed), ふくろくじゅ, りょうとう (both political parties, double headed, two swords), むぼう (bare-headed, reckless, recklessness, thoughtless, uncovered head), はいしょくが�"い (the team appears to be headed for defeat). (various references)

Korean 

이끄�". (various references)

Manx

fooilleig (black headed gull, gull), doo (black, black headed, black-haired, bold, dark, dirty, ink, inky, negroid, sable), buigh (fair headed, jaundiced, sallow, tan, yellow). (various references)

Pig Latin

eadedhay.(various references)

Portuguese

que tem cabe�a, comandado, com cabe�a. (various references)

Romanian

intitulat (entitled), cu cap. (various references)

Russian 

снабженный заголовком, возглавлять возглавляемый. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sa šiljkom, s vrhom, s glavom. (various references)

Spanish

repolludo, con membrete. (various references)

Swedish

virrig (confused, desultory, dizzy, featherbrained, featherheaded, featherpated, helter-skelter, indiscriminate, jumbly, muddled, muddle-headed, muddy, muzzy, puzzle-headed, puzzle-pated, rambling, scatter-brained, scatty, screwed up). (various references)

Thai

ซึ่งมีหัวเรื่อง. (various references)

Turkish

sorumlusu olan, kafalı (understanding), başlıklı (helmeted, hooded), başlı (cephalous), antetli (crested). (various references)

Ukrainian

стиглий (mature), з головкою. (various references)

Vietnamese 

nóng nảy (hasty, heady, hot-headed, hot-tempered), ương ngạnh (hard-handed, headstrong, pertaincious, stiff-necked, tough, unadvisable, unamenable, wayward, wrong-headed). (various references)

Felis planiceps, Oxyura leucocephala, Rhodonessa caryophyllacea, RM:anda sprezia dal chau alv, Streptopelia rosogrisea. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words ending with "headed": airheaded, baldheaded, bareheaded, beheaded, bigheaded, boneheaded, bubbleheaded, bullheaded, chowderheaded, chuckleheaded, clearheaded, coheaded, coolheaded, deadheaded, dunderheaded, eggheaded, fatheaded, featherheaded, hardheaded, hotheaded, knuckleheaded, levelheaded, lightheaded, longheaded, lunkheaded, mastheaded, muddleheaded, multiheaded, pigheaded, pinheaded, puzzleheaded, redheaded, roundheaded, sapheaded, softheaded, soreheaded, spearheaded, swellheaded, thickheaded, towheaded, woodenheaded, wrongheaded. (additional references)

Words containing "headed": boneheadedness, boneheadednesses, bullheadedly, bullheadedness, bullheadednesses, clearheadedly, clearheadedness, clearheadednesses, eggheadedness, eggheadednesses, fatheadedly, fatheadedness, fatheadednesses, hardheadedly, hardheadedness, hardheadednesses, hotheadedly, hotheadedness, hotheadednesses, levelheadedness, levelheadednesses, longheadedness, longheadednesses, muddleheadedly, muddleheadedness, muddleheadednesses, pigheadedly, pigheadedness, pigheadednesses, pinheadedness, pinheadednesses, puzzleheadedness, puzzleheadednesses, roundheadedness, roundheadednesses, softheadedly, softheadedness, softheadednesses, swellheadedness, swellheadednesses, wrongheadedly, wrongheadedness, wrongheadednesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Headed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hadad, hadde, haded, Hadid, Hajadi, headbed, heade, Headen, headend, Headey, hearde, heared, hedared, heeden, heedled, heezed, heide, Heidel, Heidrek, hevade, Hodeida, Hradec, Rheade, shehadat. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: haded.

-2 letters: dead, deed, hade, haed, head, heed.

-3 letters: add, dad, dah, dee, edh, had, hae.

-4 letters: ad, ae, ah, de, ed, eh, ha, he.

+1 letter: adhered, deashed, redhead.

+2 letters: adherend, aldehyde, beheaded, coheaded, deadhead, deathbed, detached, dopehead, hardedge, hardened, heralded, redheads, threaded.

+3 letters: adherends, airheaded, aldehydes, bigheaded, deadheads, deathbeds, debauched, decahedra, dehydrate, dopeheads, eggheaded, fatheaded, handseled, hardedges, headdress, headlined, hotheaded, pigheaded, pinheaded, redheaded, rehandled, sapheaded, towheaded.

+4 letters: baldheaded, barehanded, bareheaded, beshadowed, boneheaded, bridgehead, bullheaded, chandelled, coolheaded, deadheaded, deadweight, decahedron, dehydrated, dehydrates, despatched, detachedly, dunderhead, evenhanded, fiddlehead, forehanded, freehanded, handedness, handselled, hardheaded, headhunted, longheaded, lunkheaded, maidenhead, mastheaded, openhanded, overhanded, rehardened, rehydrated, rethreaded, softheaded, soreheaded, unheralded, unthreaded, verandahed, woodenhead.