HEADWATER

Domain	Definition
Building & Civil Engineering	Water upstream of the retaining works or power plant. Source: European Union. (references)
	The water upstream from a hydraulic structure. Source: European Union. (references)
	Water level prevailing in the supply channel. Source: European Union. (references)
Geography	The upper reaches of a stream near its source. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: HEADWATER

Specialty definitions using "HEADWATER": ADVIS ♦ beheaded stream ♦ Headwater Advisory Program. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Environmental Reconstruction in Headwater Areas (reference) Hydrological Problems & Environmental Management in Highlands & Waters: Updating the Proceedings of the First & Second International Conference on Headwater Control (reference) Prehistoric man at the headwater basin of the Mississippi, and references concerning the succeeding races of humanity descriptive narration, illustrating the results of three distinct expeditions. (LC History-America-E) (reference) Sediment Effects of Headwater Reservoirs (reference) Sustainable reconstruction of highland and headwater regions : proceedings of third International Symposium on Headwater Control, New Delhi, October 6-8, 1995 (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Local children stand in the low marsh area adjacent to the pre-restored ditch of a headwater stream. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		An historic anadromous fish ladder that leads from Quivett Creek to the headwater pond where alewives spawn. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
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"HEADWATER" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "HEADWATER" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (comparative)	66.67%	4	175,879
Noun (singular)	33.33%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	6	N/A

Expression using "HEADWATER": headwater erosion. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "HEADWATER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		vandstand i tilfoerselskanalen, udspring og oevre loeb (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river), en flods øvre løb (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river). (various references)

Dutch		waterpeil bovenstrooms van de uitlaat, bovenloop van een rivier (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river), bovenloop (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river). (various references)

Finnish		ylävesi, latvavesistö (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river), latvavedet (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river), joen yläjuoksu (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river). (various references)

French		eau d'amont, cours supérieur d'une rivière (head waters of a river, headwaters), bief supérieur, bief amont, amont d'un cours d'eau (head waters of a river, headwaters). (various references)

German		Oberlauf (head). (various references)

Greek		νερό στά ανάντη, άνω ρους ποταμού (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river), ανάντη στάθμη νερού, ανάντη στάθμη υδροληψίας. (various references)

Hungarian		felvíz. (various references)

Italian		livello dell'acqua nel canale di alimentazione, corso superiore di un fiume (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river), acqua di monte, acqua a monte. (various references)

Pig Latin		eadwaterhay

Portuguese		nível a montante de uma tomada de água, montante (flux, sum, total, value), curso superior de um rio (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river), água a montante. (various references)

Spanish		tramo superior (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river), curso superior de un río (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river), carga de toma, cabecera (bedhead, bedside, head, headboard, wing), aguas arriba (upstream). (various references)

Swedish		uppströmsvattenstånd, källområde (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river), källflöde (head waters of a river, headwaters, upper waters of a river). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "HEADWATER": headwaters. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"HEADWATER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Deadwater, Eadwacer. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "HEADWATER" (pronounced he"dwô'ter)
5	-d w ô' t er	floodwater, Tidewater.
4	-w ô' t er	backwater, breakwater, deepwater, freshwater, rainwater, underwater, wastewater.
3	-ô' t er	granddaughter, manslaughter, stepdaughter.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-h-r-t-w"
	-1 letter: aweather, wheatear, wreathed.
	-2 letters: aerated, awardee, dewater, earthed, hearted, hetaera, tarweed, teaware, thrawed, warhead, watered, weather, whereat, wrathed, wreathe.
	-3 letters: adhere, aerate, aether, dearth, derate, drawee, hatred, header, heated, heater, hereat, redate, reheat, teared, thawed, thawer, thread, warted, wether, wreath.
	-4 letters: aahed, ahead, areae, arete, arhat, award, aware, dater, death, derat, deter, dewar, eared.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-e-h-r-t-w"
	+1 letter: headwaiter, headwaters.
	+2 letters: headwaiters, warmhearted, weakhearted.
	+3 letters: weatherboard.
	+4 letters: weatherboards.
	+5 letters: weatherboarded.
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