female-headed
adjective
1Headed by a female; specifically (in later use) designating a family or household in which a woman is the head or sole provider.
2That has the head of a female; having a head or mind like a female.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Sergeant (1623–1707), Roman Catholic controversialist and philosopher.
- species barrier
- speciesism
- speciesist
- species rose
- specif.
- specifiable
- specific
- specific activity
- specifically
- specification
- specific charge
- specific disease
- specific epithet
- specific gravity
- specific heat capacity
- specificity
- specific name
- specificness
- specific performance
- specifier
- specify
- specimen
- specimen plant
- specimen tree
- speciose