-head1
/hɛd/suffix
Equivalent to -hood: maidenhead
Origin
Middle English -hed, -hede.
-head2
/hɛd/combiningForm
1Denoting the front, forward, or upper part or end of a specified thing: spearhead masthead
2Forming informal nouns expressing disparagement of a person: airhead dumbhead
3Forming informal nouns denoting an addict or habitual user of a specified drug: crackhead
3.1Forming informal nouns denoting an enthusiast of a particular thing: he’s a total soccer-head
- single-mindedness
- singleness
- single nucleotide polymorphism
- single parent
- single-party
- single-player
- single room
- singles bar
- single-seater
- single-serving site
- single-source
- single stick
- singlet
- singleton
- single transferable vote
- singletree
- be left at the post
- be left for dead
- be left holding the baby (or bag)
- be left to oneself
- belemnite
- bel esprit
- be level pegging
- Belfast
- Belfast sink