-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
- high-concept
- high contrast
- high-cost
- high-country
- high countryman
- high court
- high court judge
- High Court of Justice
- High Court of Justiciary
- High Court of Parliament
- high-crested
- high cross
- high culture
- high day
- high days and holidays
- high definition
- high-density
- high-density lipoprotein
- high-dependency
- high-descended
- high dilutionist
- high diver
- high diving
- high doh
- high-dollar