-head


a native english suffix meaning “state of being” (godhead; maidenhead), occurring in words now mostly archaic or obsolete, many being superseded by forms in -hood.
-head
combining form
indicating a person having a preoccupation as specified breadhead
-head
combining word

addicted to or using the narcotic specified: acidhead/ pothead (1911+ narcotics)

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  • -headed

    -headed combining word having a head, esp a mind, of the specified defective sort (1386+) related terms airheaded, balloonheaded, bigheaded, boneheaded, bullheaded, fatheaded, flatheaded, meatheaded, mush-headed, muttonheaded, numbheaded, pigheaded, pinheaded, pointy-headed, woolly-headed

  • -hearted

    adjective having a heart or disposition as specified good-hearted, cold-hearted, great-hearted, heavy-hearted

  • -hedron

    a combining form meaning “face,” used in the names of geometrical solid figures having the form or number of faces specified by the initial element: tetrahedron. -hedron combining form indicating a geometric solid having a specified number of faces or surfaces tetrahedron derived forms word origin

  • -hemia

    variant of -emia after p, t, k: leucocythemia. -aemia combining form denoting blood, esp a specified condition of the blood in names of diseases leukaemia word origin -haemia combining form variants of -aemia -hemia combining form us variant of -aemia -hemia suff. variant of -emia.

  • -hippus

    variant of hippo- as final element of compounds: eohippus.


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