head
Webster Dictionary
the source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea
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head
(ɛd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to go around the head of (a stream).
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head
(ɛd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a river or stream) to have the head or source where specified.
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tail
(ɪl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the luminous stream extending from the head of a comet.
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wellspring
(ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the head or source of a spring, stream, river, or the like; fountainhead.
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river
Webster Dictionary
a large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook
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millpond
(millpond)
Princeton's WordNet
a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel
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milldam
(ˈmɪlˌdæm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a dam built in a stream to furnish a head of water for turning a mill wheel.
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head
Webster Dictionary
principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook
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tributary
(tributary)
Princeton's WordNet
(of a stream) flowing into a larger stream
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tributary
(ˈtrɪb yəˌtɛr i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a stream) flowing into a larger stream or other body of water.
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tributary
(ˈtrɪb yəˌtɛr i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.
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branch
(æntʃ, brɑntʃ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a tributary stream or any stream that is not a large river or a bayou.
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stream
Webster Dictionary
anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand
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torrent
Webster Dictionary
a violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice
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head
Webster Dictionary
the place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head
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pour
Webster Dictionary
to flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people poured out of the theater
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spurt
Webster Dictionary
to gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt
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burden
Webster Dictionary
the tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin
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valley
Webster Dictionary
the space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively
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corrasion
Webster Dictionary
the erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water
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coulee
Webster Dictionary
a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a ca–on, which has precipitous sides.
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flash
Webster Dictionary
a reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal
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streamy
Webster Dictionary
resembling a stream; issuing in a stream
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streaming
Webster Dictionary
the reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin
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effluent
Webster Dictionary
a stream that flows out of another stream or lake
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fountain
Webster Dictionary
an artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament
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head
Webster Dictionary
to be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army, an expedition, or a riot
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cephalo
Webster Dictionary
a combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod
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water course
Webster Dictionary
a running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry
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