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noun
- A small domed cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
- rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
- A yarmulke-like hat.
- (anatomy) The calvaria, the top part of the skull, covering the cranial cavity containing the brain.
- (botany) Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Scutellaria, in the Lamiaceae family.
- (historical) A torture device for compressing the skull.
- the dome of the skull
- a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
noun
noun
- a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face
- A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.
- (chiefly UK, Canada) A ski mask with holes for the eyes and, sometimes, the nose and mouth, which may be rolled up and worn like a toque or pulled over the face for greater protection.
noun
- (slang) A cap or hat.
- The top or cover of a container.
- (Liverpool, slang) A kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid).
- (microelectronics) A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU.
- (slang) In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
- (figurative) A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something.
- (biology) An operculum or other lid-like cover.
- (slang) One ounce of cannabis.
- Clipping of eyelid.
- (surfing, slang, chiefly Australia) A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
- (slang) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
- a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
- either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
- headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
verb
noun
- A particular style of hat.
- Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.
- (figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
- A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
- A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.
- (cricket) A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.
- (nonstandard, New Zealand) Alternative form of Beehive.
- A man-made structure in which honey bees are kept so that humans can harvest their honey.
- a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
- a hairdo resembling a beehive
- a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
- any workplace where people are very busy
verb
noun
- A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
- A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.
- One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
- A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- The skua gull.
- A small rowing boat, for one person.
- each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
- a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
- a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
verb
noun
- (clothing) A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.
- A head-hugging brimless cap, with or without a visor, made from triangular sections of cloth, leather, or silk joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides.
- (informal) A Beanie Baby, a small soft toy filled with beans or similar stuffing.
- a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
noun
- A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
- A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
- (architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
- (zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
- (nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
- (finance) Capitalization.
- A caption.
- (colloquial) Clipping of capture; a recording or screenshot.
- An academic mortarboard.
- Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
- (Appalachia) Popcorn.
- A large size of writing paper.
- (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
- (geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
- A protective cover or seal.
- (informal) A capital letter.
- (electronics) A capacitor.
- The summit of a mountain, etc.
- The top part of a mushroom.
- (toy) A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.
- (anatomy) A capillary.
- A crown for covering a tooth.
- An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
- (slang) A capsule of a drug.
- (sports) A place on a national team; an international appearance.
- (colloquial) A capitalist.
- (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) A lie or exaggeration.
- A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.
- a tight-fitting headdress
- something serving as a cover or protection
- a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
- an upper limit on what is allowed
- a top (as for a bottle)
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- a protective covering that is part of a plant
- a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
verb
- To deprive of a cap.
- (transitive, intransitive, video games) To capitulate (cause to capitulate) an opponent.
- (transitive) To lie over or on top of something.
- (transitive) To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.
- (transitive, informal) To convert text to uppercase.
- (transitive, figurative) To conclude; to make something even more wonderful at the end.
- (transitive, sports) To select to play for the national team.
- (transitive, video games) To capture an objective, such as a flag or checkpoint.
- (intransitive, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To lie; to tell a lie.
- (transitive, cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side.
- (transitive) To surpass or outdo.
- (transitive) To cover or seal with a cap.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
- (transitive) To set (or reach) an upper limit on something.
- (transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
- restrict the number or amount of
- lie at the top of
noun
- A hat.
- (wine) The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.
- (international law) A passage of introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.
- (law) The text at the start of a numbered section of a legal document that appears directly beside the section number, ahead of any numbered subsections.
- (heraldry) A cap of maintenance.
- headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
intj
verb
noun
- an informal term for a person's role
- headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- (typography, nonstandard, rare) The háček symbol.
- (figuratively) Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery.
- (programming, informal) The caret symbol ^.
- (video games) A hat switch.
- (typography, mathematics) The circumflex symbol.
- (figuratively, by extension) The lottery or draw itself.
- (Internet slang) User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
- (clothing) A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
- (figuratively) A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
noun
- A type of hat with no brim.
- (by extension, informal) A chef.
- A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica.
- (specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs.
- (music) The guitar part of flamenco music.
- (Canada) A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel.
- (music) A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals.
- (historical) An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries.
- a small round woman's hat
- a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs
noun
noun
- a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat
- (especially) That of a hat.
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
- (Australia, US) Synonym of bream (“a freshwater fish from one of a number of genera”); specifically (US), the redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus).
- The topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container.
- Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
- A projecting rim.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The top section of a hat, above the brim.
- the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head
- The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
- (firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
- A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
- (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- (UK) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
- The highest part of a hill.
- (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- (US) A standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
- (old slang) The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
- (clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- (historical) A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings.
- Splendor; culmination; acme.
- (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
- The dome of a furnace.
- The raised centre of a road.
- (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
- (anatomy, dentistry) The part of a tooth above the gums.
- The topmost part of the head.
- Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.
- (nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- (geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- (African-American Vernacular, colloquial) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
- (architecture) A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
- Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- (by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
- (forestry) The top of a tree.
- (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
- (horology) The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
- (metonymic) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
- (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
- The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.
- The highest part of an arch.
- (historical, by extension) A coin or note worth five shillings in various countries that are or were in the British Commonwealth, such as Ireland or Jamaica.
- (medicine) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina.
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
- an English coin worth 5 shillings
- the top of the head
- a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the center of a cambered road
- the award given to the champion
- the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant
- the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
adj
verb
- (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
- To hit on the head.
- To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
- To place a crown on the head of.
- (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
- To declare (someone) a winner.
- (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
- (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
- (nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
- (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.
- To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
- Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.
- To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To be on the point of defecating.
- (transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
- be the culminating event
- put an enamel cover on
- invest with regal power; enthrone
- form the topmost part of
noun
noun
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
- A small domed cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
- rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
- A yarmulke-like hat.
- (anatomy) The calvaria, the top part of the skull, covering the cranial cavity containing the brain.
- (botany) Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Scutellaria, in the Lamiaceae family.
- (historical) A torture device for compressing the skull.
- the dome of the skull
- a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
noun
noun
- a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face
- A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.
- (chiefly UK, Canada) A ski mask with holes for the eyes and, sometimes, the nose and mouth, which may be rolled up and worn like a toque or pulled over the face for greater protection.
noun
- (slang) A cap or hat.
- The top or cover of a container.
- (Liverpool, slang) A kid (from the rhyming slang bin lid).
- (microelectronics) A hermetically sealed top piece on a microchip such as the integrated heat spreader on a CPU.
- (slang) In amateur radio, an incompetent operator.
- (figurative) A restraint or control, as when "putting a lid" on something.
- (biology) An operculum or other lid-like cover.
- (slang) One ounce of cannabis.
- Clipping of eyelid.
- (surfing, slang, chiefly Australia) A bodyboard or bodyboarder.
- (slang) A motorcyclist's crash helmet.
- a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
- either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
- headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
verb
noun
- A particular style of hat.
- Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.
- (figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
- A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
- A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.
- (cricket) A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.
- (nonstandard, New Zealand) Alternative form of Beehive.
- A man-made structure in which honey bees are kept so that humans can harvest their honey.
- a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
- a hairdo resembling a beehive
- a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
- any workplace where people are very busy
verb
noun
- A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
- A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.
- One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
- A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- The skua gull.
- A small rowing boat, for one person.
- each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
- a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
- a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
verb
noun
- (clothing) A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.
- A head-hugging brimless cap, with or without a visor, made from triangular sections of cloth, leather, or silk joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides.
- (informal) A Beanie Baby, a small soft toy filled with beans or similar stuffing.
- a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
noun
- A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
- A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
- (architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
- (zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
- (nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
- (finance) Capitalization.
- A caption.
- (colloquial) Clipping of capture; a recording or screenshot.
- An academic mortarboard.
- Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
- (Appalachia) Popcorn.
- A large size of writing paper.
- (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
- (geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
- A protective cover or seal.
- (informal) A capital letter.
- (electronics) A capacitor.
- The summit of a mountain, etc.
- The top part of a mushroom.
- (toy) A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.
- (anatomy) A capillary.
- A crown for covering a tooth.
- An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
- (slang) A capsule of a drug.
- (sports) A place on a national team; an international appearance.
- (colloquial) A capitalist.
- (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) A lie or exaggeration.
- A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.
- a tight-fitting headdress
- something serving as a cover or protection
- a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
- an upper limit on what is allowed
- a top (as for a bottle)
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- a protective covering that is part of a plant
- a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
verb
- To deprive of a cap.
- (transitive, intransitive, video games) To capitulate (cause to capitulate) an opponent.
- (transitive) To lie over or on top of something.
- (transitive) To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.
- (transitive, informal) To convert text to uppercase.
- (transitive, figurative) To conclude; to make something even more wonderful at the end.
- (transitive, sports) To select to play for the national team.
- (transitive, video games) To capture an objective, such as a flag or checkpoint.
- (intransitive, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To lie; to tell a lie.
- (transitive, cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side.
- (transitive) To surpass or outdo.
- (transitive) To cover or seal with a cap.
- (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
- (transitive) To set (or reach) an upper limit on something.
- (transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
- restrict the number or amount of
- lie at the top of
noun
- A hat.
- (wine) The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.
- (international law) A passage of introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.
- (law) The text at the start of a numbered section of a legal document that appears directly beside the section number, ahead of any numbered subsections.
- (heraldry) A cap of maintenance.
- headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
intj
noun
- A type of hat with no brim.
- (by extension, informal) A chef.
- A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica.
- (specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs.
- (music) The guitar part of flamenco music.
- (Canada) A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel.
- (music) A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals.
- (historical) An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries.
- a small round woman's hat
- a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs
noun
noun
- a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat
- (especially) That of a hat.
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
- (Australia, US) Synonym of bream (“a freshwater fish from one of a number of genera”); specifically (US), the redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus).
- The topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container.
- Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
- A projecting rim.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The top section of a hat, above the brim.
- the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head
- The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
- (firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
- A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
- (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- (UK) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
- The highest part of a hill.
- (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- (US) A standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
- (old slang) The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
- (clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- (historical) A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings.
- Splendor; culmination; acme.
- (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
- The dome of a furnace.
- The raised centre of a road.
- (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
- (anatomy, dentistry) The part of a tooth above the gums.
- The topmost part of the head.
- Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.
- (nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- (geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- (African-American Vernacular, colloquial) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
- (architecture) A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
- Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- (by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
- (forestry) The top of a tree.
- (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
- (horology) The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
- (metonymic) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
- (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
- The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.
- The highest part of an arch.
- (historical, by extension) A coin or note worth five shillings in various countries that are or were in the British Commonwealth, such as Ireland or Jamaica.
- (medicine) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina.
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
- an English coin worth 5 shillings
- the top of the head
- a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the center of a cambered road
- the award given to the champion
- the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant
- the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
adj
verb
- (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
- To hit on the head.
- To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
- To place a crown on the head of.
- (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
- To declare (someone) a winner.
- (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
- (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
- (nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
- (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.
- To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
- Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.
- To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To be on the point of defecating.
- (transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
- be the culminating event
- put an enamel cover on
- invest with regal power; enthrone
- form the topmost part of
noun
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- an informal term for a person's role
- headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- (typography, nonstandard, rare) The háček symbol.
- (figuratively) Any receptacle from which names or numbers are pulled out in a lottery.
- (programming, informal) The caret symbol ^.
- (video games) A hat switch.
- (typography, mathematics) The circumflex symbol.
- (figuratively, by extension) The lottery or draw itself.
- (Internet slang) User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
- (clothing) A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
- (figuratively) A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.