Rhymes for OVERHEAD

• the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

• a single domestic animal

• that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

• a person who is in charge

• the front of a military formation or procession

• the pressure exerted by a fluid

• the top of something

• the source of water from which a stream arises

• (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

• the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

• the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

• a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

• the educator who has executive authority for a school

• an individual person

• a user of (usually soft) drugs

• a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

• a rounded compact mass

• the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

• the part in the front or nearest the viewer

• a difficult juncture

• forward movement

• a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

• the subject matter at issue

• a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

• the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

• that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

• (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

• (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

• the striking part of a tool

• (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

• a projection out from one end

• a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

• oral stimulation of the genitals

• to go or travel towards

• be in charge of

• travel in front of; go in advance of others

• be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• take its rise

• be in the front of or on top of

• form a head or come or grow to a head

• remove the head of

• no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

• not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat

• people who are no longer living

• a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

• completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

• quickly and without warning

• very tired

• unerringly accurate

• physically inactive

• (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

• devoid of physical sensation; numb

• lacking acoustic resonance

• not yielding a return

• not circulating or flowing

• not surviving in active use

• lacking resilience or bounce

• out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

• no longer having force or relevance

• the complete stoppage of an action

• drained of electric charge; discharged

• devoid of activity

• a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather

• A foolish person.

• a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

• any long object resembling a thin line

• the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together

• the raised helical rib going around a screw

• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

• pass a thread through

• remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

• pass through or into

• thread on or as if on a string

• process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

• a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

• farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

• a haphazard distribution in all directions

• a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes

• a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

• two facing pages of a book or other publication

• the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)

• decorative cover for a bed

• act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

• distributed or spread over a considerable extent

• prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out

• fully extended in width

• distribute or disperse widely

• become distributed or widespread

• spread across or over

• spread out or open from a closed or folded state

• cause to become widely known

• become widely known and passed on

• strew or distribute over an area

• move outward

• cover by spreading something over

• distribute over a surface in a layer

• any federal law-enforcement officer

• the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies

• diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

• being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

• at or in the front

• toward the future; forward in time

• in a forward direction

• ahead of time; in anticipation

• to a more advanced or advantageous position

• to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future)

• leading or ahead in a competition

• having the leading position or higher score in a contest

• food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

• informal terms for money

• cover with bread crumbs

• fearful expectation or anticipation

• causing fear or dread or terror

• be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

• in place of, or as an alternative to

• on the contrary

• the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range

• electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves

• having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end

• common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States

• venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia

• a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

• very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas

• a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

• a small piece of cloth

• tear into shreds

• a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

• ride (on) a sled

• a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

• a plot of ground in which plants are growing

• a depression forming the ground under a body of water

• (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

• a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit

• single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

• the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.

• a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track

• furnish with a bed

• place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

• put to bed

• have sexual intercourse with

• prepare for sleep

• too well nourished

• red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

• a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

• emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

• the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• characterized by violence or bloodshed

• (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

• a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river

• a step in walking or running

• the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

• the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground

• structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

• put down or press the foot, place the foot

• tread or stomp heavily or roughly

• crush as if by treading on

• brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center

• apply (the tread) to a tire

• mate with (used of male birds)

• an advantage held by a competitor in a race

• a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey

• mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil

• evidence pointing to a possible solution

• a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')

• the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)

• the introductory section of a story

• (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning

• an actor who plays a principal role

• (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base

• an indication of potential opportunity

• a news story of major importance

• the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine

• restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

• thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

• a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire

• the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge

• take somebody somewhere

• produce as a result or residue

• tend to or result in

• travel in front of; go in advance of others

• cause to undertake a certain action

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• be in charge of

• be ahead of others; be the first

• be conducive to

• lead, as in the performance of a composition

• lead, extend, or afford access

• move ahead (of others) in time or space

• cause something to pass or lead somewhere

• preside over

• something that is read

• interpret something that is written or printed

• have or contain a certain wording or form

• look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

• obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

• interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

• be a student of a certain subject

• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

• audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

• to hear and understand

• make sense of a language

• fix or set securely or deeply

• attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war

• a master's degree in education

• a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes

• lose blood from one's body

• draw blood

• get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone

• be diffused

• drain of liquid or steam

• run away quickly

• cut the head of

• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

• widely circulated or diffused

• distributed over a considerable extent

• impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

• in bed

• a well-bred person

• a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares

• a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses

• having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal

• not made explicit

• the fourth day of the week; the third working day

• having been taken in marriage

• take in marriage; married

• perform a marriage ceremony

• the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet

• a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

• a special type

• call forth

• copulate with a female, used especially of horses

• cause to procreate (animals)

• have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

• a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite

• (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology

• distance travelled per unit time

• a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens

• changing location rapidly

• the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system

• a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression

• move hurridly

• move faster

• move very fast

• travel at an excessive or illegal velocity

• cause to move faster

• shed at an early stage of development

• an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

• to remove

• pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities

• cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

• cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

• a flighty scatterbrained simpleton

• a bridgehead seized by airborne troops

• a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

• a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments