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TO COME TO A HEAD

Definition: TO COME TO A HEAD

TO COME TO A HEAD

1. (a) To suppurate, as a boil. (b) To mature; to culminate; as a plot.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO COME TO A HEAD

English words defined with "TO COME TO A HEAD": A blind boilBealTo come to. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TO COME TO A HEAD": ÆgeusBrazen HeadHeads or TailsJephthahsafety, SCIMETAR, Seymour Cray. (references)

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Modern Translation: TO COME TO A HEAD

Language Translations for "TO COME TO A HEAD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

sich zuspitzen (be pointed, intensify, worsen). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

válságossá válik (to gather to a head), meggyűlik (to fester, to gather to a head, to ulcerate), gennyed (rankle, suppurate, to fester, to gather to a head, to suppurate, to ulcerate), elgennyed (to gather to a head). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay omecay otay aay eadhay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO COME TO A HEAD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-h-m-o-o-o-t-t"

-5 letters: acetated, attached, meathead, oedemata, oothecae.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO COME TO A HEAD


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      43 4F 4D 45      54 4F      41      48 45 41 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001101 01000101 00100000 01010100 01001111 00100000 01000001 00100000 01001000 01000101 01000001 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#77 &#69 &#32 &#84 &#79 &#32 &#65 &#32 &#72 &#69 &#65 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0043 004F 004D 0045      0054 004F      0041      0048 0045 0041 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544923749473925449235242393538

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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