bald-headed
1 of 2adjective
1
: bald
2
of a schooner : without topmasts
bald-headed
2 of 2adverb
: in a rush without care or caution : precipitately
she came out bald-headed and accused me of having stolen the case—
Valentine Williams
Valentine Williamsthe planes went bald-headed for the enemy squadron
Word History
Etymology
and Adverb
First Known Use
Adjective
1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adverb
1848, in the meaning defined above
- interlunary
- interlunation
- interlunations
- interlying
- intermale
- intermandibular
- intermarine
- intermarriage
- intermarriages
- intermarried
- intermarries
- intermarry
- intermarrying
- intermats
- intermaxilla
- intermaxillae
- intermaxillar
- intermean
- intermeddle
- intermeddled
- intermeddler
- intermeddlers
- maxwell-boltz
- maxwell-boltzmann distribution
- Maxwell-Boltzmann law