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  • adjective Alternative spelling of headlike.

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Examples

  • Then there is an entirely different category of things that leave you scratching your head-like the news that Rackable Systems is paying just $25 million for once-mighty Silicon Graphics, which is filing for Chapter 11 protection for a second time.

    NASA Watch: April 2009 Archives 2009

  • Then there is an entirely different category of things that leave you scratching your head-like the news that Rackable Systems is paying just $25 million for once-mighty Silicon Graphics, which is filing for Chapter 11 protection for a second time.

    Hey, What's All That Noise Outside The Gate? - NASA Watch 2009

  • At stage 11, the embryo looks nothing like the animal it will become; it has a head-like thing at one end (the top in the picture on the right), a weird hole at the bottom (Hensen's node), and some blocky structures called somites in between.

    The Panda's Thumb: Development Archives 2010

  • At stage 11, the embryo looks nothing like the animal it will become; it has a head-like thing at one end (the top in the picture on the right), a weird hole at the bottom (Hensen's node), and some blocky structures called somites in between.

    The Panda's Thumb: August 2010 Archives 2010

  • At stage 11, the embryo looks nothing like the animal it will become; it has a head-like thing at one end (the top in the picture on the right), a weird hole at the bottom (Hensen's node), and some blocky structures called somites in between.

    Randomly growing an embryo. It can work. - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • One of them, a kind of crane, had huge jaws on a head-like end of its jib which, through the skill of its operator, bit off chunks of wall and ground them into rubble.

    Country diary: Wenlock Edge Paul Evans 2010

  • At stage 11, the embryo looks nothing like the animal it will become; it has a head-like thing at one end (the top in the picture on the right), a weird hole at the bottom (Hensen's node), and some blocky structures called somites in between.

    The Panda's Thumb: Steve Matheson Archives 2010

  • Then there is an entirely different category of things that leave you scratching your head-like the news that Rackable Systems is paying just $25 million for once-mighty Silicon Graphics, which is filing for Chapter 11 protection for a second time.

    NASA Watch: News: April 2009 Archives 2009

  • Then there is an entirely different category of things that leave you scratching your head-like the news that Rackable Systems is paying just $25 million for once-mighty Silicon Graphics, which is filing for Chapter 11 protection for a second time.

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: April 2009 Archives 2009

  • The H_2O molecule appears as a “Mickey Mouse” head-like structure, where the hydrogens form the “ears.”

    Quantum Hyperion Sean 2008

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