Definitions for blackhead

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blackhead black·head

Spelling: [blak-hed]

IPA: /ˈblækˌhɛd/

Blackhead is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 306 anagrams from letters in blackhead (aabcdehkl).

Definitions for blackhead

noun

1. a small, black-tipped, fatty mass in a skin follicle, especially of the face; comedo.
2. any of several birds having a head that is black, as the greater scaup, Aythya marila.
3. Also called enterohepatitis. Veterinary Pathology. a malignant, infectious disease of turkeys, chickens, and many wild birds, caused by a protozoan parasite, Histomonas meleagridas, attacking especially the intestines and liver, and often characterized by a darkening of the skin on the head.

Origin of blackhead

First recorded in 1650-60; black + head

Examples for blackhead

I certainly would advise any farm wife, in sections where blackhead does not prevail, to try her hand at turkey raising.

There really was a plot; and this would have been proved if blackhead had not been bought off.

He selected a wretch named blackhead, who had formerly been convicted of perjury and sentenced to have his ears clipped.

It is curious to note that the German variety is called the Schwartzkopf, the meaning of which is "blackhead."

I remember one time they had just a little patch of blackhead sugar cane.

The summons was promptly obeyed, and the accused prelate was brought face to face with blackhead before the Council.