hood

hood has 31 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• A termination denoting state, condition, quality, character, totality, as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form -head.
• n.. State; condition.
• n.. A covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
• n.. A soft covering for the head, worn by women, which leaves only the face exposed.
• n.. A part of a monk's outer garment, with which he covers his head; a cowl.
• n.. A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.
• n.. An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
• n.. A covering for a horse's head.
• n.. A covering for a hawk's head and eyes. See Illust. of Falcon.
• n.. Anything resembling a hood in form or use
• n.. The top or head of a carriage.
• n.. A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.