fountainhead

fountainhead
n
origin, source, head, rise, spring, well, wellspring, springhead; beginning, primary cause, Latin, fons et origo. causation, genesis, birth; first cause, prime mover, creator, author, agent, generator; inspiration, influence, fire, Castalia, Pieria; root, mainspring, derivation, Embryol. primordium; occasion, reason, ground, base; inception, impulse, determinant, determining condition, first factor.

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  • Fountainhead — Orchard Hills, MD U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland Population (2000): 3844 Housing Units (2000): 1621 Land area (2000): 3.816091 sq. miles (9.883629 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000):… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Fountainhead, MD — Fountainhead Orchard Hills, MD U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland Population (2000): 3844 Housing Units (2000): 1621 Land area (2000): 3.816091 sq. miles (9.883629 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • fountainhead — n. 1. an abundant source. Syn: well, wellspring. [WordNet 1.5] 2. the source of water from which a stream arises. Syn: headspring, head. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fountainhead — “spring from which a stream flows,” 1580s, from FOUNTAIN (Cf. fountain) + HEAD (Cf. head). Figurative use is from c.1600 …   Etymology dictionary

  • fountainhead — [n] principal source; person who originates administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, father, fount, fountain, generator, initiator, leader, maker, mother, originator, spring, wellspring; concepts 348,350 …   New thesaurus

  • fountainhead — ► NOUN ▪ an original source …   English terms dictionary

  • fountainhead — [foun′t n hed΄, foun′t nhed΄] n. 1. a spring that is the source of a stream 2. the original or main source of anything …   English World dictionary

  • Fountainhead — The Fountainhead steht für: The Fountainhead, Originaltitel eines Romans von Ayn Rand (dt. Der ewige Quell, auch: Der Ursprung) The Fountainhead (Band), eine irische Band …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • fountainhead — /fown tn hed /, n. 1. a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream. 2. a chief source of anything: a fountainhead of information. [1575 85; FOUNTAIN + HEAD] * * * …   Universalium

  • fountainhead — foun•tain•head [[t]ˈfaʊn tnˌhɛd[/t]] n. 1) geo a spring from which a stream flows 2) a chief source: a fountainhead of information[/ex] • Etymology: 1575–85 …   From formal English to slang

  • Fountainhead-Orchard Hills — Fountainhead Orchard Hills, MD U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland Population (2000): 3844 Housing Units (2000): 1621 Land area (2000): 3.816091 sq. miles (9.883629 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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