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headgroups

headgroups is the plural of headgroup.

Meaning of headgroup

Noun

headgroup (plural headgroups)

  1. A bulky part of a molecule, often containing one or more functional groups, attached to a relatively long aliphatic tail or backbone
  2. The group of instances at the head (high end) of a distribution curve

Questions about headgroups

What is headgroups the plural of?
Headgroups is the plural of headgroup.

Words near headgroups in the dictionary

  1. headgear
  2. headgears
  3. headground
  4. headgrounds
  5. headgroup
  6. headgroups
  7. headgrowth
  8. headgrowths
  9. headguard
  10. headguards
  11. headhair

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headgroups (page history and authors); headgroup (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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