丸柱[marubashira] column
火柱[hibashira] pillar of fire
蚊柱[kabashira] mosquito swarm
貝柱[kaibashira] adductor muscle
巻柱[makibashira] gold-covered woodwork at a temple in Hiraizumi

魂柱[konchuu] sound post (violin, etc.)
支柱[shichuu] prop
斜角柱[shakakuchuu] oblique prism
人柱[hitobashira] human pillar
水銀柱[suiginchuu] column of mercury

データの先頭[deetanosentou] beginning of data
一頭[ittou] one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.)
一頭立て[ittoudate] one-horse (carriage)
咽頭[intou] pharynx
駅頭[ekitou] station

音頭[ondo] leading a group of people
会頭[kaitou] society president
街頭[gaitou] in the street
核弾頭[kakudantou] nuclear warhead
巻頭[kantou] opening page of book