beard
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(verb) go along the rim, like a beard around the chin; "Houses bearded the top of the heights" |
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Related Words: rim |
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(noun) hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals |
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Related Words: hair |
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(noun) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face |
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Synonyms: face fungus, whiskers |
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Related Words: Imperial beard, beaver, burnside, fuzz, goatee, hair, imperial, mutton chop, side-whiskers, sideburn |
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(noun) a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses |
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Related Words: awn, fuzz, hair, tomentum |
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(noun) tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface |
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Synonyms: byssus |
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Related Words: fiber, fibre |
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