hair
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(noun) a filamentous projection or process on an organism |
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Related Words: appendage, bristle, outgrowth, pilus, process, sensory hair, seta, vibrissa, whisker |
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(noun) any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal and covering the body or parts of it |
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Related Words: beard, body covering, brow, bush, cilium, coat, coiffure, cowlick, curl, eyebrow, eyelash, face fungus, false hair, forelock, foretop, guard hair, hair ball, hair style, hairball, hairdo, hairpiece, head of hair, lock, mane, moustache, mustache, postiche, pubic hair, ringlet, supercilium, whiskers, whorl |
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(noun) filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" |
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Synonyms: fuzz, tomentum |
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Related Words: beard, coma, enation, plant process, stinging hair |
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(noun) cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments |
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Synonyms: haircloth |
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Related Words: cloth, fabric, material, textile |
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(noun) a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost by a hair" |
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Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hairbreadth |
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Related Words: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
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