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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | threadlike growth on animate being |
| Synonyms: | beard, bristle, cilium, coiffure, cowlick, cut, down, eyebrow, eyelash, feeler, fiber, filament, fluff, fringe, frizzies, fur, grass, haircut, hairstyle, lock, mane, mop, moustache, quill, ruff, shock, sideburn, split ends, strand, thatch, tress, tuft, vibrissa, villus, whiskers, wig, wool |
| Notes: | hair is any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; a hare is a large, long-eared and long-legged rabbit; an heir is a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another |
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| Main Entry: | coiffure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hairstyle |
| Synonyms: | DA, afro, beehive, blow dry, braids, corn rows, crew cut, dreadlocks, dreads, flip, fuzz cut, hair, hair-comb, haircut, hairdo, permanent, pigtails, plait, ponytail, razor cut, tail, tease, trim, wave |
| Main Entry: | fiber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strand of material |
| Synonyms: | cilia, cord, fibril, filament, footlet, grain, grit, hair, shred, staple, string, strip, tendril, thread, tissue, tooth, vein, warp, web, woof |
| Main Entry: | fuzz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fluff |
| Synonyms: | down, dust ball, dust bunnies, fiber, floss, fur, hair, lanugo, lint, nap, pile |
| Antonyms: | smoothness |
| Main Entry: | minimum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lowest amount |
| Synonyms: | atom, bottom, dab, depth, dot, gleam, grain, hair, iota, jot, least, lowest, margin, modicum, molecule, nadir, narrowest, particle, pittance, point, scintilla, scruple, shadow, slightest, smallest, smidgen, soupçon, spark, speck, trifle, whit |
| Antonyms: | largest, maximum, most |
| Main Entry: | pelt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal fur |
| Synonyms: | coat, epidermis, fell, hair, hide, jacket, skin, slough, wool |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Main Entry: | vein |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blood vessel |
| Synonyms: | capillary, course, current, duct, follicle, hair, lode, nerve, seam, stratum, streak, stripe, thread, venation |
| Notes: | arteries carry clean oxygenated blood from the heart, veins return impure blood back to the heart, and capillaries connect the ends of arteries to the beginnings of veins |
| Main Entry: | wool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fabric |
| Synonyms: | cashmere, fleece, fur, hair, merino, mohair, pelotage, tweed, worsted, yarn |
| Main Entry: | filament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thin strand |
| Synonyms: | fiber, hair, stalk, strand, tendril, thread, wire |
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