Hair synonyms

locks

Threadlike growth

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wool

The soft, curly or crisp hair of sheep

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capilliform

Having the form of a hair

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piliferous

The definition of piliferous is a person or thing that has or produces hair.

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cilia

The definition of cilia means small hairs.

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shag

A dance step of the 1930s consisting of a hop on each foot in turn.

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hirsute

The definition of hirsute is hairy or having bristles.

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shock

A thick heavy mass:

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mane

Long, thick human hair

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strand

Any of the individual bundles of thread or fiber so twisted together

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fur (related)

A thick pile of fabric.

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touch

Touch, one of the five senses along with taste, smell, hearing and seeing, is defined as the act you do when you hold, caress, feel or otherwise encounter something with your hand.

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wig

A removable covering of real or synthetic hair for the head, worn as part of a costume, to conceal baldness, etc.

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down

A misfortune or difficulty:

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tress

A long lock or ringlet of hair.

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fluff

Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance:

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hairy

Of a person, having a lot of hair on the body.

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pilose

Covered with hair, esp. fine, soft hair

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pilous

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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chevelure

A hair-like envelope.

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chignon

A roll or knot of hair worn at the back of the head or especially at the nape of the neck.

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coiffure

Coiffure is French for hairstyle.

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trichome (related)

(Botany) A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant.

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haircloth

Cloth made of the mane or tail hairs of a horse.

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skin (related)

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eyelash (related)

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tooth (related)

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toenail (related)

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blow-dry (related)

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beard (related)

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nipple (related)

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pubic-hair (related)

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cheek (related)

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nail (related)

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toe-nail (related)

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pant (related)

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feather (related)

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nose (related)

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villus

(Bot.) Any of the long, soft, fine hairs on certain plants, as mosses

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coif

A tight-fitting cap worn under a veil, as by nuns.

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breath

(Uncountable) The act or process of breathing.

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shade

A slight difference or variation; a nuance:

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semblance

Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

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suspicion

The state or feeling of having no confidence or certainty about something; distrust:

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taste

The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense in a given social situation:

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trace

(Obs.) A way followed or path taken

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whisker

A very small amount or margin

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fingernail (related)

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moustache

A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.

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whiskers

Plural form of whisker

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sideburn

Singular form of sideburns

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cilium

An eyelash.

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bristle

The definition of a bristle is a stiff hair.

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filament

(Physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.

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thread

The definition of thread is a fine line, streak or string.

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fiber

The definition of a fiber is a thin, threadlike structure that combines to form animal or plant tissue, or a thin, threadlike structure made synthetically or from minerals.

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a narrow margin

Anything suggesting the thickness of a hair

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ciliate

(Biology) Ciliated.

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comose

Having a coma; comate.

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hoary

The definition of hoary is very old, white or grey.

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villous

(Biology) Relating to, resembling, or covered with villi.

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xanthous

(Archaic, ethnology) Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.

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byssus

The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured.

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escutcheon

A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities.

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forelock

A cotter pin or linchpin.

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lock

The definition of a lock is a device or a tool for holding or securing, or an enclosed canal with a series of gates that raise and lower ships to the level of adjoining water.

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palpus

A fleshy, sensory structure in the oral region of some polychaete worms

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pilosity

The quality or state of being pilose.

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pubescence

The soft down that covers the surface of many plants and insects

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ringlet

A curl of hair, esp. a long one

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ruff

A migratory sandpiper (Philomachus pugnax) of the Eastern Hemisphere, the male of which has collarlike, erectile feathers around the neck during the breeding season.

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tentaculum

(Zoology) A tentacle.

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thatch

Anything suggestive of thatch on a roof as

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tresses

Plural form of tress