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tresses
Plural form of tress
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  1. Plural form of tress
thatch
A covering, as the roof of a house, made of straw, rushes, palm leaves, etc.
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  1. A covering, as the roof of a house, made of straw, rushes, palm leaves, etc.
  2. Material for such a covering
  3. Something, such as a thick growth of hair on the head, that resembles thatch.
hairspring
A very slender, spiral spring that controls the regular movement of the balance wheel in a watch or clock
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  1. A very slender, spiral spring that controls the regular movement of the balance wheel in a watch or clock
  2. A spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch.
splinter
A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
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  1. A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
  2. A thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, etc., made by splitting or breaking; sliver
  3. A sharp, slender piece, as of wood, bone, glass, or metal, split or broken off from a main body.
shaving
The act of one that shaves.
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  1. The act of one that shaves.
  2. Something shaved off, esp. a thin slice of wood or metal
  3. A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
sliver
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
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  1. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
  2. A continuous strand of loose fiber, such as wool, flax, silk, or cotton, ready to be roved or spun.
  3. A loose, thin, continuous fiber or strand, as of wool or flax after carding, ready to be drawn and twisted
breath
The capacity to breathe, especially in a natural and unlabored manner:
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  1. The capacity to breathe, especially in a natural and unlabored manner:
  2. The act or process of breathing; respiration:
  3. A softly spoken sound; a whisper:
dash
The effect or sound of smashing or splashing
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  1. The effect or sound of smashing or splashing
  2. In Morse and similar codes, the long sound or signal used in combination with the dot and silent intervals to represent letters or numbers.
  3. A gift or tip offered to get better service
ghost
The tiniest bit:
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  1. The tiniest bit:
  2. The spirit of a dead person, especially one that is believed to appear to the living in bodily form or to haunt specific locations.
  3. (Folklore) A dead person's disembodied spirit, esp. when thought of as appearing to the living as a pale, shadowy apparition
hint
A barely perceptible amount:
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  1. A barely perceptible amount:
  2. A small, barely detectable amount of.
  3. A slight indication of a fact, wish, etc.; indirect suggestion or piece of advice; intimation; covert allusion
intimation
The act of intimating
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  1. The act of intimating
  2. A formal announcement or declaration
  3. A hint; indirect suggestion
semblance
The barest trace; a modicum:
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  1. The barest trace; a modicum:
  2. A likeness, image, or representation
  3. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
shade
A place giving protection from the heat and light of the sun, as under a tree
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  1. A place giving protection from the heat and light of the sun, as under a tree
  2. Any of various devices used to reduce or screen light or heat:
  3. A slight amount or degree; trace; touch; suggestion
shadow
Something without reality or substance; imaginary vision
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  1. Something without reality or substance; imaginary vision
  2. A faint indication; a foreshadowing:
  3. An incipient growth of beard that makes the skin look darker.
streak
(Mineralogy) The color of the fine powder produced when a mineral is rubbed against a hard surface. Used as a distinguishing characteristic.
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  1. (Mineralogy) The color of the fine powder produced when a mineral is rubbed against a hard surface. Used as a distinguishing characteristic.
  2. A line, mark, smear, or band differentiated by color or texture from its surroundings.
  3. The characteristic color of a mineral after it has been ground into a powder. Because the streak of a mineral is not always the same as its natural color, it is a useful tool in mineral identification.
suggestion
The idea induced or the stimulus used to induce it
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  1. The idea induced or the stimulus used to induce it
  2. Something suggested:
  3. A psychological process by which an idea is induced in or adopted by another without argument, command, or coercion.
suspicion
A minute amount or slight indication; a trace:
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  1. A minute amount or slight indication; a trace:
  2. The state or feeling of having no confidence or certainty about something; distrust:
  3. The act or an instance of suspecting something on little or no evidence:
taste
The sense that distinguishes the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter qualities of dissolved substances in contact with the taste buds on the tongue.
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  1. The sense that distinguishes the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter qualities of dissolved substances in contact with the taste buds on the tongue.
  2. The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense in a given social situation:
  3. This sense in combination with the senses of smell and touch, which together receive a sensation of a substance in the mouth.
tinge
A slight added element, property, or influence:
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  1. A slight added element, property, or influence:
  2. A small amount of a color incorporated or added.
  3. A slight trace, flavor, odor, etc.; smack; touch
touch
A prospect for a loan or handout:
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  1. A prospect for a loan or handout:
  2. A sensation experienced in touching something with a characteristic texture:
  3. A suggestion, hint, or tinge:
trace
A visible mark, such as a footprint, made or left by the passage of a person, animal, or thing.
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  1. A visible mark, such as a footprint, made or left by the passage of a person, animal, or thing.
  2. Evidence or an indication of the former presence or existence of something; a vestige:
  3. An act of researching or ascertaining the origin or location of something:
whisker
(Chemistry) An extremely fine filamentary crystal with extraordinary tensile strength and unusual electrical or surface properties.
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  1. (Chemistry) An extremely fine filamentary crystal with extraordinary tensile strength and unusual electrical or surface properties.
  2. The hair growing on a man's face; esp., the beard on the cheeks
  3. One of the long stiff tactile bristles or hairs that grow near the mouth and elsewhere on the head of most mammals; a vibrissa.
wig
(Slang) Variously, the hair, head, or mind
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  1. (Slang) Variously, the hair, head, or mind
  2. An artificial covering of human or synthetic hair worn on the head for personal adornment, as part of a costume, or to conceal baldness.
  3. A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness; for cultural or religious reasons; for fashion; or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.
eyebrow
The arch of short hairs covering this ridge.
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  1. The arch of short hairs covering this ridge.
  2. A small, arched dormer that projects only slightly from the roof.
  3. The arch of hair growing on this
eyelash
One of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids.
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  1. One of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids.
  2. A row of the hairs fringing the eyelid.
  3. A fringe of these hairs
sideburn
Singular form of sideburns
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  1. Singular form of sideburns
down
Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
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  1. Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
  2. (Botany) A covering of soft, short hairs, as on some leaves or fruit.
  3. Soft, fine hair or hairy growth
tress
A woman's or girl's hair, esp. when long and falling loosely
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  1. A woman's or girl's hair, esp. when long and falling loosely
  2. A lock of human hair
wool
Yarn spun from the fibers of such fleece, esp. the fleece of sheep
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  1. Yarn spun from the fibers of such fleece, esp. the fleece of sheep
  2. The soft, curly or crisp hair of sheep
  3. Filamentous or fibrous material similar to the wool of a sheep or other mammal.
shock
A thick heavy mass:
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  1. A thick heavy mass:
  2. (Commerce, dated) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
  3. (By extension) A tuft or bunch of something (e.g. hair, grass)
mane
The long hair growing from the top or sides of the neck of certain animals, as the horse or lion
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  1. The long hair growing from the top or sides of the neck of certain animals, as the horse or lion
filament
A fine wire that gives off radiation when an electric current is passed through it, usually to provide light, as in an incandescent bulb, or to provide heat, as in a vacuum tube.
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  1. A fine wire that gives off radiation when an electric current is passed through it, usually to provide light, as in an incandescent bulb, or to provide heat, as in a vacuum tube.
  2. A fine wire that is heated electrically to produce light in an incandescent lamp.
  3. A fine or very thin thread or fiber:
fluff
Soft, light down
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  1. Soft, light down
  2. Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance:
  3. A loose, soft, downy mass of hair, feathers, cotton, dust, etc.
whisker
A very small, hairlike, single-crystal filament of high tensile strength, grown on certain metals, alloys, crystals, etc. and serving to reinforce the material
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  1. A very small, hairlike, single-crystal filament of high tensile strength, grown on certain metals, alloys, crystals, etc. and serving to reinforce the material
  2. (Chemistry) An extremely fine filamentary crystal with extraordinary tensile strength and unusual electrical or surface properties.
  3. A single hair of a beard or mustache.
cilium
(Botany) One of the hairs along the margin or edge of a structure, such as a leaf, usually forming a fringe.
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  1. (Botany) One of the hairs along the margin or edge of a structure, such as a leaf, usually forming a fringe.
  2. A microscopic hairlike process extending from the surface of a cell or unicellular organism. Capable of rhythmical motion, it acts in unison with other such structures to bring about the movement of the cell or of the surrounding medium.
  3. A tiny hairlike projection on the surface of some cells and microscopic organisms, especially protozoans. Cilia are capable of whipping motions and are used by some microorganisms, such as paramecia, for movement. Cilia lining the human respiratory tract act to remove foreign matter from air before it reaches the lungs.
bristle
Such a hair, or an artificial hair like it, in a brush
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  1. Such a hair, or an artificial hair like it, in a brush
  2. Any short, stiff, prickly hair of an animal or plant
  3. A stiff hairlike structure:
vibrissa
One of several long modified feathers located at the sides of the mouth of insect-eating birds.
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  1. One of several long modified feathers located at the sides of the mouth of insect-eating birds.
  2. Any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an animal such as a cat
  3. Any of the long, stiff, bristlelike hairs that project from the snout or brow of most mammals, as the whiskers of a cat or rat. Vibrissae often serve as tactile organs, especially in nocturnal animals and marine mammals such as seals and manatees.
villus
(Biology) A minute projection arising from a mucous membrane, especially:
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  1. (Biology) A minute projection arising from a mucous membrane, especially:
  2. (Bot.) Any of the long, soft, fine hairs on certain plants, as mosses
  3. (Anat.) Any of numerous hairlike or fingerlike vascular processes on certain mucous membranes of the body, as of the small intestine, serving to secrete mucus, absorb fats, etc., or of the chorion in the mammalian placenta, serving in the exchange of food materials, etc. between the mother and the fetus
filament
Any of the dark, sinuous lines visible through certain filters on the disk of the Sun. Filaments are solar prominences that are viewed against the solar surface rather than being silhouetted along the outer edges of the disk.
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  1. Any of the dark, sinuous lines visible through certain filters on the disk of the Sun. Filaments are solar prominences that are viewed against the solar surface rather than being silhouetted along the outer edges of the disk.
  2. A fine or slender thread, wire, or fiber.
  3. A very slender thread or fiber
strand
Land, typically a beach, bordering a body of water.
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  1. Land, typically a beach, bordering a body of water.
  2. Any of the individual bundles of thread or fiber so twisted together
  3. A single filament, such as a fiber or thread, of a woven or braided material.
thread
(Comput.) A series of forum postings, linked e-mail responses, etc. displayed chronologically and relating typically to a single topic
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  1. (Comput.) A series of forum postings, linked e-mail responses, etc. displayed chronologically and relating typically to a single topic
  2. A light, fine, stringlike length of material made up of two or more fibers or strands of spun cotton, flax, silk, etc. twisted together and used in sewing
  3. A similar fine length of synthetic material, as nylon or plastic, or of glass or metal
fiber
Strength of character; fortitude:
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  1. Strength of character; fortitude:
  2. The parts of grains, fruits, and vegetables that contain cellulose and are not digested by the body. Fiber helps the intestines absorb water, which increases the bulk of the stool and causes it to move more quickly through the colon.
  3. Any of various elongated cells or threadlike structures, especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber.
whisker
A very small, hairlike, single-crystal filament of high tensile strength, grown on certain metals, alloys, crystals, etc. and serving to reinforce the material
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  1. A very small, hairlike, single-crystal filament of high tensile strength, grown on certain metals, alloys, crystals, etc. and serving to reinforce the material
  2. (Chemistry) An extremely fine filamentary crystal with extraordinary tensile strength and unusual electrical or surface properties.
  3. The hair growing on a man's face; esp., the beard on the cheeks
nose
The part of the human face between the mouth and the eyes, having two openings and cavities behind them for breathing and smelling
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  1. The part of the human face between the mouth and the eyes, having two openings and cavities behind them for breathing and smelling
  2. A very short distance or narrow margin:
  3. The ability to detect, sense, or discover as if by smell:
hair-trigger
A gun trigger adjusted to respond to a very slight pressure.
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  1. A gun trigger adjusted to respond to a very slight pressure.
  2. A trigger that will set off a firearm when even a very small pressure is applied
whiff
A light puff or gust of air or wind; breath
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  1. A light puff or gust of air or wind; breath
  2. (Informal) A complete miss when attempting to hit something, as a golf ball, with a swinging motion
  3. A faint indication; hint; trace
whisper
(Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.
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  1. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.
  2. (Figuratively) A faint trace or hint (of something).
  3. The act or an instance of whispering; specif., soft, low speech produced with breath but, usually, without vibrating the vocal cords
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  • He pushed the hair from her neck and his lips sizzled a hot trail in its wake.

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  • She lifted the hair off her neck and sighed as she paused in the shade of a huge oak tree.

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