Band
(v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined |
Band
(v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc. |
Band
(v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts. |
Band
(v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons |
Band
(v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
Band
(v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress. |
Band
(v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it. |
Band
(v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men. |
Band
(v. t.) A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals. |
Band
(v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants. |
Band
(v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body. |
Band
(v. t.) A belt or strap. |
Band
(v. t.) A bond |
Band
(v. t.) Pledge |
Band
(v. t.) To bind or tie with a band. |
Band
(v. t.) To mark with a band. |
Band
(v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. |
Band
(v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose |
Band
(v. t.) To bandy |
Band
() imp. of Bind. |
Band fish
() A small red fish of the genus Cepola |
Hair
(n.) The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body. |
Hair
(n.) One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. |
Hair
(n.) Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes |
Hair
(n.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. |
Hair
(n.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar). |
Hair
(n.) A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. |
Hair
(n.) A haircloth. |
Hair
(n.) Any very small distance, or degree |
Hair'sbreadth
() The diameter or breadth of a hair |
Hair-brown
(a.) Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green. |
Hair grass
() A grass with very slender leaves or branches |
Hair-salt
(n.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers. |
Lady's hair
() A plant of the genus Briza (B. media) |
Maid's hair
() The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum). |
Reef-band
(n.) A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made. |
hair care
haircare
hairdressing | care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair |
band aid
quick fix
quickie
quicky | hurried repair |
| hair coloring | the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair |
band-tailed pigeon
band-tail pigeon
bandtail
Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
brewer's mole
hair-tailed mole
Parascalops breweri | mole of eastern North America |
| guard hair | coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals |
| hair | a filamentous projection or process on an organism |
whisker
vibrissa
sensory hair | a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat |
earless seal
true seal
hair seal | any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers |
armlet
arm band | a band worn around the arm for decoration |
| band | a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) |
band banding
stripe | an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material |
| band | a restraint put around something to hold it together |
| band ring | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) |
| band | a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration |
| band | a driving belt in machinery |
| Band Aid | trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters |
bandsaw
band saw | an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels |
| brake band | a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation |
camel's hair
camelhair | a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel |
| cigar band | a narrow paper band around a cigar |
cross hair
cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
curler
hair curler
roller crimper | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it, a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight |
haircloth
hair | cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair, used for upholstery or stiffening in garments |
hairdressing
hair tonic
hair oil
hair grease | a toiletry for the hair |
hairpiece
false hair
postiche | a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment |
| hair shirt | an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair, worn next to the skin as a penance |
| hair slide | a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place |
| hair space | (printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters |
| hair spray | toiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in place |
| hair trigger | a gun trigger that responds with little pressure |
hand blower
blow dryer
blow drier
hair dryer
hair drier | a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair, used for styling hair |
mousse
hair mousse
hair gel | toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling |
ring
band | jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger, she had rings on every finger, he noted that she wore a wedding band |
rubber band
elastic band
elastic | a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together |
sable sable brush
sable's hair pencil | an artist's brush made of sable hairs |
wedding ring
wedding band | a ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding |
| weed mourning band | a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning |
wristlet
wrist band | a band or bracelet worn around the wrist |
band
banding
stria
striation | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color, chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands, the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps |
| hair coloring | coloring of the hair, her hairoloring was unusual: a very pale gold |
| hair cell | a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti |
| hair pilus | any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal, there is a hair in my soup |
| ingrown hair | a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation) |
| hair | a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head), helps to prevent heat loss, he combed his hair, each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells |
| body hair | short hair growing over a person's body |
| mane head of hair | growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being |
hairdo
hairstyle
hair style
coiffure
coif | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
| facial hair | hair on the face (especially on the face of a man) |
pubic hair
bush
crotch hair | hair growing in the pubic area |