Beard (n.) The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults. |
Beard (n.) The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat. |
Beard (n.) The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds |
Beard (n.) The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes. |
Beard (n.) The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle. |
Beard (n.) The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster. |
Beard (n.) In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies. |
Beard (n.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant |
Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out. |
Beard (n.) That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle. |
Beard (n.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face. |
Beard (n.) An imposition |
Beard (v. t.) To take by the beard |
Beard (v. t.) To oppose to the gills |
Beard (v. t.) To deprive of the gills |
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). |
Whisker (n.) One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion. |
Whisker (n.) Formerly, the hair of the upper lip |
Whisker (n.) That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both |
Whisker (n.) A hair of the beard. |
Whisker (n.) One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal. |
Whisker (n.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc. |
hair care haircare hairdressing | care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair |
hair coloring | the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair |
Canada jay grey jay gray jay camp robber whisker jack Perisoreus canadensis | a jay of northern North America with blackapped head and no crest, noted for boldness in thievery |
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 |
beard worm pogonophoran | slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering, lives on the deep ocean bottom |
byssus beard | tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface |
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 |
beard | hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals |
bellarmine longbeard long-beard greybeard | a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck, decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (th century) |
camel's hair camelhair | a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel |
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 |
sable sable brush sable's hair pencil | an artist's brush made of sable hairs |
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) |
beard face fungus whiskers | the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face |
imperial imperial beard | a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III |
sideburn burnside mutton chop side-whiskers | facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) |
vandyke beard vandyke | a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke) |
pubic hair bush crotch hair | hair growing in the pubic area |
hair follicle | a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair, small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them |
hair stroke | a very fine line in writing or printing |
hair of the dog | an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover |
hairball hair ball trichobezoar | a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) |
beard | a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) |
virgin's bower old man's beard devil's darning needle Clematis virginiana | common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers |
traveler's joy traveller's joy old man's beard Clematis vitalba | vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn |
American pasqueflower Eastern pasque flower wild crocus lion's beard prairie anemone blue tulip American pulsatilla Pulsatilla patens Anemone ludoviciana | short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers, North America and Siberia |
hawk's-beard hawk's-beards | any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem, northern hemisphere |
crownbeard crown-beard crown beard | any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads |