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). |
Shock (n.) A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen |
Shock (n.) A lot consisting of sixty pieces |
Shock (v. t.) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks |
Shock (v. i.) To be occupied with making shocks. |
Shock (n.) A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse |
Shock (n.) A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings |
Shock (n.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like. |
Shock (n.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body. |
Shock (v.) To give a shock to |
Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust |
Shock (v. i.) To meet with a shock |
Shock (n.) A dog with long hair or shag |
Shock (n.) A thick mass of bushy hair |
Shock (a.) Bushy |
Shock-head (a.) Shock-headed. |
Shock-headed (a.) Having a thick and bushy head of hair. |
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 |
shock therapy shock treatment | treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions |
insulin shock insulin shock therapy insulin shock treatment | the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma |
metrazol shock metrazol shock therapy metrazol shock treatment | the administration of sufficient Metrazol to induce convulsions and coma |
electric shock electrical shock shock | a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body, subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response, electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks |
electric shock | the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture, they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks |
shock impact | the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat, the armies met in the shock of battle |
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 |
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 |
shock absorber shock cushion | a mechanical damper, absorbs energy of sudden impulses, the old car needed a new set of shocks |
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 |
hair follicle | a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair, small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them |
culture shock | a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes |
hair stroke | a very fine line in writing or printing |
shock blow | an unpleasant or disappointing surprise, it came as a shock to learn that he was injured |
jolt jar jounce shock | a sudden jarring impact, the door closed with a jolt, all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers |
shock wave blast wave | a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity, the explosion created a shock wave |
shock seismic disturbance | an instance of agitation of the earth's crust, the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch |
daze shock stupor | the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally, his mother's death left him in a daze, he was numb with shock |
hair of the dog | an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover |
shock | a bushy thick mass (especially hair), he had an unruly shock of black hair |
shock | a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry, stalks of Indian corn set up in a field, corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks, whole fields of wheat in shock |
shock troops | soldiers who are specially trained and armed to lead an assault |