Comb (n.) An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place. |
Comb (n.) An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats |
Comb (n.) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc. |
Comb (n.) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. |
Comb (n.) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat. |
Comb (n.) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe |
Comb (n.) The notched scale of a wire micrometer. |
Comb (n.) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb. |
Comb (n.) The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red. |
Comb (n.) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions. |
Comb (n.) The curling crest of a wave. |
Comb (n.) The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc. |
Comb (n.) The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked. |
Combed (imp. & p. p.) of Comb |
Combing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comb |
Comb (v. t.) To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb |
Comb (n.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave |
Comb (n.) Alt. of Combe |
Comb (n.) A dry measure. See Coomb. |
Combing (n.) The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs |
Combing (n.) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair. |
Combing (n.) Hair arranged to be worn on the head. |
Combing (n.) See Coamings. |
Comb-shaped (a.) Pectinate. |
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 comb () An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb. |
Lady's hair () A plant of the genus Briza (B. media) |
Maid's hair () The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum). |
comb-out | the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people, the department got a good comb-out |
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a method of examining in minute detail, he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes |
comb combing | the act of drawing a comb through hair, his hair needed a comb |
comb-out teasing | the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb |
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 |
comb-footed spider theridiid | spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot |
comb cockscomb coxcomb | the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds |
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 |
ctene comb-plate | a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused |
ctenophore comb jelly | biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb |
comb | ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore |
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 |
comb | a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge, disentangles or arranges hair |
comb | any of several tools for straightening fibers |
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 |
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
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 |
pocketcomb pocket comb | a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket |
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) |
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) |
needle spike rush needle rush slender spike rush hair grass Eleocharis acicularis | fine-leaved aquatic spike rush, popular as aerator for aquariums |
hair fuzz tomentum | filamentous hairlike growth on a plant, peach fuzz |