beard | (noun) tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface | Synonyms: byssus |
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(noun) hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals | - |
(noun) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | Synonyms: face fungus, whiskers |
(noun) a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) | - |
(noun) a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses | - |
beardedness | (noun) The quality of having a beard. | - |
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crownbeard | (noun) any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads | Synonyms: crown-beard, crown beard |
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eardrop | (noun) an earring with a pendant ornament | Synonyms: drop earring, pendant earring |
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eardrum | (noun) the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound | Synonyms: myringa, tympanic membrane, tympanum |
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goatsbeard | (noun) weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis |
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graybeard | (noun) a man who is very old | Synonyms: greybeard, Methuselah, old man |
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greybeard | (noun) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) | Synonyms: bellarmine, long-beard, longbeard |
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(noun) a man who is very old | Synonyms: graybeard, Methuselah, old man |
longbeard | (noun) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) | Synonyms: bellarmine, greybeard, long-beard |
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teardrop | (noun) a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands | Synonyms: tear |
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(noun) anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring) | - |