hair | (noun) a filamentous projection or process on an organism | - |
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(noun) cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments | Synonyms: haircloth |
(noun) 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 | - |
(noun) any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal | Synonyms: pilus |
(noun) filamentous hairlike growth on a plant | Synonyms: fuzz, tomentum |
(noun) a very small distance or space | Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker |
hairball | (noun) a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) | Synonyms: hair ball, trichobezoar |
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hairbrush | (noun) a brush used to groom a person's hair | - |
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haircare | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, hairdressing |
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haircloth | (noun) cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments | Synonyms: hair |
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haircut | (noun) the act of cutting the hair | - |
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(noun) the style in which hair has been cut | - |
hairdo | (noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coif, coiffure, hair style, hairstyle |
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hairdresser | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairstylist, styler, stylist |
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hairdressing | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, haircare |
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(noun) a toiletry for the hair | Synonyms: hair grease, hair oil, hair tonic |
haired | (adjective) having or covered with hair | Synonyms: hairy, hirsute |
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hairgrip | (noun) a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place | Synonyms: bobby pin, grip |
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hairiness | (noun) the quality of having hair | Synonyms: pilosity |
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hairless | (adjective) having no hair or fur | - |
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hairlessness | (noun) the quality of not having hair | - |
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(noun) the condition of being void of hair | Synonyms: depilation |
hairlike | (adjective) long and slender with a very small internal diameter | Synonyms: capillary |
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hairline | (noun) the natural margin formed by hair on the head | - |
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(noun) a very thin line | - |
hairnet | (noun) a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place | - |
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hairpiece | (noun) a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment | Synonyms: false hair, postiche |
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hairpin | (noun) a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place | - |
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hairsbreadth | (noun) a very small distance or space | Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hair, whisker |
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hairsplitter | (noun) a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions | - |
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hairsplitting | (adjective) developed in excessively fine detail | Synonyms: finespun |
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(noun) making too fine distinctions of little importance | Synonyms: word-splitting |
hairspring | (noun) a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece | - |
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hairstreak | (noun) small butterflies having striped markings under the wings | Synonyms: hairstreak butterfly |
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hairstyle | (noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo |
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hairstylist | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairdresser, styler, stylist |
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hairtail | (noun) long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel | Synonyms: cutlassfish, frost fish |
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hairweaving | (noun) the act of interweaving a hairpiece with your own hair | - |
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hairy | (adjective) having or covered with hair | Synonyms: haired, hirsute |
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(adjective) hazardous and frightening | - |