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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" |
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body covering any covering for the body or a body part
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integumentary system the skin and its appendages
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pelage,
coat growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
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guard hair coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals
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mane long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
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forelock,
foretop a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
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beard hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
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body hair short hair growing over a person's body
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down,
pile (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards"
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head of hair,
mane long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
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hairline the natural margin formed by hair on the head
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parting,
part something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
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cowlick a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
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coiffure,
hair style,
hairdo,
hairstyle,
coif the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
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curl,
whorl,
ringlet,
lock American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
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facial hair hair on the face (especially on the face of a man)
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crotch hair,
pubic hair,
bush hair growing in the pubic area
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eyebrow,
supercilium,
brow the arch of hair above each eye
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eyelash,
cilium,
lash any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
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ceratin,
keratin a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves
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hair - a filamentous projection or process on an organism |
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appendage,
outgrowth,
process a part that is joined to something larger
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bristle a stiff hair
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sensory hair,
vibrissa,
whisker a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
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seta a stiff hair or bristle
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pilus hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
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hair - any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup" |
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filum,
filament a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
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mammal,
mammalian any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
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ingrown hair a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation)
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hair - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" |
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fuzz,
tomentum |
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plant process,
enation a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
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stinging hair a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid
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beard hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
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