Word Finder - hair

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A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

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The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

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In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.

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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.

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A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.

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Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

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A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.

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Haircloth; a hair shirt.

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Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

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Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.

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Complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy

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To remove the hair from.

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To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).

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To cause to have hair; to provide with hair

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To string the bow for a violin.

Long dark lashes and black curly hair - he had it all.

The hair on her head was thick.

She felt the hair rising on the back of her neck.

He has big brown eyes and long golden hair and pretty round cheeks.

He pushed the hair from her neck and his lips sizzled a hot trail in its wake.

She lifted the hair off her neck and sighed as she paused in the shade of a huge oak tree.

Instead of braids, she brushed her hair into a ponytail.

Matthew had thick black hair, but Natalie's was blonde.

His face was clean shaven, but his dark curly hair was thick and unruly.

Don't forget the mess of red hair and freckles.

Walking so fast that it created a breeze that caught the loose hair hanging down her back, she turned her ankle slipping off her sandals.

A lock of mousy blonde hair covered her left eye.

He touched her hair.

She brushed the hair back over her shoulders.

He stood and whistled softly, his gaze taking in her dress and hair appreciatively.

He brushed a strand of hair from her face and stroked her cheek.

He was dressed plainly, and, with his reddish-brown hair and mud-bespattered face, looked like a hard- working countryman just in from the backwoods.

Her eyes are very big and blue, and her cheeks are soft and round and rosy and her hair is very bright and golden.

Her dark hair was pulled back severely from a narrow face.

Under the hat, her hair was filthy and matted.

Auburn hair - and you barely have enough freckles for anyone to notice.

He stroked Carmen's hair.

Dolokhov was of medium height, with curly hair and light-blue eyes.

The handsome boy adjutant with the long hair sighed deeply without removing his hand from his hat and galloped back to where men were being slaughtered.

Then he took off his nightcap, combed his hair over his temples, and donned his cap.

He looked to be about her age and his blond hair was neatly combed into a fashionable style.

She combed Destiny's hair into pig tails, and then on impulse, did the same with hers.

When I left the room, she was sweating until even her hair was wet.

Instinctively her fingers affirmed her hair was in order for the mug shot.

Her arms stole around his neck and she ran trembling fingers through the soft hair on the back of his head.

Tucking a wayward strand of curly brown hair back into her bun, she replaced her hat and wrapped the lead lines around the wagon break.

He ducked under the water and came up, wiping the water from his eyes and pushing his hair back.

She ripped the flower from her hair and slung it in the dust.

Two men sat at the table, one with blond hair and the other like something out of a movie.

She rubbed its forehead and leaned forward to touch its neck, marveling at how soft its hair was.

Absorbed by the horse, she didn't feel the hair on the back of her neck rise.

A sheen of sweat coated his body, and his white-blond hair was back in a braid.

Pierre was beyond handsome with his brooding looks, wind-swept blond hair, black clothing, and trench coat.

Snow covered his hair, and his skin was cold.

He knelt, ruffling the snow from Darian's hair.

She put her hair down to hide the mark, horrified by the idea of belonging to the devil.

She hadn't thought to put her hair up; it blocked the name of her mate on her back.

Just under six feet tall, wide-shouldered and lean, Darkyn's youthful appearance was framed by short, dark hair.

Darkyn said Hell would do what she asked, so she willed her hair shorter and blonde.

The chilly ocean breeze made her dress move as if it was alive, and she swiped at the pink hair blinding her.

She willed her hair shorter and blonde once again, knowing he'd already read her mind and seen the reason why she changed her hair.

He was neither ancient nor ugly, with familiar dark eyes and hair and roughly hewn features.

Unlike Darkyn, whose hair was short, Zamon's long hair was captured in a braid.

He brushed a mop of stringy hair back from his face.

She possessed a head of coal black hair, tied in a single braid that extended below her waist, dark eyes, and a smile that lit up the room.