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A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin.
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A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers.
adjective
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Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
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cloth with a silky lustre
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Smooth and pleasant; seductive.
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a silky voice
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Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.
Examples of silky in a Sentence
The head is short, and the coat silky and wavy.
The existing Oriental varieties are in most cases characterized by silky hair.
Use these steps when laundering silky fabrics.
The coat is short, thick and silky, and the tail is long and tapering..
It crystallizes in fine silky needles and is soluble in water and alcohol.
Chromous chloride, CrC1 2, is prepared by reducing chromic chloride in hydrogen; it forms white silky needles, which dissolve in water giving a deep blue solution, which rapidly absorbs oxygen, forming basic chromic salts, and acts as a very strong reducing agent.
If it were not for its disagreeable odour, skunk would be worth much more than the usual market value, as it is naturally the blackest fur, silky in appearance and most durable.
The head and legs are very short, and the body short, thick and wide; the jowl is heavy, the ears pricked, and the thin skin laden with long silky, wavy, but not curly, hair, whilst the tail is very fine.
The typical Moors of Morocco are a handsome race, with skin the colour of coffee-and-milk, with black eyes and black silky hair, and the features of Europeans.
Wrought iron and mild steel may be made to show a short and crystalline fracture by a sudden application of stress, while if drawn asunder slowly they develop the silky, fibrous appearance.
The wombat of Tasmania and the islands of Bass's Straits (P. ursinus), and the closely similar but larger P. platyrhinus of the southern portion of the mainland of Australia, belong to this group. On the other hand, in the hairy-nosed wombat (P. latifrons) of Southern Australia, the fur is smooth and silky; the ears are large and more pointed; the muzzle is hairy; the frontal region of the skull is broader than in the other section, with well-marked postorbital processes; and there are thirteen ribs.
This is effected by stirring the molten metal with a pole of green wood (" poling "); the products which arise from the combustion and distillation of the wood reduce the oxide to metal, and if the operation be properly conducted " tough-pitch " copper, soft, malleable and exhibiting a lustrous silky fracture, is obtained.
She'd held no part of herself back from him and surrendered in a way that made him want to memorize each sigh, the softness of her skin, her silky depths and the way her blue eyes grew dark with desire.
The catkins of the poplars differ from those of the nearly allied willows in the presence of a rudimentary perianth, of obliquely cup-shaped form, within the toothed bracteal scales; the male flowers contain from eight to thirty stamens; the fertile bear a onecelled (nearly divided) ovary, surmounted by the deeply cleft stigmas; the two-valved capsule contains several seeds, each furnished with a long tuft of silky or cotton-like hairs.
These pretty animals have a long, very fine, silky and curly fleece of a creamy white.
The baum and stone martens caught in France, the north of Turkey and Norway are of the same family, but coarser in underwool and the top hair is less in quantity and not so silky.
The whole body, including the back of the neck, is covered with straight silky hair, which denotes quality and lean meat.
The membranous spathes have been cut and drawn aside, revealing the spike of fruit which bears the long silky styles.
In addition to their long hind and short fore limbs, jerboas are mostly characterized by their silky coats - of a fawn colour to harmonize with their desert surroundings - their large eyes, and long tails and ears.
The best qualities are of a clear whitish-yellow colour, with a fine silky lustre, soft and smooth to the touch, and fine, long and uniform in fibre.
The grain is fine and close, and when polished has a silky lustre.
Note the zigzag axis (rhachilla) bearing long silky hairs.
Miscanthus and Erianthus, nearly allied to Saccharum, are tall reed-like grasses, with large silky flower-panicles, which are grown for ornament.
The goats from the Arusi Galla country have fine silky hair which is sometimes sixteen inches long.
It crystallizes in white or pale fawn-coloured acicular prisms or silky needles, and is soluble in alcohol and ether, and in loo parts of cold and 3 of boiling water; it is without odour and has an astringent and an acid taste and reaction.
The South Devons have a fairly fine silky fleece of long staple, heavier than that of the Devon Longwool, which it also excels in size.
It is a big-bodied, high-standing sheep, carrying a long, wavy, silky fleece.
The mane and tail should be silky and devoid of curl, which is a sign of impurity.
Following Señor Medena up the stairs, she ran her hand along the smooth wood, enjoying the cool silky soft feel of it.
The sead head can be up to 16cm (the photo is 6cm) with distinctive long, silky awns.
The forms either have texture applied or are repeatedly burnished to produce a silky smooth surface.
Blue drawstring Purse Silky brocade drawstring pouch which makes a great loose change holder in the handbag.
The sugar cane used in the rum gives it a silky smooth finish, which is ideal for creating the perfect cocktail.
Both have a slightly crumbly and silky texture and both have a wonderfully full-bodied, fresh flavor.
I stroked her silky fur, and then let her sit behind me.
A true explosion of exotic fruit intermingled with mealy oak greets the taster, followed by layers of silky, rich flavors.
We also saw Caribbean reef and silky sharks and a huge jewfish.
These minerals are now used to produce this creamy silky, non-greasy body lotion.
Its coat was a silky white, with a long flowing silver mane.
In Tunisia stroll around an ancient walled medina or perhaps sink your toes into the silky white sands that hug the coastline.
Nigel Slater's delicious summer salads Britain's best food writer mixes up fresh beans and peas, juicy melons and silky salami.
Made from silky blush pink and black rose printed jacquard fabric with a slightly metallic sheen.
Two bread bags full of milkweed down or other silky plant fibers make warm mittens (tie them at the wrists ).
The leaves are dark green with silky sheen and a slightly reddish tinge.
The Yorkie has as very silky, long coat that parts at the spine and grows down either side of the dog.
The coat should be long, dense, weatherproof, and glossy and feel silky.
With skin protecting ginseng and oil controlling walnut shell flour to leave skin silky smooth and balanced.
They are very silky hairy which provide the flower bud with some degree of protection in the depth of winter.
She has long silky ultra dark brown hair, with the deepest dark brown eyes.
Emma's hair is oh so silky and Clare's stomach is naturally tanned and flat as a board!