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Beard

The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Fiber 76% connected

Alt. of Fibre

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Fibre 76% connected

One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.

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Fuzz 76% connected

To make drunk.

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Hair 76% connected

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of…

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Rim 76% connected

The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.

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Tomentum 76% connected

The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Narrower term 7

Awn 76% connected

The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

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Beaver 76% connected

An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.

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Fuzz 76% connected

To make drunk.

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Goatee 76% connected

A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.

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Imperial 76% connected

Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.

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Stubble 76% connected

The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.

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Vandyke 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.

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Containing whole 2

Face 70% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Goat 70% connected

A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, fles…

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Component part 2

Moustache 70% connected

Mustache.

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Mustache 70% connected

That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth.

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Synonym 1

Byssus 92% connected

A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.

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