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Fibre

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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Beard 76% connected

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

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Bran 76% connected

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of…

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Bristle 76% connected

A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

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Byssus 76% 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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Coir 76% connected

A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.

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Fibril 76% connected

A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.

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Filament 76% connected

A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

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Lint 76% connected

Flax.

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Oakum 76% connected

The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.

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Raffia 76% connected

A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia.

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Raveling 76% connected

of Ravel

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Ravelling 76% connected

of Ravel

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Spindle 76% connected

The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on whic…

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Spirit 76% connected

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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Strand 76% connected

One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

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String 76% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

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Cell 76% connected

A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

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Cloth 76% connected

A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made…

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Fabric 76% connected

The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Textile 76% connected

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

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Trait 76% connected

A stroke; a touch.

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Cellulose 70% connected

Consisting of, or containing, cells.

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Integrity 70% connected

The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory.

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Responsibility 70% connected

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

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Personality 70% connected

That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality.

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Character 92% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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Fiber 92% connected

Alt. of Fibre

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