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Forehead

The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.

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Feature 76% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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Lineament 76% connected

One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the p…

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Brainpan 70% connected

The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.

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Cranium 70% connected

The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or bra…

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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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Glabella 70% connected

The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon.

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Ophryon 70% connected

The supraorbital point.

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Brow 92% connected

The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.

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Affront verb · 78% connection

To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.

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Affronte adjective · 78% connection

Face to face, or front to front; facing.

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Afront adverb · 78% connection

In front; face to face.

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Antero- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

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Bonnet noun · 78% connection

A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. T…

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Carina noun · 78% connection

That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification

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Cerebellum noun · 78% connection

The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

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Cerebrum noun · 78% connection

anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans

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Confront verb · 78% connection

To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

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Countermarch noun · 78% connection

An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank;…

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Crown noun · 78% connection

The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; als…

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Deep superl. · 78% connection

Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth…

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Facies noun · 78% connection

The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill.

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Flank noun · 78% connection

That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion…

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Front noun · 78% connection

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Gyrus noun · 78% connection

A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.

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Head noun · 78% connection

The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an an…

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Horn noun · 78% connection

Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A proje…

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