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Freckle

A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands.

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Macula 76% connected

A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.

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Macule 76% connected

A spot.

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Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Cutis 70% connected

See Dermis.

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Skin 70% connected

The external membranous integument of an animal.

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Tegument 70% connected

A cover or covering; an integument.

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Lentigo 92% connected

A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles.

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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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Basin noun · 78% connection

a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "…

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Blotch adjective · 78% connection

A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch.

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Carnauba noun · 78% connection

hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes

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Charbon noun · 78% connection

A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.

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Civet noun · 78% connection

A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear…

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Confront verb · 78% connection

To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.

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Disseminated lupus erythematosus noun · 78% connection

an inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and…

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Face noun · 78% connection

Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against th…

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Feature noun · 78% connection

The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the count…

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Ferruginous adjective · 78% connection

Resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red, or yellowish red.

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Irradiation noun · 78% connection

The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image…

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Lammergeier noun · 78% connection

A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown…

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Laugh verb · 78% connection

To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighti…

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Lavatory noun · 78% connection

a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "…

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Leprosy noun · 78% connection

A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are oft…

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Lift noun · 78% connection

plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled…

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Melanin noun · 78% connection

A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the…

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