Horripilation: alternatives and connections

Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.

Chilliness; coldness

Cold; chilliness.

(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus

Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so mali…

Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oa…

(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in p…

A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air.

The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning"

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…

being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people, not ghosts"; "a film b…

A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousn…

The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.

A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or t…

Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and sho…