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Albino
noun · 78% connection
A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Beefeater
noun · 78% connection
An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two specie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Botfly
noun · 78% connection
A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Brush
noun · 78% connection
An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Buck
verb · 78% connection
To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a st…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Camlet
noun · 78% connection
A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Coma
noun · 78% connection
A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Cowlick
noun · 78% connection
A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Crinite
adjective · 78% connection
Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Dishevel
verb · 78% connection
To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive particip…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Fascicled
adjective · 78% connection
Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Feather
noun · 78% connection
A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Fetlock
noun · 78% connection
The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Floccus
noun · 78% connection
The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Foretop
noun · 78% connection
The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Frizette
noun · 78% connection
A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Fur
noun · 78% connection
The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
Giraffe
noun · 78% connection
An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tuft, brush, hair, knees, some.
