Tomentose: alternatives and connections

Having the hair matted with clotted blood.

The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development.

The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membr…

Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, w…

A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal.

A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane.…

The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of su…

Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of…

A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.

A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densel…

Interwoven; matted; entangled.