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# {{context|countable}} A [[pigment]]ed [[keratin]]aceous [[growth]] that forms thin [[spire]]s and grows out from a [[follicle]] on the human [[head]].
 
# {{context|countable}} A [[pigment]]ed [[keratin]]aceous [[growth]] that forms thin [[spire]]s and grows out from a [[follicle]] on the human [[head]].
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#: Then read he me how Sampson lost his '''hairs'''. - [[w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer]]
 
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#: And draweth new delights with hoary '''hairs'''. - [[w:Edmund Spenser|Edmund Spenser]]
 
 
# {{uncountable}} The [[collection]] or [[mass]] of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a [[covering]] for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
 
# {{uncountable}} The [[collection]] or [[mass]] of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a [[covering]] for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
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#: ''The '''hair''' on a bear makes a warm fur coat.''
 
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#: ''She said she couldn't go out with me Friday - she had to wash her '''hair'''.''
 
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#*'''1900''', [[w:Charles W. Chesnutt|Charles W. Chesnutt]], ''The House Behind the Cedars'', Chapter I,
 
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#*:Her abundant '''hair''', of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.
 
 
# {{context|zoology|countable}} A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates.  Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
 
# {{context|zoology|countable}} A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates.  Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
 
# {{context|botany|countable}} A [[cellular]] outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.  Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily ([[Nuphar]]).
 
# {{context|botany|countable}} A [[cellular]] outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.  Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily ([[Nuphar]]).
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# {{obsolete}} [[haircloth|Haircloth]]; a hair shirt.
 
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#* '''c. 1390''', Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Second Nun's Tale", ''Canterbury Tales'':
 
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#*: She, ful devout and humble in hir corage, / Under hir robe of gold, that sat ful faire, / Hadde next hir flessh yclad hir in an '''haire'''.
 
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#* '''1485''', Thomas Malory, ''Le Morte Darthur'', Book XV:
 
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#*: I requyre you take thys '''hayre''' that was thys holy mannes and put hit nexte thy skynne, and hit shall prevayle the gretly.
 
 
# {{countable}} Any very small distance, or degree; a [[hairbreadth]].
 
# {{countable}} Any very small distance, or degree; a [[hairbreadth]].
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#: ''Just a little louder please - turn that knob a '''hair''' to the right.''
 
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The word '''hair''' is usually used without article in singular number when it refers to all the hairs on one's head in general. But if it refers to a single hair, it takes the indefinite article ('''a''' hair), or if it refers to more than one hair, a few hairs, then it takes the plural form without an article, and needs a plural verb.
 
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: George has ('''-''') brown hair, but I found '''a''' hair on the sofa and suspect he's getting some gray hair'''s'''.
 
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: George's ''hair is'' brown, but ''one'' hair I found ''was'' grey, so I think there ''are'' probably more grey ''hairs'' on his head as well.
 
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Adjectives often applied to "hair": long, short, curly, straight, dark, blonde, black, brown, red, blue, green, purple, coarse, fine, healthy, damaged, beautiful, perfect, natural, dyed.
 
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{{rel-top3|Terms derived from ''hair''}}
 
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* [[against the hair]]
 
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* [[bad hair day]]
 
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* [[bed hair]]
 
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* [[curl someone's hair]]
 
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* [[facial hair]]
 
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* [[fair-haired]]
 
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* [[get in somebody's hair]]
 
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* [[hair bracket]]
 
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* [[hairbreadth]], [[hairsbreadth]]
 
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* [[hair brush]], [[hairbrush]]
 
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* [[haircare]], [[hair care]]
 
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* [[hair cells]]
 
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* [[hair-curling]]
 
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* [[haircut]]
 
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* [[hairdo]]
 
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* [[hairdresser]]
 
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* [[hair dryer]]
 
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* [[hair dye]]
 
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* [[hair gel]]
 
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* [[hair glove]]
 
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* [[hair lace]]
 
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* [[hairless]]
 
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* [[hair line]], [[hairline]]
 
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* [[hair moss]]
 
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* [[hair moth]]
 
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* [[hairnet]]
 
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* [[hair of the dog]]
 
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* [[hair pencil]]
 
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* [[hairpiece]]
 
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* [[hairpin]]
 
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* [[hair plate]]
 
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* [[hair powder]]
 
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* [[hair-raising]]
 
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* [[hair seal]]
 
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* [[hair seating]]
 
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* [[hair shirt]]
 
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* [[hair sieve]]
 
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* [[hair snake]]
 
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* [[hair space]]
 
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* [[hairspray]], [[hair spray]]
 
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* [[hair stroke]]
 
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* [[hairstyle]]
 
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* [[hair-trigger]]
 
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* [[hairy]]
 
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* [[head of hair]]
 
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* [[hide nor hair]], [[neither hide nor hair]]
 
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* [[horsehair]]
 
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* [[keep your hair on]]
 
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* [[let one's hair down]]
 
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* [[make somebody's hair curl]]
 
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* [[make somebody's hair stand on end]]
 
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* [[not turn a hair]]
 
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* [[not worth a hair]]
 
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* [[part one's hair]]
 
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* [[pubic hair]]
 
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* [[put hair on somebody's chest]]
 
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* [[split hairs]]
 
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* [[tear one's hair out]]
 
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* [[to a hair]]
 
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Hair is often used adjectively or in combination; as, '''hairbrush''' or '''hair brush''', '''hair dye''', '''hair oil''', '''hairpin''', '''hair powder''', a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair
 
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* '''Against the hair''', ''(Obsolete)'': in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain
 
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*:* You go against the hair of your professions. - Shakespeare, ''Merry Wives of Windsor, II-iii''
 
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* '''Hair bracket''', ''(Ship Carpentry):'' a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead
 
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* '''Hair cells''', ''(Anatomy):'' cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear
 
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* '''Hair compass''', '''Hair divider''', a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw
 
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* '''Hair glove''', a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin
 
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* '''Hair lace''', a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. - [[Swift]]
 
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* '''Hair line''', a line made of hair; a very slender line
 
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* '''Hair moth''', ''(Zoology):'' any moth which destroys goods made of hair, especially ''[[Tinea biselliella]]''
 
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* '''Hair pencil''', a brush or fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc.
 
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* '''Hair plate''', an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire
 
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* '''Hair powder''', a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs
 
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* '''Hair seal''', ''(Zoology):'' any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion
 
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* '''Hair seating''', haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.
 
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* '''Hair shirt''', a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance.
 
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* '''Hair sieve''', a strainer with a haircloth bottom
 
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* '''Hair snake'''. See [[Gordius]]
 
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* '''Hair space''', ''(Printing):'' the thinnest metal space used in lines of type
 
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* '''Hair stroke''', a delicate stroke in writing
 
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* '''Hair trigger''', a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. - [[Farrow]]
 
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* '''Not worth a hair''', of no value
 
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* '''To a hair''', with the nicest distinction
 
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* '''To split hairs''', to make distinctions of useless nicety.
 
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===Related terms===
 
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* [[haircut]]
 
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* [[hairy]]
 
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* [[hirsute]]
 
  
 
===Adjectives for Hair===
 
===Adjectives for Hair===
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abnormal; abominable; abounding; abundant; agglutinated; alluring; amber; amorous; ash-colored; auburn;  back-blown;  backward-streaming bad; battling; beautiful; bleached; blowing blond; blue-black; bobbed; boyish; braided brick-colored;  bright;  bristling;  brittle; bronzed; brunette; brushed; bushy; carefully-brushed;  careless;  carroty;  chestnut; close-curling; close-cut; close-trimmed; clustering; coal-black; coiled; colored; copious; coppery; corn-colored; correct; cottony; crinkly; crisp; cumbersome; curled; dabbled; dark; dazzling; dewy; disarranged; dirty; discolored; disheveled; disordered; drab; dressed; dripping; drowning; dull; dusky; dusty; dyed; elaborately-dressed; electrified; erect entangled; excessive; faded; fair; falling fiery; filthy; fine; finespun; flat flaxen; flecked; floating; flowing fluffy; fluttering; flying; forlorn; frizzed frowzy; fussy; fuzzy; garlanded; glamorous; gleaming; glinting; glittering; glorious glossy; golden; gorgeous; gray; graying greasy; grimy; grizzled; haggard; hard harsh; hay-colored; hazel; heavy; helmeted; hempy; henna; hoary; honey-colored; horrible; horrid; impeccable; impetuous; incredible; iron-gray; jet; jet-black; jeweled; kinky; knotted; lambent; lank; lifeless; light; limp; long; loosening; loose-waved; lovely; luminous; lustrous; luxuriant; mahogany; marvelous; massive; matted; metallic; misty; mortal; mouse-colored; muddy; mussed; mustard-colored;  neat;  neglected;  nut-brown; objectionable; oily; odorous; over-bleached; overgrown; overlong; pale; pal¬led; pallid; palsied; parted; pendulous; perfumed; plaited; plentiful; plastered; pomaded; portentous; powdered; precious; prematurely-gray; prim; princely; problematical; prodigious; profuse; puffed; queenly; quiet; radiant; ragged; raven; ravishing; rebellious; reddish; refractory; reverend; rich; riotous; rippling; romantic; rough; ruffled; rumpled; russet; rusty; sandy; satiny; scant; scattered; scented; scorched; scraggly; sculptured; shadowy; shaggy; sheeny; shining; shingled; short; short-cropped; silken; silver-gilt; silvery; sleek; slender; slicked; sluttish; smoky; smoothed; smothering; snowy; soft; soggy; spiky; spilling; sprouting; starchy; steel-gray; stiff; stiff-looking; straggly; straight; straw-colored; streaked; subtle; streaming; strength-giving; stringy; strong; stubbly; stubby; sun-blanched; sunny; sun-bleached; sustaining; sylvan; swarthy; sweaty; taffy; tangled; tawny; thick; tidy; time-hallowed; tiny; tousled; tow-colored; tumbled; turbulent; twining; twisted; two-toned; unbound; uncompromising; unconquered; uncurled; undone; undulating; unhealthy; unkempt; unmanageable; unruly; untidy; unwashed; usurping; vegetable; velvety; venerable; vibrant; vivid; voluminous; waved; wavy; waxed; well-brushed; well-known; weltering; wet; wild; wind-blown; wind-rumpled; wind-whipped; wiry; wondrous; youthful; zephyr-blown; burnished.
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abnormal; abominable; abounding; abundant; agglutinated; alluring; amber; amorous; ashblonde; ash-colored; asthetic; auburn;  back-blown;  backward-streaming bad; battling; beautiful; bleached; blowing blond; blue-black; bobbed; boyish; braided brick-colored;  bright;  bristling;  brittle;
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bronzed; brunette; brushed; bushy; carefully-brushed;  careless;  carroty;  chestnut;
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close-curling; close-cut; close-trimmed; clustering; coal-black; coiled; colored; copious;
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coppery; corn-colored; correct; cottony;
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crinkly; crisp; crownless; cumbersome; curled; dabbled; dark; dazzling; dewy; disarranged; dirty; discolored; disheveled; disordered; drab; dressed; dripping; drowning; dull; dusky; dusty; dyed; ebon; effulg¬ent; elaborately-dressed; electrified; erect entangled; excessive; faded; fair; falling fiery; filthy; fine; finespun; fiamelike; flat tened; flaxen; flecked; floating; flowing fluffy; fluttering; flying; forlorn; frizzed frowzy; fussy; fuzzy; garlanded; glamorous; gleaming; glinting; glittering; glorious glossy; golden; gorgeous; gray; graying greasy; grimy; grizzled; haggard; hard harsh; hay-colored; hazel; heavy; helmeted hempy; henna; hoary; honey-colored; horrent; horrible; horrid; impeccable; impetuous; incredible; iron-gray; jet; jet-black;
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jeweled; kinky; knotted; lambent; lank; lifeless; light; limp; long; loosening; loose-waved; lovely; luminous; lustrous; luxuriant; mahogany; marcelled; marvelous; massive; matted; metallic; mis-dressed; misty;
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mortal; mouse-colored; muddy; mussed;
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mustard-colored;  neat;  neglected;  nut-brown; objectionable; oily; odorous; over-bleached; overgrown; overlong; pale; pal¬led; pallid; palsied; parted; pendulous; perfumed; plaited; plentiful; plastered; pomaded; poppied; portentous; powdered; precious; prematurely-gray; prim; princely; problematical; prodigious; profuse; puffed;
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queenly; quiet; radiant; ragged; raven; ravishing; rebellious; reddish; reddled; refractory; reverend; ribboned; rich; riotous; rippling; romantic; rough; ruffled; rumpled;
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russet; rusty; sandy; satiny; scant; scattered; scented; scorched; scraggly; sculptured;
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starchy; steel-gray; stiff; stiff-looking; straggly; straight; straw-colored; streaked; subtle; streaming; strength-giving; stringy;
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twisted; two-toned; unbound; uncompromising; unconquered; uncurled; undone; undulating; unhealthy; unkempt; unkinked;
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===Verbs for Hair===
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arrange—; braid—; curl— deck—; discipline—; dishevel—; fluff out— glue down—; groom—; ruffle—; rumple— train—;  whisk  back—;  —bristles;  — frames; —gleams; —glistens; —glows; — luxuriates; —projects; —ripples; —shimmers; —shines; —straggles; —waves.  
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arrange—; beribbon—; braid—; curl— deck—; discipline—; dishevel—; fluff out— glue down—; groom—; ruffle—; rumple— train—;  whisk  back—;  —bristles;  — frames; —gleams; —glistens; —glows; — luxuriates; —projects; —ripples; —shimmers; —shines; —straggles; —waves.  
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[[a continental]], [[a curse]], [[a damn]], [[a darn]], [[a hoot]], [[ace]], [[animal fiber]], [[artificial fiber]], [[atom]], [[bagatelle]], [[bauble]], [[bean]], [[bibelot]], [[bit]], [[bowshot]], [[braids]], [[brass farthing]], [[brief span]], [[bristle]], [[button]], [[cambric tea]], [[capillament]], [[cent]], [[cilium]], [[cirrus]], [[close quarters]], [[close range]], [[closeness]], [[coat]], [[cobweb]], [[confinement]], [[crack]], [[crowdedness]], [[curio]], [[dab]], [[denier]], [[dishwater]], [[dole]], [[dot]], [[dram]], [[dribble]], [[driblet]], [[dwarf]], [[earreach]], [[earshot]], [[farce]], [[farthing]], [[feather]], [[fiber]], [[fibrilla]], [[fig]], [[filament]], [[filamentule]], [[flagellum]], [[fleabite]], [[fleck]], [[fleece]], [[flyspeck]], [[folderol]], [[fraction]], [[fragment]], [[fribble]], [[frippery]], [[fur]], [[gaud]], [[gewgaw]], [[gimcrack]], [[gobbet]], [[gossamer]], [[grain]], [[granule]], [[groat]], [[gruel]], [[gunshot]], [[hair space]], [[hairbreadth]], [[hairsbreadth]], [[halfpenny]], [[handful]], [[hank]], [[hill of beans]], [[horsehair]], [[house of cards]], [[incapaciousness]], [[inch]], [[incommodiousness]], [[iota]], [[jest]], [[joke]], [[jot]], [[kickshaw]], [[knickknack]], [[knickknackery]], [[limitation]], [[little]], [[little bit]], [[little ways]], [[locks]], [[mane]], [[matchwood]], [[milk and water]], [[minikin]], [[minim]], [[minimum]], [[minutiae]], [[mite]], [[mockery]], [[modicum]], [[molecule]], [[molehill]], [[mote]], [[narrow gauge]], [[narrowness]], [[nearness]], [[nutshell]], [[ounce]], [[particle]], [[pebble]], [[pelt]], [[peppercorn]], [[picayune]], [[pile]], [[pin]], [[pinch]], [[pinch of snuff]], [[pinprick]], [[pistol shot]], [[pittance]], [[point]], [[pubescence]], [[pubic hair]], [[rap]], [[red cent]], [[reed]], [[restrictedness]], [[restriction]], [[rope of sand]], [[row of pins]], [[rush]], [[sand castle]], [[scruple]], [[setula]], [[shag]], [[shit]], [[short distance]], [[short piece]], [[short way]], [[skein]], [[slenderness]], [[smidgen]], [[smitch]], [[snap]], [[sneeshing]], [[sou]], [[span]], [[speck]], [[spitting distance]], [[spoonful]], [[spot]], [[step]], [[straitness]], [[strand]], [[straw]], [[strictness]], [[suture]], [[tendril]], [[thimbleful]], [[thread]], [[threadlet]], [[tight squeeze]], [[tightness]], [[tiny bit]], [[tittle]], [[toy]], [[trace]], [[tresses]], [[trifle]], [[trifling amount]], [[trinket]], [[trivia]], [[triviality]], [[tuppence]], [[two cents]], [[twopence]], [[water]], [[web]], [[whim-wham]], [[whisker]], [[whit]], [[wool]]
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[[ace]], [[animal fiber]], [[artificial fiber]], [[atom]], [[bagatelle]], [[bauble]], [[bean]], [[bibelot]], [[bit]], [[bowshot]], [[braids]], [[brass farthing]], [[brief span]], [[bristle]], [[button]], [[cambric tea]], [[capillament]], [[cent]], [[cilium]], [[cirrus]], [[close quarters]], [[close range]], [[closeness]], [[coat]], [[cobweb]], [[confinement]], [[crack]], [[crowdedness]], [[curio]], [[dab]], [[denier]], [[dishwater]], [[dole]], [[dot]], [[dram]], [[dribble]], [[driblet]], [[dwarf]], [[earreach]], [[earshot]], [[farce]], [[farthing]], [[feather]], [[fiber]], [[fibrilla]], [[fig]], [[filament]], [[filamentule]], [[flagellum]], [[fleabite]], [[fleck]], [[fleece]], [[flyspeck]], [[folderol]], [[fraction]], [[fragment]], [[fribble]], [[frippery]], [[fur]], [[gaud]], [[gewgaw]], [[gimcrack]], [[gobbet]], [[gossamer]], [[grain]], [[granule]], [[groat]], [[gruel]], [[gunshot]], [[hair space]], [[hairbreadth]], [[hairsbreadth]], [[halfpenny]], [[handful]], [[hank]], [[hill of beans]], [[horsehair]], [[house of cards]], [[incapaciousness]], [[inch]], [[incommodiousness]], [[iota]], [[jest]], [[joke]], [[jot]], [[kickshaw]], [[knickknack]], [[knickknackery]], [[limitation]], [[little]], [[little bit]], [[little ways]], [[locks]], [[mane]], [[matchwood]], [[milk and water]], [[minikin]], [[minim]], [[minimum]], [[minutiae]], [[mite]], [[mockery]], [[modicum]], [[molecule]], [[molehill]], [[mote]], [[narrow gauge]], [[narrowness]], [[nearness]], [[nutshell]], [[ounce]], [[particle]], [[pebble]], [[pelt]], [[peppercorn]], [[picayune]], [[pile]], [[pin]], [[pinch]], [[pinch of snuff]], [[pinprick]], [[pistol shot]], [[pittance]], [[point]], [[pubescence]], [[pubic hair]], [[rap]], [[red cent]], [[reed]], [[restrictedness]], [[restriction]], [[rope of sand]], [[row of pins]], [[rush]], [[sand castle]], [[scruple]], [[setula]], [[shag]], [[shit]], [[short distance]], [[short piece]], [[short way]], [[skein]], [[slenderness]], [[smidgen]], [[smitch]], [[snap]], [[sneeshing]], [[sou]], [[span]], [[speck]], [[spitting distance]], [[spoonful]], [[spot]], [[step]], [[straitness]], [[strand]], [[straw]], [[strictness]], [[suture]], [[tendril]], [[thimbleful]], [[thread]], [[threadlet]], [[tight squeeze]], [[tightness]], [[tiny bit]], [[tittle]], [[toy]], [[trace]], [[tresses]], [[trifle]], [[trifling amount]], [[trinket]], [[trivia]], [[triviality]], [[tuppence]], [[two cents]], [[twopence]], [[water]], [[web]], [[whim-wham]], [[whisker]], [[whit]], [[wool]]
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{{etyl|enm}} {{term|her|hēr|lang=enm}}, {{term|heer|lang=enm}}, {{term|hær|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|hær|hǣr|lang=ang}} , from {{proto|Germanic|hēran}} (compare West Frisian {{term|hier|lang=fy}}, {{etyl|nl|-}}/{{etyl|de|-}} {{term|haar|lang=nl}}, Swedish {{term|hår|lang=sv}}), from {{proto|Indo-European|keres-}} 'rough hair, bristle' (compare {{etyl|mga|-}} {{term|carrach|lang=mga}} 'scurfy, mangy', {{etyl|lt|-}} {{term|šerys|lang=lt}} 'bristle, animal hair', {{etyl|ru|-}} {{term|шерсть|lang=ru}} (''šerstĭ'') 'wool', {{etyl|sa|-}} kapuc''chala'' 'napehair, shorthairs').
 
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* {{enPR|hâr}}, {{IPA|/hɛə/|/hɛɹ/}}, {{SAMPA|/he@/}}
 
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* {{audio|en-us-hair.ogg|Audio (US)}}
 
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* {{audio|En-uk-hair.ogg|Audio (UK)}}
 
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* {{homophones|hare}}
 
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==Translations==
 
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{{trans-top|a pigmented keratinaceous growth on the human head}}
 
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* [[Afrikaans]]: {{t+|af|haar|xs=Afrikaans}}
 
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* [[Amharic]]: {{t|am|ፀጉር|tr=s'ägurə|sc=Ethi}}
 
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* Arabic: {{t+|ar|شعر|alt=شَعر|tr=shaʻr}}
 
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* Armenian: {{t-|hy|մազեր|tr=mazer}}
 
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* [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|per}}
 
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* [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|ile|xs=Basque}}
 
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* Bengali: {{t|bn|চুল|sc=Beng}}
 
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* Bosnian: [[kosa#Bosnian|kosa]] {{f}} {{qualifier|collective}}
 
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* [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|blev|xs=Breton}}
 
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|коса|f|tr=kosá}}
 
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* [[Catalan]]: [[cabell]] {{m}}
 
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* [[Chamicuro]]: {{tø|ccc|shenu}}
 
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*: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|頭髮|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|头发|tr=tóufa|sc=Hani}}
 
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*: [[Min Nan]]: {{tø|nan|頭毛|tr=thâu-mn̂g|sc=Hans}}, {{tø|nan|頭鬃|tr=thâu-tsang|sc=Hans}}
 
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* Croatian: [[kosa]] {{f}}; [[vlasi]] {{f|p}}
 
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* Czech: {{t-|cs|vlasy|m|p}}
 
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* Danish: {{t+|da|hår|n}}
 
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|haar|n}}
 
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* Esperanto: [[haro]] {{qualifier|individual}}, [[hararo]] {{qualifier|collection}}
 
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* Estonian: {{t-|et|juuksed|p}}
 
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* [[Ewe]]: [[ɖa]]
 
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hius}} {{qualifier|individual}}; {{t+|fi|hiukset|p}}; {{t+|fi|tukka}} {{qualifier|collection}}
 
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* French: [[cheveu]] {{m}} {{qualifier|individual}}, [[chevelure]] {{f}} {{qualifier|collection}}
 
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*: [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|cheveu|m}}
 
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* Georgian: [[თმა]] (tma)
 
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* German: {{t+|de|Haar|n}}
 
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* Greek: {{t+|el|μαλλιά|n|p|tr=malliá}}
 
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* Hebrew: [[שערה]] (seʿārā) {{f}}
 
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* Hindi: {{t-|hi|बाल|xs=Hindi}}, {{t|hi|केश|sc=Deva}} (keś)
 
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|haj}}
 
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* Icelandic: {{t+|is|hár|n}}
 
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* Indonesian: {{t-|id|rambut|xs=Indonesian}}
 
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* [[Interlingua]]: [[capillo]]
 
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* Irish: {{t|ga|gruaig}}
 
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* Italian: {{t+|it|capello|m}} {{qualifier|individual}}; {{t+|it|capelli|m|p}}
 
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* Japanese: [[髪の毛]] (かみのけ, kaminoke), [[髪]] (かみ, kami)
 
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* [[Kamba]]: {{tø|kam|nzue}}
 
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* [[Kannada]]: {{t|kn|ಕೇಶ|sc=Knda}} (kēśa)
 
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* [[Kikuyu]]: {{tø|ki|jwere}}
 
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* Korean: [[머리칼]] (meorikal), [[머리카락]] (meorikarak)
 
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* Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[قژ]]}}
 
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* [[Latgalian]]: {{tø|ltg|mots}}
 
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* Latin: {{t|la|capillus|m}}, {{t-|la|pilus|m}}
 
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* Latvian: {{t|lv|mats|m}}, {{t|lv|mati|p}}
 
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* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|plaukai|xs=Lithuanian}}, {{qualifier|single piece}} {{t|lt|plaukas|m}}
 
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* [[Luhya]]: {{tø|luy|lichune}}
 
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* [[Luo]]: {{tø|luo|yie wich}}
 
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* [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Hor|n}}, {{t|lb|Hoer|p}}
 
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* [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|коса|f|tr=kósa}} {{qualifier|collective}},  {{t|mk|прамен|m|tr=prámen}} (''strand of hair''),  {{t-|mk|влакно|n|tr=vlákno}} (''single piece of hair'')
 
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* Malay: {{t-|ms|rambut|xs=Malay}}
 
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* Maltese: {{t-|mt|xagħar|xs=Maltese}}
 
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* Navajo: {{tø|nv|atsiighaʼ}}
 
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* Norwegian: {{t-|no|hår}}
 
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* Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[مو]]}}(mu)
 
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* Polish: [[włosy]] {{qualifier|inanimate pl}}
 
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cabelo|m}}
 
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* [[Romani]]: {{tø|rom|bal|m}}
 
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* Romanian: {{t+|ro|păr|m}}
 
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* [[Romansch]]: {{t|rm|chavels|m|p}}
 
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|волосы|p|tr=vólosy}}
 
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* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|केश|sc=Deva}} (kéśa)
 
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* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|falt|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}, {{t-|gd|gruag|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
 
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* Serbian: [[kosa]] {{f}} {{qualifier|collective}}
 
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* [[Sicilian]]: [[capiddu]] {{m}}(individual), [[capiddi]] {{m}} , [[zazzira]] {{f}}
 
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* Slovene: {{t-|sl|las|m}}
 
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* [[Sotho]]: {{t-|st|moriri|xs=Sotho}}
 
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|cabello|m}}, {{t|es|pelo|m}}
 
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* Swahili: {{t+|sw|nywele|xs=Swahili}}
 
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|hår}}
 
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* [[Taos]]: [[phóna]]
 
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* [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|వెంట్రుకలు}}(vemtrukalu),[[జుట్టు]] (juTTu)
 
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* Thai: {{t-|th|ผม|tr=phohm}}
 
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* Turkish: {{t+|tr|saç}}
 
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* [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|saç}}
 
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* [[Uyghur]]: {{t-|ug|چاچ|tr=chach|sc=ug-Arab|xs=Uyghur}}
 
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* [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|her}}, {{qualifier|obsolete}} {{t|vo|hel}}
 
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* Welsh: {{t-|cy|gwallt|xs=Welsh}}
 
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* [[West Frisian]]: [[hier]] {{n}}
 
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{{trans-top|the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals}}
 
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* [[Afrikaans]]: {{t+|af|haar|xs=Afrikaans}}
 
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* Armenian: {{t-|hy|մազեր|tr=mazer}}
 
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* [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|ile|xs=Basque}}
 
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* Bengali: {{t|bn|পশম|sc=Beng}}
 
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* Bosnian: {{t-|bs|dlaka|f}}
 
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* [[Catalan]]: [[pèl]] {{m}}
 
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* Chinese:
 
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*: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|頭髮|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|头发|tr=tóufa|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|毛髮|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|毛发|tr=máofà|sc=Hani}}
 
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* Croatian: [[dlaka]] {{f}} {{qualifier|collection in animals}}; [[krzno]] {{m}} {{qualifier|collection in animals}}; [[dlake]] {{f|p}} {{qualifier|collection in humans}}
 
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* Czech: {{t+|cs|srst|f}}, {{t-|cs|ochlupení|n}}
 
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* Danish: {{t+|da|hår|n}}
 
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|haar|n}}
 
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* Esperanto: {{t-|eo|hararo|xs=Esperanto}}
 
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* [[Ewe]]: [[ɖa]], {{qualifier|collection in humans}},  [[fũ]] {{qualifier|collection in animals}}
 
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* Finnish: [[karvoitus]], [[karva]]t {{p}}
 
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* French: {{t+|fr|cheveux|m|p}} {{qualifier|collection in humans}}, {{t+|fr|poils|m|p}}
 
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* German: {{t+|de|Haar|n}}
 
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* Greek: [[τρίχες]] (tríkhes) {{f|p}}
 
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* Hebrew: [[שיער]] (seʿār) {{m}}
 
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* Hindi: {{t-|hi|बाल|xs=Hindi}}
 
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szőr}}
 
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* Icelandic: {{t+|is|hár|n}}
 
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* Indonesian: {{t-|id|rambut|xs=Indonesian}}
 
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* [[Interlingua]]: [[pilo]]
 
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* Italian: {{t+|it|peli|m|p}}
 
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* Japanese: [[毛]] (け, ke)
 
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* Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[تووک]]}}
 
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* Latin: {{t|la|capillus|m}}, {{t-|la|pilus}}
 
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* Latvian: {{qualifier|of animals}} {{t|lv|spalva|f}}, {{t|lv|vilna|f}}
 
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* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|plaukai|p}}, {{t|lt|vilnos|p}}, {{t|lt|gaurai|p}}, {{t|lt|šeriai|p}}
 
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* [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Hoer|p}}, {{t|lb|Buuschten|p}}
 
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* [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|влакна|n|p|tr=vlákna}}
 
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* Malay: {{t-|ms|bulu|xs=Malay}}
 
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* Maltese: {{t-|mt|suf|xs=Maltese}}
 
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* Polish: [[włosy]] {{qualifier|inanimate pl}}
 
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pelo|m}}
 
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* [[Romani]]: {{tø|rom|zar|f}}
 
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* Romanian: {{t|ro|păr|m}} (de pe corp), , {{t|ro|blană|f}} (zool.)
 
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* [[Romansch]]: {{t|rm|chavels|m|p}}
 
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|волосы|p|tr=vólosy}}
 
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* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|fionnadh|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
 
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* Serbian: [[krzno]] {{m}} {{qualifier|collection in animals}}; [[dlake]] {{f|p}} {{qualifier|collection in humans}}
 
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* [[Sicilian]]: [[pila]] {{m|p}}
 
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* Slovak: [[srsť]] {{m}}
 
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* Slovene: {{t-|sl|lasje|m}}, {{t+|sl|dlaka|f}}
 
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* [[Sotho]]: {{t-|st|moriri|xs=Sotho}}
 
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|pelo|m}}
 
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* Swahili: {{t+|sw|nywele|xs=Swahili}}
 
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* [[Telugu]]: {{t|te|రోమాలు}}(roomaalu)
 
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* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kıl}},  {{t+|tr|tüy}}
 
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* [[Volapük]]: {{qualifier|collective}} {{t|vo|herem}}
 
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* [[West Frisian]]: [[hier]] {{n}}
 
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{{trans-top|one of the above-mentioned filaments}}
 
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* Armenian: {{t|hy|մազ|tr=maz}}
 
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* [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|ile|xs=Basque}}
 
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* Croatian: [[dlaka]] {{f}}; [[vlas]] {{f}} {{qualifier|single human hair filament only}}
 
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* Czech: {{t-|cs|vlas|m}}, {{t-|cs|chlup|n}}
 
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* Danish: {{t+|da|hår|n}}
 
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|haar|n}}
 
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* Esperanto: {{t-|eo|haro|xs=Esperanto}}
 
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|karva}}, {{t-|fi|jouhi}}
 
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* French: {{t+|fr|poil|m}}
 
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*: Old French: {{tø|fro|poil|m}}
 
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* German: {{t+|de|Haaresbreite|f}}
 
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* Greek: [[τρίχα]] (tríkha) {{f}}
 
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* Hindi: {{t-|hi|बाल|xs=Hindi}}
 
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* Italian: {{t-|it|pelo|m}}
 
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{{trans-mid}}
 
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* Latin: {{t|la|pilus|m}}
 
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* Latvian: {{t|lv|mats|m}}
 
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* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|plaukas|m}}
 
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* [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|влакно|n|tr=vlákno}}
 
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|włos|m}}
 
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* Portuguese: {{t|pt|pelo|m}}
 
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* [[Romansch]]: {{t|rm|chavel|m}}
 
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|волос|m|tr=vólos}}
 
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* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|fuiltean|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}},  {{t-|gd|ribe|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
 
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* Serbian: {{t-|sr|длака|f|tr=dlaka|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t-|sr|влас|f|tr=vlas|sc=Cyrl}}
 
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* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dlaka|f}}
 
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|pelo|m}}
 
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* Swahili: {{t+|sw|nywele|xs=Swahili}}
 
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* [[West Frisian]]: [[hier]] {{n}}
 
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* {{ttbc|sq}}: [[qime]] {{f}}, [[flok]] {{m}}
 
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* {{ttbc|br}}: [[blev]] {{qualifier|collective}}
 
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* {{ttbc|gn}}: [[tague]]
 
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* {{ttbc|haw}}: [[hulu]]
 
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* {{ttbc|hi}}: {{t+|hi|केश|tr=keś|xs=Hindi}} {{g|hi}}
 
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* {{ttbc|la}}: [[crinis]]
 
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* {{ttbc|mg}}: [[volo]]
 
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* {{ttbc|mi}}: [[huru]]
 
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* {{ttbc|mr}}: [[केस]]  {{m}}
 
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* {{ttbc|pjt}}: [[uru]]
 
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* {{ttbc|ro}}: [[păr]] {{m}}
 
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* {{ttbc|sc}}: [[pilu]] {{m}}
 
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* {{ttbc|sd}}: {{sd-Arab|[[وارُ]]}} (Vaaru) {{m}}
 
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* {{ttbc|sk}}: [[vlasy]] {{m}}
 
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* {{ttbc|sw}}: [[nywele]]
 
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* {{ttbc|tl}}: [[buhok]]
 
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* {{ttbc|ta}}: [[mudi]]
 
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* {{ttbc|te}}: [[వెంట్రుకలు]] (veMTrukalu), [[జుట్టు]] (juTTu)
 
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* {{ttbc|tpn}}: [['aba]]
 
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===Statistics===
 
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* {{rank|send|peace|glad|570|hair|ran|important|mine}}
 
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===Anagrams===
 
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* [[Hira#English|Hira]]
 
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* [[riah#English|riah]]
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 04:03, 11 October 2014

English

Noun

Hair (countable and uncountable; plural Hairs) (but usually in singular)
  1. (countable) A pigmented keratinaceous growth that forms thin spires and grows out from a follicle on the human head.
  2. (uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
  3. (zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
  4. (botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
  5. (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Adjectives for Hair

abnormal; abominable; abounding; abundant; agglutinated; alluring; amber; amorous; ash-colored; auburn; back-blown; backward-streaming bad; battling; beautiful; bleached; blowing blond; blue-black; bobbed; boyish; braided brick-colored; bright; bristling; brittle; bronzed; brunette; brushed; bushy; carefully-brushed; careless; carroty; chestnut; close-curling; close-cut; close-trimmed; clustering; coal-black; coiled; colored; copious; coppery; corn-colored; correct; cottony; crinkly; crisp; cumbersome; curled; dabbled; dark; dazzling; dewy; disarranged; dirty; discolored; disheveled; disordered; drab; dressed; dripping; drowning; dull; dusky; dusty; dyed; elaborately-dressed; electrified; erect entangled; excessive; faded; fair; falling fiery; filthy; fine; finespun; flat flaxen; flecked; floating; flowing fluffy; fluttering; flying; forlorn; frizzed frowzy; fussy; fuzzy; garlanded; glamorous; gleaming; glinting; glittering; glorious glossy; golden; gorgeous; gray; graying greasy; grimy; grizzled; haggard; hard harsh; hay-colored; hazel; heavy; helmeted; hempy; henna; hoary; honey-colored; horrible; horrid; impeccable; impetuous; incredible; iron-gray; jet; jet-black; jeweled; kinky; knotted; lambent; lank; lifeless; light; limp; long; loosening; loose-waved; lovely; luminous; lustrous; luxuriant; mahogany; marvelous; massive; matted; metallic; misty; mortal; mouse-colored; muddy; mussed; mustard-colored; neat; neglected; nut-brown; objectionable; oily; odorous; over-bleached; overgrown; overlong; pale; pal¬led; pallid; palsied; parted; pendulous; perfumed; plaited; plentiful; plastered; pomaded; portentous; powdered; precious; prematurely-gray; prim; princely; problematical; prodigious; profuse; puffed; queenly; quiet; radiant; ragged; raven; ravishing; rebellious; reddish; refractory; reverend; rich; riotous; rippling; romantic; rough; ruffled; rumpled; russet; rusty; sandy; satiny; scant; scattered; scented; scorched; scraggly; sculptured; shadowy; shaggy; sheeny; shining; shingled; short; short-cropped; silken; silver-gilt; silvery; sleek; slender; slicked; sluttish; smoky; smoothed; smothering; snowy; soft; soggy; spiky; spilling; sprouting; starchy; steel-gray; stiff; stiff-looking; straggly; straight; straw-colored; streaked; subtle; streaming; strength-giving; stringy; strong; stubbly; stubby; sun-blanched; sunny; sun-bleached; sustaining; sylvan; swarthy; sweaty; taffy; tangled; tawny; thick; tidy; time-hallowed; tiny; tousled; tow-colored; tumbled; turbulent; twining; twisted; two-toned; unbound; uncompromising; unconquered; uncurled; undone; undulating; unhealthy; unkempt; unmanageable; unruly; untidy; unwashed; usurping; vegetable; velvety; venerable; vibrant; vivid; voluminous; waved; wavy; waxed; well-brushed; well-known; weltering; wet; wild; wind-blown; wind-rumpled; wind-whipped; wiry; wondrous; youthful; zephyr-blown; burnished.

Verbs for Hair

arrange—; braid—; curl— deck—; discipline—; dishevel—; fluff out— glue down—; groom—; ruffle—; rumple— train—; whisk back—; —bristles; — frames; —gleams; —glistens; —glows; — luxuriates; —projects; —ripples; —shimmers; —shines; —straggles; —waves.

Thesaurus

ace, animal fiber, artificial fiber, atom, bagatelle, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, bowshot, braids, brass farthing, brief span, bristle, button, cambric tea, capillament, cent, cilium, cirrus, close quarters, close range, closeness, coat, cobweb, confinement, crack, crowdedness, curio, dab, denier, dishwater, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, dwarf, earreach, earshot, farce, farthing, feather, fiber, fibrilla, fig, filament, filamentule, flagellum, fleabite, fleck, fleece, flyspeck, folderol, fraction, fragment, fribble, frippery, fur, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, gobbet, gossamer, grain, granule, groat, gruel, gunshot, hair space, hairbreadth, hairsbreadth, halfpenny, handful, hank, hill of beans, horsehair, house of cards, incapaciousness, inch, incommodiousness, iota, jest, joke, jot, kickshaw, knickknack, knickknackery, limitation, little, little bit, little ways, locks, mane, matchwood, milk and water, minikin, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, mockery, modicum, molecule, molehill, mote, narrow gauge, narrowness, nearness, nutshell, ounce, particle, pebble, pelt, peppercorn, picayune, pile, pin, pinch, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pistol shot, pittance, point, pubescence, pubic hair, rap, red cent, reed, restrictedness, restriction, rope of sand, row of pins, rush, sand castle, scruple, setula, shag, shit, short distance, short piece, short way, skein, slenderness, smidgen, smitch, snap, sneeshing, sou, span, speck, spitting distance, spoonful, spot, step, straitness, strand, straw, strictness, suture, tendril, thimbleful, thread, threadlet, tight squeeze, tightness, tiny bit, tittle, toy, trace, tresses, trifle, trifling amount, trinket, trivia, triviality, tuppence, two cents, twopence, water, web, whim-wham, whisker, whit, wool

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