a bristly beard

  • 1beard — I. noun Etymology: Middle English berd, from Old English beard; akin to Old High German bart beard, Latin barba Date: before 12th century 1. the hair that grows on a man s face often excluding the mustache 2. a hairy or bristly appendage or tuft… …

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  • 2C. E. M. Joad — Joad second from right on the Brocken in June 1932 Cyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad (August 12, 1891 – April 9, 1953) was an English philosopher and broadcasting personality. He is most famous for his appearance on The Brains Trust, an extremely… …

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  • 3Daurian Partridge — Conservation status Least Concern ( …

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  • 4Sonnet 12 — Sonnet|12 When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver d o er with white; When lofty trees I see barren of leaves Which erst from heat… …

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  • 5poetry — poetryless, adj. /poh i tree/, n. 1. the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. 2. literary work in metrical form; verse. 3. prose with poetic qualities. 4. poetic… …

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  • 6square|flip|per — «SKWAIR FLIHP uhr», noun. a large gray and yellowish seal of arctic regions with a bristly beard and weighing up to 1,000 pounds …

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  • 7awn — beard or similar bristly growth on stalk of grain Rare Three Letter Words …

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  • 8List of the mosses of Britain and Ireland — This is a list of the mosses of Britain and Ireland:* Abietinella abietina Fir Tamarisk moss * Acaulon muticum Rounded Pygmy moss * Acaulon triquetrum Triangular Pygmy moss * Aloina aloides Common Aloe moss * Aloina ambigua Tall Aloe moss *… …

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  • 9barbellate — adjective having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. a horse with a short bristly mane bristly shrubs burred fruits setaceous whiskers • Syn: ↑barbed, ↑briary, ↑briery, ↑ …

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  • 10hair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. mane (see hair); filament;bit, inch (see narrowness, nearness). II Body covering filament Nouns 1. hair; head of hair, mop, mane, crop of hair, thatch, shock; gray, silver or white hair (see… …

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