beard (noun)

  • 101shaving soap — noun toiletry consisting of a preparation of soap and fatty acids that forms a rich lather for softening the beard before shaving • Syn: ↑shaving cream • Hypernyms: ↑toiletry, ↑toilet articles, ↑soapsuds, ↑suds, ↑lather * * * …

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  • 102silverbush — noun 1. silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers • Syn: ↑Jupiter s beard, ↑silver bush, ↑Anthyllis barba jovis • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 103tinea barbae — noun fungal infection of the face and neck • Syn: ↑barber s itch • Hypernyms: ↑tinea, ↑ringworm, ↑roundworm * * * ˌtinēəˈbärˌbē noun Etymology: New Latin, tinea of the beard …

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  • 104traveller's joy — noun vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green white flowers in summer and autumn • Syn: ↑traveler s joy, ↑old man s beard, ↑Clematis vitalba • Hypernyms: ↑clematis * * * traveller s joy… …

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  • 105Uncle Sam — noun a personification of the United States government (Freq. 3) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character * * * ˌUncle ˈSam noun ( …

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  • 106Verbesina — noun herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico; includes plants formerly placed in genus Actinomeris • Syn: ↑genus Verbesina • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteracea …

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  • 107old age — noun a late time of life (Freq. 1) old age is not for sissies he s showing his years age hasn t slowed him down at all a beard white with eld on the brink of geezerhood • Syn: ↑years, ↑ …

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  • 108goatee — noun Etymology: from its resemblance to the beard of a he goat Date: 1844 a small pointed or tufted beard on a man s chin • goateed adjective …

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  • 109pogonophoran — noun Etymology: New Latin Pogonophora, from Greek pōgōnophora, neuter plural of pōgōnophoros wearing a beard, from pōgōn beard + phoros phore Date: 1963 any of a phylum (Pogonophora) of marine wormlike animals of uncertain systematic… …

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  • 110whisker — noun Etymology: singular of whiskers mustache, from 2whisk Date: circa 1600 1. a. a hair of the beard b. plural (1) archaic mustache (2) the part of the beard growing on the sides of the face or on the chin …

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