bristles (noun)
41barbet — noun Etymology: probably from 1barb Date: 1824 any of various often brightly colored nonpasserine tropical birds (families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae) having a stout bill bearing bristles at the base …
42birse — noun Etymology: Middle English *birst, from Old English byrst more at bristle Date: before 12th century 1. chiefly Scottish a bristle or tuft of bristles 2. chiefly Scottish anger …
43bristletail — noun Date: 1706 any of various primitive wingless insects (order Thysanura syn. Archaeognatha) with three slender caudal bristles …
44brushstroke — noun Date: 1879 the configuration given to paint by contact with the bristles of a brush; also the paint left on a surface by a single application of a brush or palette knife often used figuratively to describe the quality especially of a… …
45cut-grass — noun Date: circa 1818 a grass (especially genus Leersia) with minute hooked bristles along the edges of the leaf blade …
46dartboard — noun Date: 1901 a usually circular board (as of compressed bristles) used as a target in the game of darts …
47depilation — noun Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin depilation , depilatio, from Latin depilare, from de + pilus hair more at pile Date: 1547 the removal of hair, wool, or bristles by chemical or mechanical methods …
48depilatory — noun (plural ries) Date: 1606 an agent for removing hair, wool, or bristles • depilatory adjective …
49ferrule — noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English virole, from Anglo French, from Latin viriola, diminutive of viria bracelet, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish fiar oblique Date: 1611 1. a ring or cap usually of metal put around a slender shaft (as …
50frenulum — noun (plural frenula) Etymology: New Latin, diminutive of Latin frenum Date: circa 1706 1. a connecting fold of membrane serving to support or restrain a part (as the tongue) 2. a bristle or group of bristles on the front edge of the posterior… …
