Hair, Coiffures, Mustaches, Beards Flashcards
(124 cards)
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hairy
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hirsute, unshaven, shaggy, crinose
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hair
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tress, lock, strand, shock, hank, coil, tendril, curl, ringlet, swirl
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having no hair
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hairless, bald, bald-headed, glabrous, depilous, a cueball
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having little hair
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balding, thin, thin on top, sparse, wispy, scant, thinning
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mid-forehead point formed by the hairline
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widow’s peak
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having or resembling a monk’s circular fringe or shaven crown
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tonsured
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having a full or bushy head of hair
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mop-headed, mop top, lion-headed, leonine, thick-haired, luxuriant
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having short hair
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close-cropped, close-thatched, cropped, short-cropped
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having very light or whitish hair (like spinning fiber)
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towheaded
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having soft and lustrous hair
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silken-haired
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having fine hair
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fine-haired, thin-haired
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having hair with turns or twists
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crinkly
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having hair in disorder
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unkempt, messy, mussed, unruly, tangled, ratty, tousled, rumpled, snarled
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having wild and thickly coiled (snake-like) hair
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Medusa-like
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long and loose
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flowing
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loose or streaming in the wind
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windblown, flyaway
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long but lacking body
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lank, stringy
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stiff
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bristly, brush-like
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rough
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bristly, bristling, scraggy, scrubby
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with pointed tufts
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spiky
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in thick strands
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ropy
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downy
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fuzzy (face or skin)
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having unkempt or untrimmed facial hair (short of a moustache or beard)
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unshaven, stubbly, stubbed, scraggy, bristly
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having soft or delicate facial hair
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downy
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need a shave
five-o'clock shadow
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formed into curls or ringlets
curled, crimped
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formed into small and tight curls
frizzed, frizzed out, frizzy
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ruffled and given more body coming toward the scalp
teased, back-combed
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combed up toward the top of the head
upswept, swept back, raked back
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having certain strands bleached or coloured
highlighted, streaked, frosted, tinted, lightened, darkened
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given aligned soft waves (by means of heated curling irons)
marceled
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dried (and usually given a fluffed shaping) with a blow dryer
blow-dried
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straightened chemically
processed, conked, relaxed
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cut in different lengths for a fuller look
layered
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cut all one length
having a blunt cut
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oiled
greased, slicked, slick, pomaded, brilliantined, plastered, pasted
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matted patches of hair
elflocks
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lock hanging at the front of the head
forelock
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groomed curl hair displayed against the forehead or side of the face
split curl
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curled lock of hair
ringlet
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tuft of hair growing awry or hanging over the forehead
cowlick
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dampened curl held with a hairpin or clip
pin curl
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twisted or intertwined length of hair
braid, plait
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tight braid usually worn down the back of the head
pigtail, rat's tail, rat tail
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cinched lock of hair loosely down the back of the neck
ponytail
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braid(s) word flat against the scalp
cornrow
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knot of hair worn at the back of the head
chignon, bun
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knot of folded-under hair at the back of the head
French knot, French twist
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knot of hair worn on the top of the head
topknot
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wave set in lotioned or wet hair with a finger
finger wave
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long and row-like braids as worn by Rastafarians
dreadlocks
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single long lock worn on a bare scalp
scalp lock
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attachable woman's hairpiece for creating a hanging length of hair down the back of the head
fall
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any attachable thick strand of hair for a woman's coiffure
switch
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front down-hanging hair cut evenly across
bangs
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woman's conical coil of hair worn at the back of the neck
Psyche knot
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roll of hair combed up from the forehead or temples
roach
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curl or lock of hair worn in front of the ear, earlock
payess (Yiddish)
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cylindrical roll of hair
puff
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curl that is tubular
sausage curl
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curl that is spiral
corkscrew curl
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coiffure in which the hair is chemically curled or waved
permanent wave, permanent, perm, cold wave
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permanent wave that is looser and gives more body to the hair
body wave
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coiffure in which the (curly or frizzy) hair is chemically straighted and flattened or slightly waved
conk, process
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coiffure in which the hair is slicked back from either side to meet or overlap behind
ducktail, duck's ass, DA
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coiffure featuring spiky or irregularly chopped hair
punk
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short and brush-like haircut
crewcut, butch, burr-cut
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short and brush like haircut with a flattened top
flattop
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having a short haircut that makes one's ears appear large
crop-eared
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coiffure with a brush-like strip down the center of an otherwise shaved head
Mohawk
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coiffure in which the hair is naturally round and busy mass
Afro
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coiffure in which the hair shape widens above the head to a flat top but is progressively shorter (or "faded")
fade
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woman's coiffure in which the hair is cut in downward overlapping and uneven layers
shag
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woman's coiffure in which the brushed-up hair appears as a full and loose roll around the face
pompadour
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woman's coiffure in which the hair is cut short and evenly all around the head
bob
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woman's coiffure in which the short cut is neither layered nor graduated
blunt cut
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woman's coiffure in which the hair is cut irregularly short toward the face and with the ears exposed
pixie, French cut
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woman's coiffure in which the hair is teased for a puffed-out look
bouffant
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woman's conical coiffure
beehive
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woman's coiffure with a rounded or cap-like top that is tapered at the back of the neck
mushroom
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woman's coiffure in which the usually shoulder-length hair is combed down and turned under or inward at the ends in a roll
pageboy
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woman's coiffure with bangs and the unlayered hair at chin length
buster brown, cap cut
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woman's coiffure that is short in which the hair arcs over the forehead and forms a triangle at the back
flip
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woman's coiffure that is short in which the hair arcs over the forehead and forms a triangle at the back
wedge, dorothy hamill
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woman's coiffure in which the short and uneven length curls are given featherlike ends
feather cut
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woman's coiffure that is close-cropped in layers and short in the back
shingle
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woman's coiffure in which the hair is combed or swept up toward the top of the head and held by pins or combs
upsweep, updo
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woman's coiffure with a braid or braids "woven" close to the head and attached with pins
French braid
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woman's coiffure in which the hair is combed back to form a long or vertical roll at back of the head
French twist, French roll
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woman's coiffure (eighteenth century) with the hair worn in cylindrical rolls or puffs
pouf
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artificial covering of (another's or synthetic) hair
hairpiece, wig
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man's covering of hair over a bald spot
toupee, piece, rug
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seventeenth- and eighteenth-century man's wig often powdered and gathered at the back
periwig, peruke
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woman's fringe of hair or curls worn on the forehead
frisette (archaic)
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having a mustache
mustached, mustachioed (usually a long mustache)
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mustache that is slight and thin
pencil mustache
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narrow moustache under the middle of the nose
toothbrush moustache
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thickly shaggy or droopy moustache
walrus moustache
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thick moustache with long and curving ends
handlebar moustache, military moustache
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curving and dressed moustache
waxed moustache
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having a beard
bearded
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beard covering most of the lower face
full beard, beaver
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small chin beard or tuft
goatee
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beard that is long and rectangular
patrician, square-cut beard
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trim and pointed beard extending back to the ears
Vandyke, pickedevant
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beard shaped like a pointed or broad spade
spade beard
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pointed beard beginning at the lower of the chin
galways
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whiskers extending below the ears
sideburns, burnsides, side-whiskers, sideboards
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side-whiskers that become broader at the lower jaw
muttonchops, mutton chop whiskers, dundrearies
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white
hoary, silvery, platinum, Snow White
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blond
blonde, blondish, straw-coloured, flaxen-haired
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golden blond
goldilocks
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bleached blond
peroxide blond, bottled blond, drugstore blond
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pale grayish blond
ash blond
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black or brown
brunette, dark-hair, dark
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black
raven, jet, jet black, coal black, ebony
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brown
chestnut, wheaten, nut brown
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drab brown
mouse-coloured, mousy
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reddish brown
auburn
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red-haired
redheaded, a carrot top, ginger, gingery, titian
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reddish blond
strawberry blond
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gray or partly grey
grizzled, graying, hoary
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dyed reddish or orangish brown
hennaed
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dyed slightly bluish (to offset yellowed coloration)
having a blue rinse
