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- n a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
he combed his hair
each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells - n a very small distance or space
they escaped by a hair's-breadth - n filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
- n any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
there is a hair in my soup - n cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
- n a filamentous projection or process on an organism
- As Rose Weitz, author of Rapunzel's Daughters: What Women's Hair Tells Us About Women's Lives, put it, "Even if, in the abstract, we think we look all right with gray hair, we .
- Scientists unmasking isotopes in hair help detectives take the right path during investigations.
- And a main requirement is a hair color other than gray or white.