downy hair
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Hair, lanugal — The downy hair on the body of the fetus and newborn baby. The lanugal hair (or lanugo) is the first hair to be produced by the fetal hair follicles. It is very fine, soft and usually is unpigmented. The lanugal hair is prenatal hair. It appears… … Medical dictionary
Hair care — is an overall term for parts of hygiene and cosmetology involving the hair on the human head. Hair care will differ according to one s hair type and according to various processes that can be applied to hair. All hair is not the same; indeed,… … Wikipedia
downy — ► ADJECTIVE (downier, downiest) ▪ covered with fine soft hair or feathers … English terms dictionary
downy — [dou′nē] adj. downier, downiest 1. of or covered with soft, fine feathers or hair 2. soft and fluffy, like down … English World dictionary
hair — hairlike, adj. /hair/, n. 1. any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus. 2. an aggregate of such filaments, as that covering the human head or forming the coat of most… … Universalium
hair — 1. One of the fine, keratinized filamentous epidermal growths arising from the skin of the body of mammals except the palms, soles, and flexor surfaces of the joints; the full length and texture of h. varies markedly in different body sites. SYN … Medical dictionary
hair — 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… … English dictionary for students
downy — down|y [ˈdauni] adj covered in or filled with soft fine hair or feathers ▪ the baby s downy head … Dictionary of contemporary English
downy — adjective covered in or filled with soft fine hair or feathers: the baby s downy head … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
downy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fluffy, feathery, fleecy, flocculent, soft. See softness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. woolly, fleecy, fuzzy, fluffy, covered with soft hair or feathers, plumose, feathery, velvety, soft, pubescent,… … English dictionary for students
