- hairlike
- adjective see hair
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hairlike
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hairlike — adj. 1. shaped like a hair; long and slender. Syn: capillary. [PJC] 2. long and slender with a very fine internal diameter. Syn: capillary. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hairlike — adjective Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair. The moss grew in a hairlike mass over the rocks … Wiktionary
hairlike — adjective long and slender with a very small internal diameter a capillary tube • Syn: ↑capillary • Similar to: ↑thin • Derivationally related forms: ↑capillarity (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hairlike — Synonyms and related words: bristlelike, capillary, cirrose, cirrous, fibered, fibroid, fibrous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gossamery, hairy, ligamental, ropy, silky, stringy, taeniate, taeniform, threadlike, thready, wiry … Moby Thesaurus
hairlike — adj. resembling a hair … English contemporary 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
piloid — Hairlike; resembling hair. [pilo + G. eidos, resemblance] … Medical dictionary
trichoid — Hairlike. [tricho + G. eidos, resemblance] * * * trich·oid (trikґoid) [tricho + oid] like or resembling a hair, or the hair … Medical dictionary
sensory hairs — hairlike projections on the cells of sensory epithelium; see also olfactory h s and taste h s … Medical dictionary
fern — fernless, adj. fernlike, adj. /ferrn/, n. any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a… … Universalium
