veneracea
Webster Dictionary
an extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus
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maidenhair
Webster Dictionary
a fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair
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paphian
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having a celebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites
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hairy
Webster Dictionary
bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute
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lady's looking-glass
Webster Dictionary
see Venus's looking-glass, under Venus
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cestum
(Cestum, genus Cestum)
Princeton's WordNet
Venus's girdle
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genus cestum
(Cestum, genus Cestum)
Princeton's WordNet
Venus's girdle
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frizette
Webster Dictionary
a curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out
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vesper
(evening star, Hesperus, Vesper)
Princeton's WordNet
a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
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lucifer
(morning star, daystar, Phosphorus, Lucifer)
Princeton's WordNet
a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
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daystar
(morning star, daystar, Phosphorus, Lucifer)
Princeton's WordNet
a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
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hesperus
(evening star, Hesperus, Vesper)
Princeton's WordNet
a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
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phosphorus
(morning star, daystar, Phosphorus, Lucifer)
Princeton's WordNet
a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
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morning star
(morning star, daystar, Phosphorus, Lucifer)
Princeton's WordNet
a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
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evening star
(evening star, Hesperus, Vesper)
Princeton's WordNet
a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
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venusian
(əˈnu ʃən, -ʃi ən, -si ən, -ˈnyu-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to the planet Venus.
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cytherean
(ˌsɪθ əˈri ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to the planet Venus.
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hesperus
(ˈhɛs pər əs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an evening star, esp. Venus.
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venusian
(əˈnu ʃən, -ʃi ən, -si ən, -ˈnyu-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a supposed being inhabiting Venus.
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vesper
(ˈvɛs pər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(cap.) the evening star, esp. Venus.
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switch
(ɪtʃ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a bunch or tress of long hair or some substitute, worn by women to supplement their own hair.
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retouch
(ɪˈtɔrt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to tint or bleach (a new growth of hair) to match previously dyed hair.
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curlpaper
(ˈkɜrlˌpeɪ pər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a piece of paper on which a lock of hair is rolled up, to remain until the hair curls.
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hairpiece
(ˈhɛərˌpis)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a covering of false hair, as a toupee or fall, for concealing baldness or supplementing the existing hair.
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crab louse
(ˈkræb i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a crablike louse, Phthirus pubis, that infests pubic hair and other body hair in humans.
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cytherea
(Aphrodite, Cytherea)
Princeton's WordNet
goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
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aphrodite
(Aphrodite, Cytherea)
Princeton's WordNet
goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
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shock
Webster Dictionary
a thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair
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foretop
Webster Dictionary
the hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse
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fall
(ɔl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a hairpiece of long hair that is attached to the natural hair at the crown and usu. hangs freely down the back of the head.
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