Synonyms of the word

byssus

• n. An exceptionally fine and valuable fibre or cloth of ancient times. Originally used for fine flax and…
• n. The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they…
• n. (mycology) The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like.

beard

• n. Facial hair on the chin, cheeks and jaw.
• n. The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
• n. The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
• n. The byssus of certain shellfish.
• n. The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
• n. In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
• n. (botany) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
• n. A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being…
• n. That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
• n. (printing, dated) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
• n. (LGBT, slang) A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay male in order to…
• v. (obsolete) To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
• v. To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
• v. (transitive) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
• v. (transitive) To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.

fiber

• n. (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted…
• n. (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
• n. (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
• n. Dietary fiber.
• n. (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
• n. (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
• n. (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along…
• n. (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.

fibre

• n. (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted…
• n. (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
• n. Dietary fibre.
• n. Moral strength and resolve.
• n. (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
• n. (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along…
• n. (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
• n. A long tubular cell found in muscle tissue; myocyte.