- bristliness
- bris·tli·ness
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bristliness
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Bristliness — Bris tli*ness, n. The quality or state of having bristles. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bristliness — noun the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines • Syn: ↑prickliness, ↑spininess, ↑thorniness • Derivationally related forms: ↑thorny (for: ↑thorniness), ↑spiny … Useful english dictionary
bristly — bristliness, n. /bris lee/, adj., bristlier, bristliest. 1. covered or rough with bristles. 2. like or resembling bristles. 3. easily antagonized; irascible: a bristly person with few friends. [1585 95; BRISTLE + Y1] * * * … Universalium
prickliness — noun the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines • Syn: ↑bristliness, ↑spininess, ↑thorniness • Derivationally related forms: ↑thorny (for: ↑thorniness), ↑spiny … Useful english dictionary
spininess — noun the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines • Syn: ↑prickliness, ↑bristliness, ↑thorniness • Derivationally related forms: ↑thorny (for: ↑thorniness), ↑spiny, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
thorniness — noun 1. a rough and bitter manner • Syn: ↑bitterness, ↑acrimony, ↑acerbity, ↑jaundice, ↑tartness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tart (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Particle system — The term particle system refers to a computer graphics technique to simulate certain fuzzy phenomena, which are otherwise very hard to reproduce with conventional rendering techniques. Examples of such phenomena which are commonly replicated… … Wikipedia
hairiness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shagginess, downiness, pubescence, pilosity, hispidity, crinosity, bristliness, hirsuteness, furriness, fluffiness … English dictionary for students
coarseness — n 1. vulgarity, commonness, lowness, crudeness, rudeness; incivility, impropriety, unseemliness, ungentlemanly or unladylike behavior, bad manners; misconduct, rowdyism, ruffianism. 2. unrefinement, lack of polish, inelegance, parvenu ism, lack… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hairiness — n crinosity, furriness, downiness, pilosity, Both Bot., Zool. pubescence, pubescency; wooliness, shagginess, hirsuteness, Med. hirsutism; bristliness, Bot., Zool. hispidity … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
