beard
noun
hair that grows on a man’s chin and cheeks
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adjective
a clean-shaven man shaves the hair from his face, so that he does not have a beard or moustache
noun
a slight growth of hair on a man’s face in the afternoon when he has shaved in the morning
noun
the hair that grows on a man’s upper lip, especially deliberately grown in a particular shape
an American spelling of moustache
noun
hair growing on a man’s cheeks in a shape that gets wider from the ear to the chin. Muttonchops were fashionable in the 19th century.
noun
the short stiff hairs on a man’s face that grow into a beard if he does not cut them off
adjective
a man who is unshaven has hair growing on his face because he has not shaved recently
adjective
adjective
to start to let the hair on your face grow, so that you will have a beard or moustache
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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