Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| afro | a hairstyle characterized by thick, bushy curls standing out from the head. |
| anagen | a period of hair growth. |
| bagwig | a wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag. |
| balayage | to highlight hair by painting bleach or dye onto sections with a brush. |
| bandoline | (Fr.) a glutinous pomatum for the hair; (verb) to apply this to the hair. |
| barnet | a hairstyle. |
| beard | the hair that grows on the chin and cheeks of a man's face (verb) to oppose resolutely |
| beardlessness | the state of being beardless. |
| beardlike | like a beard. |
| beardy | having a beard. |
| becurl | to curl; to adorn with curls. |
| beehived | having a hairdo shaped like a beehive. |
| befringe | to furnish with a fringe. |
| bewhiskered | having whiskers. |
| bewig | to cover or dress in a wig. |
| bilevel | a hairstyle with two different levels. |
| bingle | a hairstyle midway between bob and shingle; (verb) to cut the hair in such a style. |
| blondine | to dye hair blonde. |
| bobwig | a wig with the ends turned up into short curls. |
| bouffant | (Fr.) a kind of puffed out hairdo. |
| braid | broad (noun) a plait, esp of hair; (verb) to form into a braid |
| brede | (Arch.) a braid; (verb) to braid. |
| brilliantine | a perfumed hair oil for making the hair glossy; a glossy cotton and mohair fabric. |
| brilliantined | having had brilliantine applied. |
| bronde | of a shade between blonde and brunette > BRONDER, BRONDEST; (noun) a woman with hair this colour > BRONDES. |
| bumfluff | soft and fluffy growth of hair on the chin of an adolescent. |
| butch | of a woman, aggressively tough (noun) a very short haircut for men or women |
| butchness | the state of being butch. |
| buzzcut | a very short haircut. |
| buzzwig | a large bushy wig. |
| calflick | a lock of unruly hair. |
| carrottopped | having red hair. |
| catagen | a period of hair growth. |
| caxon | (Hist.) a kind of wig. |
| chevelure | a head of hair or arrangement of the hair. |
| chignon | (Fr.) a knot or roll of hair worn at the back of the head. |
| chignoned | wearing a chignon, a knot or roll of hair worn at the back of the head. |
| cockernony | (Scots) the gathering of hair in a fillet. |
| coiffure | (Fr.) a style of hairdressing; (verb) to dress the hair. |
| combover | a vain attempt to make the most of one's dwindling resources of hair. |
| cornbraid | to braid hair in cornrows. |
| cornrow | a hairstyle in which the hair is arranged in tightly braided flat rows; (verb) to arrange hair in cornrows. |
| cowlick | a tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow. |
| crewcut | a very short haircut. |
| croquignole | a method used in waving the hair by winding it on curlers from the ends of the hair toward the scalp. |
| curlpaper | a strip of paper round which the hair is twisted to give it a curl. |
| cymotrichous | having wavy hair. |
| cymotrichy | the state of being cymotrichous, having wavy hair. |
| dalmahoy | (Hist.) a bushy bobwig worn in the 18th century. |
| depilate | to remove hair from. |
| depilation | the act of removing the hair. |
| depilator | an agent for removing hair. |
| dreadlock | a hairstyle favoured by Afro-Americans. |
| dreadlocked | having dreadlocks. |
| ducktail | (US) a style of haircut. |
| dundrearies | long flowing sideburns. |
| earlock | a lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. |
| elflock | a lock of tangled hair. |
| embraid | (Spenser) to braid. |
| epilate | to remove hair from. |
| epilation | the loss or removal of hair. |
| epilator | an agent used for epilating. |
| fillet | meat or fish boned and rolled; (verb) to cut boneless slices from. |
| fixature | a gummy preparation for fixing the hair. |
| forelock | a lock of hair hanging down in front; (verb) to fasten with a forelock or cotter. |
| frisette | (Fr.) a fringe of curls on the forehead. |
| frisure | (Fr.) the dressing of the hair by crisping or curling. |
| frizette | (Fr.) a fringe of curls on the forehead. |
| frizzies | frizzy hair, as in 'a bad case of the frizzies'. |
| frizzily | (Adv.) FRIZZY, tightly curled. |
| frizzy | tightly curled. |
| fro | from; (noun) an African hairstyle. |
| ginge | (Coll.) someone with ginger hair. |
| gizz | (Scots) a wig. |
| goatee | a short beard, like a goat's. |
| goateed | having a goatee beard. |
| graybearded | having a grey beard. |
| greybearded | having a grey beard. |
| hair | a filament growing from the skin of an animal (verb) to provide hair for; to free from hair |
| hairband | a band for the hair. |
| haircut | a cutting of the hair or the style in which this is done. |
| hairdo | a style of hair arrangement. |
| hairdressing | the act of washing, cutting, curling, or arranging the hair. |
| hairgrip | a short, narrow band of metal, bent double, worn in the hair, to keep it in place. |
| hairline | the edge of the hair on the forehead. |
| hairlock | a lock of hair. |
| hairnet | a net for keeping the hair in place. |
| hairpiece | an artificial extension to the hair. |
| hairpin | a U-shaped pin for fastening up the hair. |
| hairspray | lacquer sprayed on the hair to hold it in place. |
| hairstyle | a particular way of cutting and arranging the hair. |
| hairstyling | a styling of the hair. |
| hairweaving | the interweaving of false hair with real on a bald person's head. |
| headband | a band (eg of ribbon, or elastic or rigid material) for wearing around the head. |
| heare | (Spenser) hair. |
| hearie | (Spenser) hairy. |
| hirsute | roughly hairy. |
| hirsuteness | the state of being hirsute. |
| infula | (Lat.) a sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. |
| jasey | a wig of worsted. |
| jasy | a wig of worsted. |
| jazy | a wig of worsted. |
| jiz | a wig. |
| kempy | like kemp, coarse hair. |
| kesh | (Punjabi) the uncut hair and beard traditionally worn by Sikhs. |
| kirbigrip | a kind of hairgrip. |
| kirby | as in kirby grip, a kind of hair grip. |
| leiotrichous | straight-haired. |
| leiotrichy | the state of being straight-haired. |
| lissotrichous | having straight or smooth hair. |
| lovelock | a long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself, worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. |
| lowlight | a portion of hair artificially brightened to enhance the look; (verb) to brighten hair in this way. |
| macassar | a kind of hair-oil. |
| manscape | to trim or remove a man's body hair to enhance appearance. |
| marcel | (Fr.) an artificial wave in hair; (verb) to style hair in this way. |
| merkin | a hairpiece for the pubic area. |
| mohican | a punk hairstyle. |
| mophead | a person with unkempt hair. |
| moustache | the unshaved hair on a man's upper lip. |
| moustached | having a moustache. |
| moustachial | related to a moustache. |
| moustachio | (Spanish) a large, elegantly curling moustache. |
| moustachioed | having a moustachio. |
| mustache | the unshaved hair on a man's upper lip. |
| mustached | having a mustache. |
| mustachio | (Spanish) a large, elegantly curling moustache. |
| muttonchops | (US) side whiskers that are narrow at the temple and broad and round by the lower jaws. |
| nott | with close-cropped hair. |
| payess | (Yiddish) uncut sideburns worn by some Jews. |
| periwig | (Hist.) a wig or peruke; (verb) to put on a periwig. |
| perruque | a kind of wig. |
| peruke | a kind of wig. |
| peruked | wearing a peruke, a kind of wig. |
| pigtail | a single plait hanging down at the back of the head. |
| pigtailed | having a pigtail. |
| piliferous | bearing or growing hair. |
| pincurl | a curl held in place by a hairpin. |
| plait | a braid in which strands are passed over one another in turn; (verb) to form a braid in this fashion. |
| pogonotomy | shaving. |
| pomade | ointment for the hair; (verb) to apply pomade to. |
| pomatum | ointment for the hair. |
| pomatumed | having had pomatum applied. |
| pompadour | a hairstyle where the hair at the front is brushed up into a mound or a roll, above the forehead. |
| pompadoured | in the pompadour style. |
| ponytail | a hairstyle in which the hair is drawn back, tied, and made to hang down like a pony's tail. |
| ponytailed | having a ponytail. |
| postiche | (Fr.) a wig, false hair; an ornament added, esp inappropriately, to finished thing. |
| pouffy | like a pouf, a loose roll of hair. |
| pube | pubic hair. |
| quiff | a tuft of hair brushed away from the forehead. |
| quiffed | having a quiff. |
| ramilie | a type of wig. |
| ramillie | a type of wig. |
| ringleted | of hair, styled in ringlets. |
| ronnie | (Sl.) Dublin slang for a moustache. |
| scrunchie | a piece of elastic, loosely covered with fabric, for tying back the hair. |
| scrunchy | crunchy (noun) a piece of elastic, loosely covered with fabric, for tying back the hair |
| shaggily | (Adv.) SHAGGY, long, rough, and coarse. |
| shagginess | the state of being shaggy. |
| shaggy | long, rough, and coarse. |
| shavable | capable of being shaved. |
| shaveable | capable of being shaved. |
| sheitel | (Yiddish) a wig worn by a married Jewish woman. |
| shockheaded | having a head of bushy or tousled hair. |
| sideburn | either of two strips of hair grown by a man down either side of the face. |
| sideburned | having sideburns. |
| sidelevers | (Aust.) side whiskers, sideburns. |
| sidelock | a lock of hair at the side of the head. |
| snood | a band for the hair, once worn by unmarried women in Scotland as the badge of virginity; (verb) to fasten with a snood. |
| telogen | The phase in the hair growth cycle during which a new hair is formed in the follicle. |
| tete | (Fr.) an elaborately dressed head of hair; a headdress. |
| toilette | (Fr.) the act of washing, dressing, arranging the hair, etc. |
| toorie | (Scots) a small heap, a knob of hair. |
| toothcomb | a fine-toothed comb. |
| topknot | a tuft or crest of hair growing on the top of the head. |
| topknotted | having a topknot. |
| toupee | (Fr.) a little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair. |
| toupeed | having a toupee. |
| toupet | (Fr.) a little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair. |
| tourie | (Scots) a small heap, a knob of hair. |
| towheaded | with light-coloured hair. |
| tress | a plait or braid of the hair of the head; a long lock, braided or not (verb) to form into tresses |
| tressy | abounding in tresses. |
| ulotrichous | having wooly or crisply curling hair. |
| ulotrichy | woolly-hairedness. |
| unbarbered | not barbered. |
| unbearded | not having a beard. |
| unbobbed | not bobbed. |
| undreading | of or related to the unravelling of hair dreadlocks. |
| unibrow | an informal word for eyebrows that meet above the nose. |
| unplait | to release (hair) from a plait. |
| untressed | not tied up in tresses. |
| unwigged | not having a wig. |
| updo | an upswept hairdo. |
| volumise | to give extra body to hair. |
| volumize | to give extra body to hair. |
| whisker | a coarse hair growing on a human face, usually a man's. |
| whiskerando | a whiskered person, in allusion to Dom Ferolo Whiskerandos in Sheridan's Critic. |
| whiskerandoed | having whiskers. |
| whiskered | having whiskers. |
| whiskery | having whiskers. |
| wig | an artificial covering of hair for the head (verb) to scold; to provide with a wig |
| wiggery | a wig or wigs; false hair. |
| wigless | having or wearing no wig. |
| wiglet | a small wig. |
| wiglike | like a wig. |
| witchknot | a knot in hair supposedly tied by witches. |
| zapata | denoting a kind of flowing, drooping moustache. No -S. |
| ziff | (Aust. sl.) a beard, a goatee. |