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Greek god of healthy hair?
Answer for the clue "Greek god of healthy hair? ", 9 letters:
follicles
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n. (plural of follicle English)
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fruit \Fruit\, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See Brook , v. t., and cf. Fructify , Frugal .] Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of ...
Usage examples of follicles.
The divaricated follicles of their coats provide good insulation, with a layer of trapped air next to the skin.
One of these gonadotrophins has as a noticeable effect the stimulation of the growth of the follicles of the ovary, preparing them for the production of egg cells.
The thyroid gland consists of millions of tiny hormone-producing follicles, each filled with a colloidal (that is, jellylike) substance called, simply enough, qollaidf "gluelike" G ) .
No matter how/many follicles form and how much colloid is produced, the thyroid hormone cannot be manufactured without iodine.
In the female it stimulates the final ripening of the follicles, their rupture to release the egg, and the conversion of the ruptured follicle into the corpus luteum.
I wouldn't be surprised if the tips open and close to regulate temperaturemuch more efficient than the erectile follicles of terrestrial mammals.
There were pores, hair follicles, blemishes, melanin dis-colorations, the works.
I wouldn't be surprised if the tips open and close to regulate temperature—much more efficient than the erectile follicles of terrestrial mammals.
Soon a campaign poster was designed, but Chemo recoiled when he saw the finished product: the four-foot photographic blowup of his face magnified the two ingrown hair follicles on the tip of his otherwise normal nose.