Villosity

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The condition of being villous.
  • n. A villous formation, surface, or coating.
  • n. A villus.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the state of being villous
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. State of being villous.
  • n. A coating of long, slender hairs.
  • n. A villus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A number of villi together; a roughness or shagginess resulting from villiform processes; a nap or pile, as of an organic membrane; fine or short hispidity; pilosity.
  • n. In botany, the state of being villous, or covered with long, soft hairs: such hairs collectively.
  • Word Usage
    "When talking about the rights denied our fellow sentient animals, Jeremy Bentham asked, “It may come one day to be recognized that the number of legs, the villosity of the skin, or the termination of the os sacrum, are reasons… insufficient for abandoning a sensitive being."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    villus