lanate, woolly
(adjective) covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; “the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton”
wooly, woolly, wooly-haired, woolly-haired
(adjective) covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; “woolly lambs”
addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded
(adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking; “muddleheaded ideas”; “your addled little brain”; “woolly thinking”; “woolly-headed ideas”
flocculent, woolly, wooly
(adjective) having a fluffy character or appearance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
woolly (comparative woollier, superlative woolliest)
Made of wool.
Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
(figuratively, of thinking, principles, etc.) Based on emotions rather than logic.
(figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
(obsolete) Clothed in wool.
woolly (plural woollies)
(informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool.
(US, slang) A sheep not yet shorn.
A piece of woolwork.
woolly (plural woollies)
(Liverpool slang, pejorative) A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.
Source: Wiktionary
Wool"ly, a.
1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece.
2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. "My fleece of woolly hair." Shak.
3. Clothed with wool. "Woolly breeders." Shak.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. Woolly bear (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under Salt), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust., under Isabella Moth), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth (Spilosoma Virginica).
– Woolly butt (Bot.), an Australian tree (Eucalyptus longifolia), so named because of its fibrous bark.
– Woolly louse (Zoöl.), a plant louse (Schizoneura, or Erisoma, lanigera) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under Blight.
– Woolly macaco (Zoöl.), the mongoose lemur.
– Woolly maki (Zoöl.), a long-tailed lemur (Indris laniger) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also avahi, and woolly lemur.
– Woolly monkey (Zoöl.), any South American monkey of the genus Lagothrix, as the caparro.
– Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros (Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
