Head and hair
A. Parts of Human Body
1. head
2. top of the head
3. back of the head
4. hair
5. face
6. forehead
7. temple
8. eye
9. eyebrow
10. eyelash
11. upper eyelid
12. lower eyelid
13. white of the eye
14. iris
15. pupil
16. cheek
17. mouth
18. chin
19. dimple in the chin (cheek)
20. jaw (lower, upper)
21. gum
22. lip
23. tongue
· to stick out one’s tongue
· (on) the tip of the tongue
24. teeth
25. ear
26. earlobe
27. cheekbone
28. neck
29. throat
30. nape of the neck
31. Adam’s apple
32. collar bone
33. spine/backbone
34. vertebra (pl. vertebrae)
35. ribs
36. pelvis
37. trunk
38. back
· hunchbacked
· humpbacked
39. shoulder
40. shoulder-blade
41. loin
42. armpit
43. chest
44. breasts
45. bosom
46. bust
47. waist
· slim waist
· slim-waisted
48. hip
49. navel
50. seat (backside, col. bottom)
51. abdomen (stomach)
52. belly (paunch)
53. limbs (lower, upper)
54. arm
55. upper arm
56. armpit
57. crook of the arm
58. biceps
59. elbow
60. forearm
61. hand
62. fist (clenched fist/hand)
63. fingers
· thumb
· index finger (forefinger, second f.)
· middle f. (third f.)
· ring f. (fourth f.)
· little f. (fifth f.)
64. palm
65. wrist
66. phalanx
67. finger pad
68. finger tip (end)
69. knuckle
70. back of the hand
71. nail
· to do one’s nails
72. leg
73. thigh
74. knee
· to kneel
· lap, to hold in one’s lap
75. shank
76. shin
77. calf (pl. calves)
78. ankle
79. foot
80. heel
81. instep
82. sole of the foot
83. joint
84. muscle
85. toe
· to tiptoe
· big toe
· second – fourth t.
· little t.
86. toenail
87. lungs
88. heart
89. colon
90. liver
91. kidney
92. intestines
93. appendix
94. vein
95. artery
B. Describing Human Appearance
HEAD AND HAIR
1. bald (balding)
2. blond(e)
· ash-blond
3. braid (plait)
4. brunette
5. curl
6. hair
· abundant
· auburn hair
· banged hair
· (jet) black hair
· bleached hair
· to brush one’s hair back from the forehead
· bobbed hair
· chestnut hair
· close-cut (close-cropped) hair
· to comb one’s hair
· crisp hair
· curled hair
· curly hair
· dark hair
· dishevelled hair
· dry hair
· to do one’s hair
· to do one’s hair in a knot
· to dye one’s hair
· fair hair
· frizzy hair
· golden hair
· greasy hair
· grey (Am. gray) h.
· grizzled (grizzling) hair
· to grow one’s hair
· to have one’s h. cut
· long (loose) hair
· to lose one’s h. (to go bold)
· luxuriant hair
· mop of hair
· normal hair
· to plait one’s hair
· to part one’s hair (in the middle, on one side)
· receding hair
· red hair (redhead)
· red-haired (red-headed)
· reddish hair
· roots of one’s hair
· rumpled (tousled) h.
· sandy hair
· to set one’s hair
· short hair
· shoulder-length hair
· silky hair
· silvery (silver) hair
· sleek (smooth) hair
· straight hair
· strand of hair
· streaked hair
· thick hair
· thin (scanty) hair
· to trim one’s hair
· tuft of hair
· to wash (shampoo) one’s hair
· waved hair
· to wave one’s hair
· to have one’s hair waved
· wavy hair
· to wear one’s hair long (short, plaited, off one’s head)
· white hair
· wisp of hair
7. crew cut
8. fringe (Am. bangs)
9. haircut
10. hairstyle (coiffures)
11. hairdo
12. highlights
13. blow dry
14. permanent waving
15. lock
16. parting (in the middle)
- side parting
17. pigtail
18. pony tail
19. skinhead
20. split ends
21. swept up (pinned up) hair
22. swept back hair
23. toupee
24. head
· bald-headed (bald)
· big head
· bullet head
· small head
· square head
25. slender neck
26. thick neck (thick-necked)
FACE
Beard
· full beard
· goatee beard
· to grow a beard
· long beard
· luxuriant beard
· to shave one’s b.
· short beard
· small beard
· stiletto beard
· square beard
· thick (thin) beard
· tile beard
· to trim one’s beard
· bearded
· beardless
Cheek
Chin
· chubby (plump) c.
· clean-shaven c.
· dimples in one’s c.
· hollow (sunken) c.
· pale cheeks
· pink cheeks
· plump cheeks
· rouged cheeks
· ruddy cheeks
· stubby cheeks
· wrinkled cheeks
· cheekbone
· high (prominent) cheekbones
· big chin
· decisive chin
· double chin
· firm chin
· massive chin
· pointed chin
· protruding chin
· receding chin
· round chin
· square chin
· strong chin