1. beard [ ]
grow a beard
e. g. "...he had grown a short, fair beard, which was just beginning to grizzle..." J. Galsworthy
luxuriant [ ] beard
small beard shave one's beard
trim one's beard
2. bearded
3. beardless
4. cheek
chubby (plump) cheeks
clean-shaven cheeks
dimples in one's cheeks
hollow (sunken) cheeks
pale cheeks
pink cheeks
rouged [ ] cheeks
ruddy cheeks
stubbly cheeks
wrinkled cheeks
e. g. Tears rolled down her pale wrinkled cheeks.
5. cheekbone
high (prominent) cheekbones
6. chin
double chin
pointed chin
protruding chin
round chin
7. complexion
dark-complexion (dark-complexioned)
e. g. Black-haired people are usually dark-complexioned.
fair complexion -
olive complexion
sallow complexion -
swarthy [ ] complexion
8. ear
(The word ear may denote both the organ of hearing and (in some cases) the faculty for discriminating sounds, the sense of hearing .)
deaf in one ear
delicate ear
dull ear (hearing)
e. g. Her eyesight is weak and her ear is rather dull.
good ear
(Good ear or good ear for music may be used when speaking of musical abilities .) e. g. The little girl had a very good ear (a very good ear for music). She could repeat a tune she had only heard once.
lobe of the ear (ear-lobe)
lop-eared
play (sing) by ear ()
e. g. The girl has never been taught music but she can play
by ear. sharp (keen) ear
9. eye
bloodshot eyes
blue eyes (blue-eyed) ()
brown eyes -
bulging (prominent) eyes
e. g. A frog sat under the tree looking at us with its big bulging eyes.
close-set eyes
e. g. She would be pretty if her eyes were not a bit too close-set
cross-eyed dark eyes ()
deep-set eyes
drop one's eyes
e. g. She dropped her eyes modestly and said nothing.
gray eyes
green eyes
hazel eyes -
one-eyed
screw up one's eyes
slant eyes
steel-gray eyes
sunken eyes
tail of one's eye
e. g. She ran on casting fearful glances from the tail of her eye at the big black dog that was overtaking her.
tears well up into one's eyes
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wide-open eyes
wide-set (apart) eyes
10. eyeball
11. eyebrow [ ]
arched eyebrows
bushy [ ] eyebrows
knit one's eyebrows (frown)
e. g. He knitted his eyebrows and looked at me angrily.
pencilled eyebrows
raise one's eyebrows
e. g. He raised his eyebrows in surprise.
shaggy eyebrows
12. eyelash (lash)
curving eyelashes
short eyelashes
straight eyelashes
thick eyelashes
thin eyelashes
13. eyelid (lid)
heavy (drooping) eyelids
14. eyesight (sight)
far-sighted (long-sighted)
keen sight
near-sighted (short-sighted)
sharp-sighted
weak sight
15. face
(There are two synonyms of the word face; they are countenance [ ] and visage [ ]. Both are much more elevated words than face, besides which both imply the ideaof facial expression.)
angular face
charming face
clean-shaven face
disfigured face
expression on the face
e. g. There was an expression of annoyance (irritation, etc.) on his face.
fleshy face
gaunt (haggard) face
in the face
e. g. He looked her straight in the face.
make a face
e. g. The boy was making faces at the passers-by.
oval face
pasty (sallow) face
pimpled face
pock-marked face
puffy face
pull a long face ( )
e. g. He found his sister at home, and pulled a long face, as if annoyed and surprised.
round face
screw up one's face
e. g. The boy screwed up his face and began to whimper.
square face
sunburned (brown, tanned) face
swarthy [ ] face
tear-stained face ( )
thin (lean) face
to one's face
e. g. I said that straight to her face.
wrinkled face
16. features ()
chiselled features
clean-cut features
delicate features
forceful features
irregular features
large (massive) features .
regular features
small features
stern features
17. forehead [ ]
(In poetry and in certain word-groups the word brow [ ] is used. Brow is a more elevated word than its synonym
forehead and is best rendered in Russian by the word .) e. g. "And sorrow has set her seal upon his brow." O. Wilde
broad forehead
domed forehead
high forehead
e. g. When she brushed back her hair, a high domed forehead was displayed.
large (open) forehead ()
low forehead
narrow forehead
retreating (sloping) forehead
18. freckle
freckled
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e. g. The door was opened by a red-haired boy with a freckled face.
19. full face
20. furrow [ ]
21. gum
22. jaw
lower jaw
square jaw
strong jaw
upper jaw
23. hearing (sense of hearing)
dull hearing
keen hearing
24. lip
e. g. Don't wipe your lips with the back of your hand.
bite one's lip
e. g. She bit her lip till the blood came.
compress (purse) one's lips
curl one's lips
full lips
lower lip
paint one's lips
painted lips
parched lips
parted lips ()
e. g. The children were listening to the tale with parted lips,
rosy lips
thick lips
upper lip
well-cut lips
25. mole (birth-mark, strawberry mark) ,
