Moustache

Nose

· close-cropped moustache

· drooping m.

· to grow a m.

· handlebar m.

· military m.

· pointed m.

· shadow m.

· to trim a m.

 

· aquiline nose

· to blow one’s nose

· bridge of the n.

· flat nose

· fleshy nose

· hooked nose (hook-nosed)

· nostril

· snub nose (snub-nosed)

· straight nose

· tip of the nose

· turned-up nose

Skin

· dark skin

· delicate skin

· fair s. (fair-skinned)

· pimpled skin

· rough skin

· skin peels

· smooth skin

· tanned skin

· wrinkle

· furrow

· crow’s feet

· beauty spot

· boil

· freckles

· birth-mark (strawberry mark)

· mole

· (cold) sore

· spots (pimples)

· stye

· scar

· wart

Teeth

· to brush (clean) one’s teeth

· to clench one’s t.

· close-set (tightly-set) teeth

· even teeth

· front teeth

· large teeth

· milk teeth

· molar teeth

· perfect teeth

· sparse teeth

· tiny teeth

· uneven teeth

LIMBS

Arm

Foot (feet)

· to carry in one’s a.

· to hold in one’s a.

· rounded arms

· shapely (well-shaped) arms

 

 

· flat f. (flat-footed)

· footsore

· large feet

· narrow feet

· pretty feet

· to rise to one’s feet

· small feet

 

Fingers

Leg

· bony fingers

· deft fingers

· long fingers

· plump (fat) fingers

· short (stumpy) f.

· stiff (numb) f.

· tapering fingers

 

· bow-legged

· to cross one’s legs

· long legs

· shapely (fine) legs

· short legs

· slender legs

· tow-legged

 

Hands

· bony hands

· calloused hands

· to clap one’s hands

· delicate hands

· groomed hands

· hairy hands

· to hold out one’s h.

· large hands

· plump hands

· puffy hands

· to rub one’s hands

· to shake h. (with)

· to raise (put up) one’s hand

· shapely hands

· small hands

· soft hands

· to stretch out one’s hands

· supple hands

· to wave one’s hands

 

BUILDING, FIGURE AND BEARING

Build (frame)

Carriage (bearing, poise)

· delicate build (delicately-built)

· heavy build (heavily-built)

· medium build

· powerful build

· solid build

· spare frame

· strong build

· well-build

· built like a barrel*

 

· erect bearing

· upright bearing

· stooping bearing

· queenly carriage

 

* the phrases marked with a star are usually used in conversation about a person who isn’t there. They might be considered offensive if overheard by the person described or their family and friends.

Stature (height, size)

· a giant

· an Amazon

· high (in height)

· lanky

· tall

· tallish

· middle-sized

· of medium/average height (size)

· above average height

· below average height

· on the short side

· short

· tiny

· diminutive stature

· a midget

· knee-high to a grasshopper/an ant

Chest

Constitution

· broad chest (broad-chested)

· hollow chest

 

· frail (delicate) constitution

· strong (vigorous) c.

· weak (poor) c.

Figure

· bent figure

· corpulent

· fat figure

· graceful figure

· lean figure (mostly about men)

· muscular

· neat figure

· obese*

· overweight

· paunchy figure (with a paunch)

· plump figure

· petite figure

· puny-looking*

· skinny*

· like a pipe cleaner*

· like a lamp-post*

· slender (slim) figure

· slight figure

· squat

· stocky figure

· stout figure

· superb figure

· thin

· well-fed figure

· well-made figure

 

Gait

Step

· halting gait (to walk with a halt)

· heavy gait

· light gait

· limping gait (lameness)

· shuffling gait

· stooping gait (to walk with a stoop)

· swaggering gait

· swaying (rolling) g.

 

 

· firm steps

· footsteps

· heavy steps

· light steps

· rapid steps (with a rapid step)

· slow steps (with a slow step)

· stride