Definition of downy

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Downy (a.) Cunning; wary.

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Lint :: Lint (n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics..
Blight :: Blight (n.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects..
Cottony :: Cottony (a.) Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly..
Plume :: Plume (v.) A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather..
Nappy :: Nappy (a.) Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy.
Mollipilose :: Mollipilose (a.) Having soft hairs; downy.
Downy :: Downy (a.) Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs..
Downy :: Downy (a.) Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet..
Cotton :: Cotton (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half..
Flossy :: Flossy (a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light; downy..
Cherimoyer :: Cherimoyer (n.) A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru..
Fluey :: Fluey (a.) Downy; fluffy.
Plumulaceous :: Plumulaceous (a.) Downy; bearing down.
Fluffy :: Fluffy (superl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy..
Woundwort :: Woundwort (n.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys..
Pullus :: Pullus (n.) A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.
Pappose :: Pappose (a.) Furnished with a pappus; downy.
Pubes :: Pubes (n.) The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence.
Puff-leg :: Puff-leg (n.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
Lanuginous :: Lanuginous (a.) Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy..
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