Associations to the word «Woolly»

WOOLLY, adjective. Made of wool.

WOOLLY, adjective. Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.

WOOLLY, adjective. (figuratively) Of thinking, principles, etc, based on emotion rather than logic.

WOOLLY, adjective. (figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.

WOOLLY, adjective. (obsolete) Clothed in wool.

WOOLLY, noun. (informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool

WOOLLY, noun. (Liverpool) (pejorative) Someone not born in Liverpool (especially from the towns of Wigan, St Helen's, Widnes, Warrington and Runcorn).

WOOLLY ADELGID, noun. A common name for insects of either species Adelges piceae or Adelges tsugae.

WOOLLY BACK, noun. (slang) (British) an unsophisticated person from the countryside

WOOLLY BACK, noun. (slang) (US) a Welsh person

WOOLLY BACKS, noun. Plural of woolly back

WOOLLY BEAR, noun. (colloquial) A hairy caterpillar.

WOOLLY BEAR, noun. Specifically, the larva of a moth of the family Arctiidae.

WOOLLY BEAR, noun. (military slang) (historical) An explosive shell that gives out dense smoke when it bursts.

WOOLLY BEARS, noun. Plural of woolly bear

WOOLLY HAT, noun. (UK) an item of knitted headwear, without a brim or peak, made from wool or other fabrics.

WOOLLY HATS, noun. Plural of woolly hat

WOOLLY MAMMOTH, noun. A very hairy mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, widespread in colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere during the Pleistocene period.

WOOLLY MAMMOTHS, noun. Plural of woolly mammoth

WOOLLY MONKEY, noun. A New World monkey in the genera Lagothrix and Oreonax in subfamily Atelinae.

WOOLLY RHINO, noun. (informal) Alternative form of woolly rhinoceros

WOOLLY RHINOCEROS, noun. Coelodonta antiquitatis, an extinct rhinoceros, common throughout Europe and northern Asia during the Pleistocene epoch.

WOOLLY RHINOS, noun. Plural of woolly rhino

WOOLLY WORM, noun. The larva of a moth of the family Arctiidae.

WOOLLY WORMS, noun. Plural of woolly worm

WOOLLY, adjective. Having a fluffy character or appearance.

WOOLLY, adjective. Confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas".

WOOLLY, adjective. Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; "woolly lambs".

WOOLLY, adjective. Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton".