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Hairsplitter
Hairsplitter Hair"split`ter, n. One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. ``The caviling hairsplitter.' --De Quincey.
Hairsplitting
Hairsplitting Hair"split`ting, a. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions. The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. --Charles Sumner.
Hairspring
Hairspring Hair"spring`, n. (Horology) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
hairstreak
Thecla Thec"la, n. Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.
Hairstreak
Hairstreak Hair"streak`, n. A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).
Stadia hairs
Stadia hairs Sta"di*a hairs or wires wires . (Surv.) In a theodolite, etc., horizontal cross wires or hairs equidistant from the central horizontal cross wire.
To split hairs
Split Split (spl[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Split (Splitted, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. Splitting.] [Probably of Scand. or Low german origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten, OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG. spl[=i]zen. Cf. Splice, Splint, Splinter.] 1. To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin. Cold winter split the rocks in twain. --Dryden. 2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder. A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water. --Boyle. 3. To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite. [Colloq.] --South. 4. (Chem.) To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.

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- S2CID 39103960. "How many hairs are on a human head in total and per square inch?". curlcentric.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022. "Number of hairs on human head". harvard...
- and melanin. The clear hairs appear as grey or white because of the way light is reflected from the hairs. The change in hair colour occurs when melanin...
- the hair follicle, and many tiny grafts are transplanted rather than a single strip of skin. Since hair naturally grows in groupings of 1 to 4 hairs, current...
- "Hair" is the title song to the 1967 musical Hair and the 1979 film adaptation of the musical. The musical’s title song begins as character Claude slowly...
- usually to great discomfort. The term "hairs" is technically a misnomer, as only mammals possess true hairs. The hairs on arthropods are called setae. The...
- terminal hair over the chest and abdomen areas. Adult women can also grow terminal hairs around the areola, though in many cultures these hairs are removed...
- underhair or ground hair) is the bottom – or inner – layer, composed of wavy or curly hairs with no straight portions or sharp points. Down hairs, which are also...
- Guard hair or overhair is the outer layer of hair of most mammals, which overlay the fur. Guard hairs are long and co**** and protect the rest of the...
- hair will not dye to the same color as the rest of the head (in fact, some white hair will not absorb the color at all). A few gray and white hairs will...
- domestic short-haired or domestic long-haired cats, depending on coat length (and less common designations may include "domestic medium-haired" or "domestic...