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