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COMPLEXION AND SKIN-TYPE (see also: colors)

acned: pimpled
albino: (also known as achromasia) no skin pigment (white, colorless,
	sometimes blue because of the veins)
alligator: (or any other reptile)  coarse, rough, or scaly skin
blanched: white or pale-
bleached: same as above - can be used with any color to imply a 
	  shade of the color that is severely brightened or washed-out.
blemished: imperfections such as acne, boils, moles, scars...
blotchy: splotched, mottled, irregular patches of color.
blush: red or pink, almost as though embarassed.  See also: flushed,
       florid
burlap: or any other material - rough, coarse, also the color (light 
	tan in this case)
cadaverous: corpse-like, leaden, cyanotic, colorless
chapped: caused to open in slits or chinks, split, caused
	to crack or become rough.
cratered: deeply pitted from acne or illness.  See also: pitted, 
	  pocked.
cyanotic: gray or bluish tinge created from lack of oxygen in the 
          blood.
dirty: not clean, covered with dirt
dusty: covered with dust
doughy: the color of bread dough.  resembling the consistency of dough.
downy: very soft and smooth
fair: light-colored
filthy: not clean, dirty
florid: flushed red, pink, or rosy.
flushed: also: flush - red in the face, blush.
flustered: see also ruddy, healthy red
greasy: oily
jaundiced: yellowish complexion also affecting the whites of the eyes.
           a condition caused by illness
leaden: the color of lead, dark gray.  
leathery: tough, brown, hide-like skin
livid: grayish-blue or lead-colored.  Black and blue like a bruise.
       corpses can be this color because of pooled, oxygen-depleted 
       blood.
moled: having moles.
mottled: blotchy. See also: splotchy
nubby: rough.
oily: greasy
pale: blanched, white
pallid: pale, faint, or wan
pasty: like paste in color or texture (white or yellow)
pitted: see cratered
pocked: see pitted, cratered
pustuled: with large sores filled with puss (see acned)
sandpaper: rough, coarse.
scarred: cut, marred, disfigured
shriveled: weathered, wizened, withered, wrinkled
splotchy: irregular, blotchy.  See also: mottled.
sun-browned: suntanned
sunburned: red. See also: lobster
swarthy: a dark complexion.
wan: pale.
warty: having warts
waxy: pasty, cadaverous, greasy, or oily.
weatherbeaten: weathered by years in the sun.  Leathery. Like an
	old boot.
weathered: see weatherbeaten.
withered: dried up, weathered, shriveled. Without freshness
wizened: same as withered
wrinkled: wrinkled skin.. from age.

BLEMISHES

age spots: liver spots.  Brown spots on the face and hands. Found
	most often on the elderly.
lentigo: a brownish spot unrelated to a freckle.
nevus: any birthmark
piebald skin: patches of skin lacking pigment- also known as vitiligo
wine stain: a wine-colored birthmark (like Mikhail Gorbachev)
rosacea: small pimples and a raw, red look.  Like the noses of 
	alcoholics.  Common of people originating from the British
	Isles, and people who blush easily.
vitiligo: see wine stain
warts: raised patches.

HEAD SHAPES/FACE SHAPES AND FEATURES

angular: pressed into an angle.  narrow, pinched face.
	When seen from above, a teardrop.
aristocratic (face): features as like those who are noble.
arrow-headed: pointed like an arrow with a wide jaw.
asymmetrical face/head: having a face or head that is not 
	the same on both sides.
bat-faced: having pinched features, beady eyes, and a pugged
	nose.
beefy: big-faced, muscular.
bird-like: pointed, like a bird.  Often with a beak-like nose.
boyish face: having the features of a young boy.
careworn face: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
           suffering
child-like face: small features, soft skin, generally appearing
	young, like a child
cherubic face: like a child, a baby, or an angel. Small features,
	healthy and smooth skin.
chiseled face: appearing to be cut out of stone.  Very defined
	lines. Sharp features.
comely face: a face with features pleasing to the eye.
domed: a large, round top of the head
doughy: having the color and consistency of dough. Flabby.
drawn (face): subjected to great tension; stretched tight. 
	See also: careworn
egg-shaped: ovular, round, like an egg
fat-faced: with large cheeks, round-headed.
feline face: with the features of a cat (quirri)
fleshy-faced: having an abundance of extra skin.  
gibbous:  Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant;
      convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and
      the full moon.
haggard (face):   Having the expression of one wasted by want 
	or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features 
	distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, 
	haggard features, eyes.
handsome: rugged, good-looking, look of the ideal man
heart-shaped face: shaped like a heart.
high-domed: a large domed head
high-forehead: hairline that is high on the head
lined (face): wrinkled, covered with lines.
low-forehead: hairline that is low on the face.
moon-faced: Having a face that has the shape of a moon either
	in profile or head-on.
narrow: a thin head where the ears are closer together.
oval: see also egg-shaped, shape of an oval.
pinched: see also: narrow.  Appearing as though the head has
	been pinched side-to-side or up-and-down.
protruding brow: a brow that juts forth.
round: rounded, often associated with fat-cheeks.
sculpted features: appearing to be moulded by an artist.
sloped forehead: a forehead that slopes sharply back instead
	of rising and curving gently.
square: a squared jaw and face to make the head seem square.
symmetrical face/head: having a face or head that is the same
	on both sides.
timeworn: showing the strains of time.  Wrinkled, old.
wedge-shaped: shaped like a wedge of cheese.  Sharp chin.
wrinkle-faced: wrinkled, lined. wizened.

CHIN/JAW

angular chin: a pointed chin.
cleft chin: a chin with a divot in it, appearing to be two chin
	pieces.
double chin: a chin with a mirroring pouch of skin underneath 
	the chin so that it appears that a person has two chins.
heavy jaw: a jaw that appears to hold much weight
pointed chin: a chin that has a sharp angle.
receding chin: a chin that is not prominent or falls back.
round chin: a chin that is round
slack-jawed: a jaw which is unable, for some reason, to appear
	completely closed.
square-jaw: squared, sharply angular around the ears.

CHEEKS (JOWLS)

dimpled: with dimples in the cheeks at either side of a smile
flabby: fat.  See also: fat faced (under Head/Face)
freckled: flecks of darker (or lighter) colored skin which dot
	the face or other of the body.
high cheekbones: like a Native American, the cheekbones are high
	on the face. 
hollow: sunken cheeks with dark shadows on them.
pendulous: flabby, hanging loose, swaying (as a pendulum)
pouchy: appearing to have pouches on either side of the face.