a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

a stiff hair

be in a state of movement or action

rise up as in fear

have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles

react in an offended or angry manner

show anger or indignation

a brush that is made with the short stiff hairs of an animal or plant

any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks

grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet

show anger or indignation

pointed like bristles

a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines

small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old

having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet

resembling a bristle

small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail