Character Descriptors
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Colors

white, black, blue, other miscellaneous colors, red, brown, green,
orange, yellow, purple, gray, other dark colors, other light colors,
Armageddon specific colors

Physical Characteristics

Skin, Blemishes, Eye (type, shape, and features), Noses, Hair, Facial Hair,
Head and Face shapes and features,
Mouths, Chin and Jaw, Cheeks (Jowls), Teeth,
Body, Shoulders, Hands, Chest, Legs, Stomach/Belly,
Feet, Race

COLORS (S - skin, E - Eye, H - Hair () - General)

white

    (SE)  alabaster: pale, yellowish-pink to yellowish-gray
    (H)   bleach blonde: washed out, whitish-blond    
    (SEH) bone: white, ivory, the color of bone
    (SE)  chalky: white, gray, or yellowish. The color of 
            a sick person.
    (S)   cream: creamy white
    (SE)  eggshell: white or light brown
    (SE)  ivory: creamy-white
    (SEH) marble: white or pink, usually.
    (SEH) milky: white or smooth
    (SEH) salt: the color of salt, white
    (SEH) white: you guessed it.

black

    (SEH) black: opposite of white?
    (SEH) blue-black: so black it shines blue in the light
    (SEH) coal: black
    (SEH) ebony: dark brown or black
    (SE)  humus: rich, soil-brown or black
    (SEH) inky-black, inky, ink-black or ink: black, the color of ink
    (SEH) jet: black, flat black
    (SEH) lignite: brownish-black
    (SEH) metal: black or gray
    (SEH) midnight: black or dark. Can be applied to a dark color
            as in midnight blue, midnight purple
    (SEH) onyx: flat black, the color of onyx
    (SEH) obsidian: very dark or black
    (SEH) pitch: black
    (SEH) raven: black
    (SEH) tar: black

blue

    (E)   azure: sky blue
    (E)   baby blue: very light to a very pale greenish or 
            purplish blue.
    (E)   celestial blue:  sky blue
    (E)   cobalt: deep, vivid blue or strong, greenish blue.
    (EH)  dove gray: grayish blue, grayish-brown
    (E)   electric blue: bright, almost glowing blue.
    (E)   gentian: blue.
    (E)   hyacinth: deep, purplish-blue to vivid violet
    (E)   indigo: dark blue to grayish, purplish-blue
    (E)   juniper: grey-blue, the color of juniper berries.
    (E)   lapis lazuli: sky blue to deep blue
    (E)   misty blue: very light blue.
    (E)   periwinkle: light, purplish-blue
    (E)   powder blue: medium to pale blue.
    (E)   prussian blue: medium to dark blue.
    (E)   royal blue, royal purple: deep shade of the 
            color (blue/purple)
    (E)   sapphire: blue (dark)
    (E)   sky blue: see azure
    (EH)  smoke: gray-blue

red

    (H)   auburn: reddish-brown, like thick copper
    (SEH) blood: red, the color of blood.
    (SE)  bronze: reddish-brown
    (E)   cinibar: a brilliant, bright red (vermillion)
    (SEH) cinnamon: brownish-red
    (SEH) copper: the color of copper. Reddish-orange
    (SEH) crimson: deep red
    (SEH) dusty road: light brown, light brownish-red
    (SEH) fire: the color of fire, red
    (EH)  garnet: a brownish-red, the color of garnet
    (E)   hazel: reddish-brown or yellowish brown. Usually 
            flecked with green or gray.
    (S)   lobster red: severely sunburned
    (E)   magenta: a dark, reddish-purple
    (SEH) mahogany: dark, reddish-brown or yellowish brown.
    (EH)  maroon: a dark and dull, brownish-red
    (SEH) red: neunundneunzig rot ballons!
    (SEH) rose: the color of a red rose.
    (S)   rosy: a pinkish red, also florid
    (EH)  ruby: thick red, the color of a ruby.
    (SE)  ruddy: healthy red. See also: flustered, florid
            in the case of eyes, bloodshot.
    (SEH) rufous: of a yellowish-red or brownish-red color.
            (Use "rufous eyes" for example, NOT "eyes the
            color of rufous")
    (SEH) rust: orange, reddish-brown, or reddish-yellow.
    (SEH) sanguine: blood red
    (SEH) scarlet: very bright blood red.
    (SEH) sepia: dark, reddish-brown
    (EH)  tarnish(ed): usually applied to a color (tarnished brown),
            used alone can represent a grey or red. Use with a metal.
            (Ex. Hair the color of tarnished copper- (reddish-brown))
    (EH)  vermillion: a brilliant and bright red.
    (SEH) wine: dark red, the color of red wine.

green

    (E)   cactus: the color of cactus
    (E)   chartreuse: yellowish-green
    (E)   grass: the color of grass
    (E)   green: the color of leaves.
    (E)   emerald: strong, yellowish-green, deep green
    (E)   leaf: the color of leaves
    (E)   jade: pale green.    
    (E)   moss: green.
    (E)   olive green:  light to medium green.
    (E)   teal: medium or dark bluish-green
    (E)   terre verte: an olive green
    (E)   viridescent: greenish, green. (use "viridescent eyes",
            NOT "eyes the color of viridescent")

yellow

    (SEH) amber: the color of amber, yellowish orange
    (H)   bleach blonde: washed out, whitish-blond
    (H)   blonde: yellow, the color of honey
    (H)   flaxen: blonde, yellow.
    (SEH) ginger: sandy or reddish-brown
    (SEH) golden: yellowish or yellow-brown
    (E)   hawk brown: yellowish-brown, medium 
            brown, or grayish brown.
    (H)   hay: golden brown or tan
    (SEH) honey: golden brown or yellow-brown
    (SE)  nubian: medium brown.
    (SEH) ocher: dark yellow or reddish-brown
    (SEH) russet: yellowish-brown, reddish-brown
    (SEH) saffron: orange yellow
    (SEH) sallow: sickly yellow or pale yellow.
    (SEH) sandy: yellowish, grayish, or medium brown.
    (SE)  sienna: yellowish-brown. Burnt sienna is reddish-brown.
    (H)   straw: yellow
    (SEH) tawny: brownish-yellow or tan.
    (SEH) teakwood: yellowish-brown.

brown

    (H)   auburn: reddish-brown, like thick copper
    (SE)  biscuit: light, toasted brown
    (SE)  bronze: reddish-brown
    (SEH) bronze: reddish-brown 
    (SEH) brown: The color of a lot of people's hair.
    (SEH) caramel: light or medium brown.
    (SEH) coacoa: brown
    (SEH) chestnut: rich brown.
    (SEH) chocolate: brown, like chocolate
    (SEH) cinnamon: brownish-red
    (EH)  dove gray: grayish blue, grayish-brown
    (SEH) dun: dull, grayish brown.
    (SEH) dusty road: light brown, light brownish-red
    (SEH) ginger: sandy or reddish-brown
    (SEH) golden: yellowish or yellow-brown
    (E)   hawk brown: yellowish-brown, medium brown, or 
            grayish brown.
    (H)   hay: golden brown or tan
    (E)   hazel: reddish-brown or yellowish brown. Usually 
            flecked with green or gray.
    (SEH) honey: golden brown or yellow-brown
    (SE)  humus: rich, soil-brown or black
    (SEH) kelp: the color of seaweed brown.
    (S)   leather: medium-dark brown, reddish-brown
    (SEH) mahogany: dark, reddish-brown or yellowish brown.
    (SEH) molasses: thick, dark brown.
    (SE)  nubian: medium brown.
    (SEH) nut-brown/nutmeg: broad variability from light to 
            dark brown.
    (SEH) ocher: dark yellow or reddish-brown
    (SEH) olive: dark brown or black to yellow/greenish brown.
    (SEH) russet: yellowish-brown, reddish-brown
    (SEH) rust: orange, reddish-brown, or reddish-yellow.
    (SEH) sable: rich brown
    (SEH) sandalwood: light brown.
    (SEH) sandy: yellowish, grayish, or medium brown.
    (SEH) sepia: dark, reddish-brown
    (SE)  sienna: yellowish-brown. Burnt sienna is reddish-brown.
    (SEH) sorrel: light brown or light, reddish-brown. like a dried
            autumn leaf.
    (EH)  taupe: dark, brownish-gray; moleskin
    (SEH) tawny: brownish-yellow or tan.
    (SEH) teakwood: yellowish-brown.
    (SH)  wheat: tannish or brown

orange

    (EH)  carrot: orange
    (SEH) copper: the color of copper. Reddish-orange
    (EH)  henna: distinct, coppery-orange
    (EH)  ocher/ochre: yellowish-orange or reddish-orange
    (EH)  orange: ... you know.. when you mix red and yellow?
    (SEH) saffron: orange yellow

purple

    (E)   hyacinth: deep, purplish-blue to vivid violet
    (E)   indigo: dark blue to grayish, purplish-blue
    (E)   iris: light purple
    (E)   lavender: pale to light purple or very pale violet.
    (E)   lilac: pale or light to medium purple.
    (E)   magenta: a dark, purplish-red
    ()    mauve: brilliant violet or purple, medium 
            reddish-purple
    (E)   puce: a brownish purple.
    (E)   purple: doesn't rhyme.
    (E)   royal blue, royal purple: deep shade of the 
            color (blue/purple)
    (E)   twilight: dark purple
    (E)   violet: reddish-blue, purple.   

gray

    (SEH) ash: the color of ash. Mix with any color. 
            (ash blond)
    (SEH) charcoal: dark gray
    (EH)  dove gray: grayish blue, grayish-brown
    (SEH) dun: dull, grayish brown.
    (H)   salt and pepper: mixed black and gray. The step before becoming 
            wholly gray-haired.
    (EH)  silver: the color of silver, white-gray
    (EH)  slate:  dark gray to bluish-gray
    (EH)  smoke: gray-blue
    (E)   smoked-glass: gray or dark gray
    (SEH) soot: grayish-brown, black, gray
    (EH)  steel: dark gray to bluish gray
    (EH)  tarnish(ed): usually applied to a color 
            (tarnished brown), used alone can represent 
            a grey or red. Use with a metal.
            (Ex. Hair the color of tarnished copper- (reddish-brown))

other dark colors

    (SEH) dusky: dark, shadowy, as in deepening twilight.
    (E)   royal blue, royal purple: deep shade of the color 
            (blue/purple)
    (E)   umber: the color of shadow

other light colors

    (SEH) alabaster: pale, yellowish-pink to yellowish-gray
    (SEH) ash: the color of ash. Mix with any color. 
            (ash blond)
    (SEH) beige: off-white, VERY pale tan, ecru.
    (SEH) bleached: can be used with any color to imply a shade of 
            the color that is severely brightened or washed-out.
    (SEH) buff: light, yellowish-brown nearing pink, brown, or yellow
    (SEH) chalky: white, gray, or yellowish. The color of 
            a sick person.
    (SEH) ecru: the color of un-bleached silk or linen. VERY pale
            tan/brown
    (SEH) eggshell: white or light brown
    (H)   hay: golden brown or tan
    (E)   hazel: reddish-brown or yellowish brown. Usually flecked 
            with green or gray.
    (SEH) marble: white or pink, usually.
    (SE)  peach: the color of a peach. A fleshy orange/pink.
    (SE)  pink: the opposite of purple?
    (S)   rosy: a pinkish red, see florid
    (SH)  wheat: tannish or brown

Other miscellaneous colors

    (E)   hazel: reddish-brown or yellowish brown. Usually flecked 
            with green or gray.
    (E)   iridescent: having rainbow-like or shifting colors, 
            depending on the angle from which it is seen.
    (SE)  mottled: streaked, spotty, or blotchy.

Armageddon Specific Colors
SEE ALSO: Plants

    (SEH) agafari brown: light brown
    (E)   arruth: purplish varying toward yellow-green
    (SEH) baobab colored: dark, maroon-brown.
    (SEH) cylini colored: light brown or light grey
    (E)   cynipri colored: ugly olive-purple
    (E)   greb-grass/grebel: purple-brown
    (SEH) horta colored: deep, blue-black
    (SEH) kank brown: light brown to dark brown
    (SEH) kank grey: dark grey
    (E)   loreshi colored: dark indigo
    (SEH) maar colored: light yellow-brown
    (SEH) numut grey: spider-web grey, the color of numut.
    (E)   octillo grey: the green-grey of an octillo bulb
    (E)   (the color of) pech grass: brown-green

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

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.

EYE TYPE, SHAPE, AND FEATURES

almond: almond-shaped.
beady: small, round
bloodshot: red and irritated
bug: protruding, see bulging
bulging: see bug
bullish: fierce, used as a descriptive term.
button: small and round or large and round.
cadaverous: corpse-like, leaden, or cyanotic, colorless
cataract: a clouding of the lens
close-set: eyes that are close together but not quite crossed.
crescent: half-moon shaped, either naturally or when grinning.
          A good way to describe a squint.
cross-eyed: opposite of cock-eyed
cock-eyed: opposite of cross-eyed, eyes look different directions.
cunieform: as though drawn on the face with a chisel.
cyanotic: gray or bluish tinge created from lack of oxygen in the 
          blood.
deep-set: set into the skull, usually caused by a prominent brow.
dewdrop: the shape of a teardrop
dull: glassy
egg-shaped: large and ovoid (shaped like an egg)
esotropic: one eye looks towards the nose, the other looks straight.
exotropic: one eye looks away from the nose, the other looks straight.
falcon: small, round, dark eyes; bird-like
feline: cat-like with lentil-shaped pupils
fish: glassy and emotionless
gimlet: piercing, penetrating eyes
glass eye: a false eye of any color
goggle: prominent or bulging. See also: rolling eyes
hollowed eye sockets: descriptive for deep-set eyes. Common of the
                      malnourished.
hooded: lids covering part or half of the eyes. Sleepy-eyed,
        bored-eyes.
jackal-like: cold and indifferent. Predatory.
jaundiced: yellowish complexion also affecting the whites of the eyes.
           a condition caused by illness
lenticular: shaped like a lintil or bioconvex lens. The most common
            eye shape.
livid: grayish-blue or lead-colored. Black and blue like a bruise.
       corpses can be this color because of pooled, oxygen-depleted 
       blood.
luminous: reflecting light at night (like a cat or dog when you shine
          a flashlight on them) the reflective layer itself is called
          the tapetum.
lunulate: crescent or moon-shaped.
moody: darkly colored, multi-colored.
nacreous: pearled, opalescent, milky, iridescent (multiple colors in
          the light)
owlish: wide, round, alert.
pale: blanched, white
pea: tiny and round.
pop: protuberant, or bulging.
protuberant: see pop
rheumy: wayery, moist, having a thin film.
saucer: large, goggle-like eyes.
slanted: angled upward at the edges.
slitted: narrow, like slits.
sloe: large and dark, almond-shaped.
squinty: slitted, squinted, crescent-shaped as though with difficulty
         seeing.
strabismus: the condition of squinting (see squinty)
stormy: of shifting/swirling, or mixed colors.
sunken: deep eye sockets.
tenebrous: dark, gloomy, can imply sunken or sullen-looking
variegated: flecked with various colors.
walleyed: large, glossy eyes. Also a white iris (part of the eye that
          is usually colored)
wide-set: eyes that are set wide apart.
wood eye: a false eye of wood, painted any color

NOSES

aquiline: hooked or curved, like an eagle's beak
beaked: like a bird's beak, beakish, hawkish, hawk, 
        hooked, (see aquiline)
bent: a malformed nose, or one that has been broken.
bob: knoblike
boxer's: broken, misshapen (pugilist is another word for boxer)
broken: misshapen, bent.
bulbous: large, shaped like a bulb
button: round and small
chiseled: looking like it has been cut from stone-- smooth, angular
          almost as though it has been sculpted
crooked: skewed, not straight
flaring: flaring nostrils
flat: a nose that is flat on the face.
gourdlike: warty or gnarled, misshapen, like a gourd.
hawk: like a beak, aquiline, hawkish, beaked, beakish
high-cut: nostrils cut high in the nose
hog-nosed: like a pig-snout, pushed in and up.
hooked: curved, aquiline, beaked, hawkish, beakish
pug: short, flattened, turned up at the end. Like button, only
     not cute.
pig-nosed: self explanatory
roman: having a high and distinctive bridge
skewed: crooked nose
snout: snout-nosed - like a pig or a dog- flat, wide, large 
       nostrils, turned up on the end
turned-up nose: self explanatory

HAIR - See also COLORS

beaded: woven and/or threaded with beads.
brassy: when applied to any color, having an almost metallic
        sheen to it.
billowing: airy, flowing wide
bird's nest: ratty, matted, like a bird's nest
blonde: blonde hair
boyish: cut short, looking like a young male
braided: in braids
brunette: brown hair
brushed-back: you get the idea
bug-ridden: filled with bugs, lice
bun: rolled into a knot on the back of the head.
bushy: much hair, flying in all directions
chignon: a knot or roll, twisted into a circle or figure eight
         at the back of the head
clean: not dirty
coarse: rough, grainy
coiled: a coil of plaits, worn on back, side, or top of head
combed: neatly kempt
crimped: wavy
curly: with many curls
dirty: covered in filth, not clean
downy: very soft, smooth
dread-locked: allowed to cluster into long, thin locks.
    see also: dreaded
dreaded: see: dread-locked
fair-haired: light-haired. Blonde, light brown, etc.
fiery-haired: red-haired
filthy: dirty, oily
fine: thin, soft
fluffy: bouncy
flyaway: going in all directions
frayed: think unravelled yarn, frizzy
frazzled: unkempt, frizzy
frizzy: unkempt, flying in all directions - Think unravelled yarn
greasy: oily, dirty
grizzled: coarse-haired.
hoary: old, dry, frazzled
kinky: in tight curls or knots
knotted: worn in a knot or top-knot, also can be tangled
limp: lifeless, hanging loosely, drably
long: not short. Can also apply a length (shoulder-length,
      arm-length, etc)
lustrous: shining
matted: tangled, knotted.
mohawked: shaven on either side with a central tuft of hair
          usually made to stand on end.
nappy: tightly curled, almost looking like knots- see kinky
neatly kempt: see combed
oily: greasy
pig-tailed: pulled back into two tails, one on either side 
            (or front and back) of the head.
platinum-blonde: white-blonde
plaited: braided or woven in intricate patterns
pony-tailed: tied back into a single tail at the back or
             side of the head.
premature gray: gray before one's time (see: Steve Martin)
ratty: matted.
red-head: red hair
ringlets: ringlet-curls
ropey: having the texture of rope, thick, frayed
rows: braids in rows all over the head
scraggly: see shaggy
shaggy: unkempt, sticking out in all directions, much hair
shaven: cut short with a razor so that only stubble remains
shorn: see: shaved
short: not long, lengths may also be applied (shoulder-length,
       ear-length, chin-length, etc)
slicked: matted back into a flat. Greased back
spikey: spiked, sticking up and stiff
straight: without curl
stringy: like twine.
stubbly: see: shaved, shorn
tangled: matted, not combed
top-knotted: shaved all over save for a portion on the top or
             back of the head that is allowed to grow long and is
             sometimes braided or left long.
tow-headed: pale, white, platinum-blonde-haired.
wavy: between curls and straight
wild: tangled, flying in all directions, untamable
wiry: like wire
wispy: thin, sparse, going in all directions
wooly: like wool
woven: plaited or braided in a weave.

FACIAL HAIR

(note: some of these may be best used in the main desc - reserve
the shorter ones below for the sdescs)
a la Souvaroff beard/moustache: a moustache/beard in which the moustache is 
                                joined to the side-burns and the chin is left 
                                clean-shaven
anchor beard: a short, pointed beard worn at the edge of the chin with a
              fringe extending up to the center of the bottom lip.
Assyrian beard: a long-beard with plaits or spiral culs.
barbiche beard: a small tuft of hair under the bottom lip. Also 
                known as a barbula.
belgrave beard: neatly groomed, mid-length beard. Cut round, 
                square, or pointed.
burnside beard: the moustache joins with the side-burns and jaw 
                is left clean shaven.
cadiz beard: pointed, mid-length beard.
cathedral beard: full beard split into two tails at the bottom, each
                 with a point.
chevron (moustache): an inverted V
cookie-duster moustache: a humorous term for a moustache which hangs
                         low over the lips 'dusting' the food intaken.
forked beard: see also: cathedral beard
fu manchu (beard/moustache): a long, sweeping, and thin moustache allowed
                             to droop low past the chin. Worn with a
                             narrow beard.
goatee: a small, goat-like beard
grizzled or grizzly beard: flecked with gray or gray.
handlebar moustache: a long moustache with ends turned up at the 
                     edges to resemble the handlebars of a bike.
hebraic beard: full, long, untrimmed beard.
lincolnesque beard: mid-length beard worn with sideburns but without 
                    a moustache (just like President Lincoln)
muttonchops: thick sideburns that are made to look like a haunch
             of mutton in shape.
peach-fuzz: light fur. pubescent whiskers.
rat's nest beard:  unkempt, ungroomed beard. 
regent (moustache): neat, resembling a curved letter M.
screw beard: short beard that is twisted or twined.
spade beard: round or pointed beard in the shape of a spade.
stiletto beard: long, slender, pointy beard.
toothbrush (moustache): moustache like adolph hitler or Charlie 
                        Chaplin also known as a 'square button'
walrus (moustache): see also: cookie duster. Like the cookie 
                    duster, but more extreme. a very long moustache.
waxed moustache: curled tips, waxed to hold its shape.
winged moustache: cut to look like bird wings.

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.

MOUTH

bowed: like a bow (the kind you shoot arrows with), curved.
cruel: also phrased as "set in a cruel line."  Dictates a
       harsh line, very thin.
cleft-lip: also known as harelip, where a part of the lip is
           drawn sharply upward as though a hook had been set
           in it and pulled toward the nose.
dour: with wrinkles set around the top and bottom as though
      one were aged and sucking on lemons.
deformed: cleft-lipped, twisted, oddly shaped, wrong in some way.
firm lips: rounded and thick.
full lips: rounded and thick.
hare-lip: see cleft-lip.
misshapen: oddly shaped, deformed
pallid: pale.
protruding: lips that stick out.
puckered: as though one were sucking on a lemon. Alternately
          as though one were perpetually offering a kiss.
rosepetal/rosebud: small lips that are set in a round shape.
sensual: curved gently and soft. Lips that evoke naughty 
         thoughts ;)

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.

TEETH (may also add COLORS)

buck-teeth: front two teeth stick out far over the bottom teeth.
crooked: not straight.
fangs: sharp, pointed, and pronounced
gap-toothed: with gaps between the teeth (see Dave Letterman)
jagged: triangular in shape, varying in height.
pearly: white.
pitted: not well cared for. Full of cavities.
pointy: with sharp points.
saw-toothed: jagged, like a saw.
snaggle-toothed: jagged and crooked. prominently so.
stained: having the color of some often-eaten substance.
tusks: overly-large teeth (think walrus)
underbite: like a bull-dog, where the bottom teeth stick out.

BODY TYPES

anorexic: horribly thin, as though having a fear of eating.
athletic: having undergone considerable activity and maintaining
          muscle-tone
barrel-chested: having a broad chest that is round as a barrel
beefy:  muscular and heavily built, burly, husky
bent: stooped
bosomy: having large breasts.
bow-spined: stopped, bent, having a back that is bowed into a 
            permanently curved shape so that the head hangs low.
brawny: having physical strength and weight; rugged and
        powerful
burly: muscular and heavily built
buxom: (of a woman's body) having pleasing curves, curvaceous,
       curvy, bosomy, full-bosomed, voluptuous. Also, 
       a kind way of saying 'slightly fat'. chubby, plump.
chubby: slightly overweight, having ample curves.
colossal: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
corpulent: Very fat; obese
curvaceous: having pleasing and ample curves.
curvy: large hips, thighs, curvy, buxom.
deformed: Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity;
          misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed
          head
delicate: small boned and framed, appearing fragile.
diminutive: very small.
dumpy: Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy
       little man
elephantine: of great mass; huge and bulky
emaciated: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
fat: having much flesh (especially fat), having a relatively 
     large diameter, overly high body weight for one's height.
fleshy: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large
        frame to carry it
fragile: see delicate.
full-bosomed: see: bosomy
full-figured: having a large frame. Well filled-out. buxom.
gangly: tall and thin and having long slender limbs, ungracefully
        tall and thin.
gargantuan: of great mass; huge and bulk
gaunt: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
gnarled: used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or
         knot
haggard: 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
hunchbacked:  Having a humped back
hunched: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
husky: Powerful; strong; burly
lanky: tall and thin and having long slender limbs. gangly, 
       rangy, ungracefully tall and thin.
lavishly endowed: generously gifted with weight, bosom, or
                  other features.
lean: thin
leggy: having long legs and having those legs be the most 
       notable feature.
lissome: gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease
lithe: see lissome. svelte, supple, slender, lithesome
lumpy: Full of lumps, or small compact masses. Often used
       to describe someone who is fat.
malnourished: gaunt, thin, emaciated.
muscled: covered with musculature.
obese: excessively fat; "a weighty man"
palsied: affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor
paunchy: having a large belly
petite: small, short, little-boned. thin, delicate.
plump: see chubby.
portly: Bulky; corpulent
pot-bellied: having a large belly, round, as a pot.
pudgy: Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy
       little man
reedy: resembling a reed or twig in being slender and fragile
rickety: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
robust: strong. Evincing strength, indicating vigorous health,
        sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body;
        robust youth; robust health
roly-poly: fat, round.
rotund: fat, round.
rugged: sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; 
        enduring
runty: well below average height, of small size.
scrawny: Meager; thin; rawboned; bony, unattractively thin
sinewy: Well braced with, or as if with, muscular strength
skeletal: thin as a skeleton. "Skin and bones"
sleek: well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too
       well-groomed
slight: Not stout or heavy; slender
slim: Not stout or heavy; slender
slinky: Thin; lank
spindly: long and lean (usually applied to limbs)
squat: Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting
stacked: well or attractively formed with respect to physique
stalwart: having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or
          hardships
statuesque: of size and dignity suggestive of a statue.
            Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a
            statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a 
            statue artistically made.
stocky: heavy and compact in form or stature
stooped: To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward;
         to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or
         walking; to assume habitually a bent position
stout: Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring. Also
       Large; bulky; corpulent.
strapping: muscular and heavily built
stubby: short and blunt
svelte: showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance 
        that comes from wide social experience. Also, graceful,
        slender, moving with ease.
tall: not short.
thickset: Having a short, thick body; stout
thin: light of weight. Not fat. slender.
towering: very tall, imposingly so.
voluptuous: see buxom.
waspish: Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a
         wasp.
well-muscled: covered with much muscle.
whip-thin: very thin. thin as a whip.
willowy: slender and graceful
wiry: Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or
      constitution. lean and sinewy.

SHOULDERS

bony, broad, delicate, drooping (head sunk down into them), 
massive, round, square, stooped

HANDS AND ARMS

long (fingers, arms)
arthritic (fingers, hands): knotted, gnarled, not easily used.
gnarled: knotted, twisted, deformed.
large biceps
bony, stick-like
calloused (hands/fingers)
chapped hands
claw-like fingers/nails,
corded arm muscles
flabby arms
hairy hands/arms
delicate hands/arms
well-manicured hands
polydactyl hands/feet: having more than the usual number of 
                       fingers and toes
pudgy hands/arms
red and scoured hands/arms
stringily muscled arms
stubby fingers
banged-up hands

CHEST

(Note: due to the fact you will likely be wearing clothing over
this part of the body, the general size of the chest may be 
all that is noticeable to an observer. hair and definition may
not be known to all)
barrel-chested
caved-n chest
chiseled pecs: (pecs being the boob muscles ;)
defined pecs
hairless
hairy
bosomy
buoyant (seeming to float)
busty
buxom
flat-chested
jutting cones
melon-breasted
sag-chested
top-heavy
underdeveloped

BELLY/STOMACH

beer-gut
blubbery
flabby
flat
fleshy
iron-muscled
love handled
over the belt
paunchy
plump
pot-bellied
rippling
swinging belly
toned
washboard stomach

LEGS

bandy-legged (bow-legged)
bow-legged: legs that bow outward at the knees: <>
knock-kneed: the knees bang against one another: ><
leggy: long legs
spindly: long, thin legs
thick: large legs.


FEET

club-footed: a condition where the person is forced to walk on
             the side of one foot.
pigeon-toed: the toes point together:  \/
polydactyl: having more than the standard number of toes
swollen:


RACES/GENDER

boy, girl, man, woman, elf, dwarf, mantis, half-giant, mul, half-elf,
youth, figure, human, elf-woman, dwarven-woman, etc., child, teenager,
male, female, she-elf, she-mantis, he-mul, etc. damsel, waif, lass, femme,
harridan, maid, elder, geezer, crone, matron, spinster