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Noun: hair-raiser  'hehr,rey-zu(r)
  1. Excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones
    "the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser";
    - chiller

Derived forms: hair-raisers

Type of: excitation, excitement

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hairiness
hairless
hairlessness
hairlike
hairline
hairline fracture
hairnet
hairpiece
hairpin
hairpin bend
hair-raiser
hair-raising
hairsbreadth
hair's-breadth
hair-shirt
hair-shirted
hairsplitter
hairsplitting
hairspring
hairstreak
hairstreak butterfly