fingernail

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As he took out a small notebook and began to read names from it, I was suddenly conscious of my rumpled clothes, my long, ragged fingernails.

From Literature

The other officer nodded in response, busy examining his fingernails, but I couldn’t help but flush at the compliment.

From Literature

He just sat there quietly and chewed his fingernails, which he did a lot, without thinking.

From Literature

“Keeping the dirt under my fingernails with projects like this, and watching shows as often as I do, you realize how hard and how much creativity and magic there are around shows,” Lovett said.

From Los Angeles Times

The texture of the crest and the network of blood vessel channels inside it indicate that it was covered in keratin, the same material found in human fingernails.

From Science Daily