So this is a little guide on describing words you can use for characters, for all different parts of the body. When describing how a character looks, you don't need to describe each and every aspect of their body, but rather three or four distinctive features.

Here are many ways to describe different parts of a characters including, but not limited to, body shape, hair colour/style, eye colour and complextion.

PHYSIQUE

anorexic; gangling; gaunt; haggard; lanky; scrawny; skinny; spindly; withered; agile; athletic; lean; lithe; petite; rangy; reedlike; slender; slight; slim; sylphlike; thin; trim; willowy; barrel-chested; beefy; big-boned; brawny; buxom; chubby; fat; muscular; sinewy;well-muscled; voluptuous.

SKIN COLOUR

alabaster; albino; apricot; black; bronze; brown; caramel; cream; ebony; fair; ivory; lily-white; milky; nut-brown; olive; red;white; yellow.

SHAPE OF FACE

Round (wider at cheeks and softer at jawline and forhead)
Oval (slightly wider at the cheek bone than forehead or jaw)
Square (wide forehead and strong, wide jawline)
Inverted Triangle (wide forehead and narrow jawline)
Triangle (narrow forehead and wide jawline)

COMPLEXION (appearance and texture)

Appearance - blush; flush; freckled; glowing; jaundiced; mottled; pallid; pale; pasty; rosy; ruddy; russet; sallow; shallow; splotchy;wan.

Texture - acned; cadaverous; craggy; greasy; leathery; peeling; pitted; pocked; scarred; sunburnt; wrinkled.

HAIR COLOUR (natural only)

Black - coal black; jet black; raven; sable; ebony; charcoal; ink-black; sooty.

Dark Brown - brunet/te (male/female - male form rarely used); auburn; chestbut; chestnut brown; walnut.

Light Brown - ash brown; mousey; chocolate; sandy; tawny; golden brown; nutmeg; nut brown; cinnamon.

Red - fiery red; ginger; rusty; rust red; redhead; honey red; reddish brown; russet; copper; burnt sienna; ranger.

Blond/e (male/female) - ash blonde; strawberry blonde; platinum blonde; flaxen; honey-coloured; towheaded; light blonde; yellow-brown; fair-headed; champagne; tawny-gold; golden-haired; yellow-haired.

White - grey; silver; hoary; hoaryhead; snow-white; silver-grey.

HAIR STYLE

afro; beehive; bob; braids; bun; coiffure; corkscrew curls; curls; crew cut; dreadlocks; French braid; mohawk; page boy; pigtails; pompadour; ponytail; shorn; skinhead; topknot; wedge/crop; fringe/bangs; locks; ringlets; strands; wisps.

HAIR CONDITION

cowlicked; disarrayed; disheveled; ill-kempt; knotted; messed up; messy; mussed up; mussy; uncombed; unkempt; ragged; ruffled; shaggy; tangled; tousled; twisted; untidy; matted/combed; kempt; neat; neatly combed; thick; thinning; tidy; greasy; oily; dry; split-ended; flecked; grizz;ed; wiry; receding; unshorn.

FACIAL HAIR

beard; bristles; five o'clock shadow; fuzz; goatee; moustache; muttonchops; sideburns; stubble; whiskers.

EYES (colour and shade)

Blue - bright blue; dark blue; light blue; electric blue; luminous blue; piercing blue; sky blue; sapphire.

Brown - dark brown; light brown.

Green - emerald; jade; light green; dark green; bright green; sea green.

Grey - light grey; dark grey; deep grey; stone; stone grey; cobalt; slate grey.

Hazel - light hazel.

MOUTH

cupid's bow; downturned; grim; large; small; smiling.

LIPS

blue; cracked; dry; fat; full; luscious; parched; parted; red; ruby; thin; wet.

TEETH

buck; crooked; gap-toothed; gappy; gleaming; large; protruding; razor-like; small; sharp; shining; straight; white; yellow.

NOSE

aquiline; beaky; broad; bulbous; button; button-like; curved; eagle-like; hatchet-like; hooked; prominent; straight; turned up.

EARS

jug-like; protruding; tiny; huge; elephant-like.

CHIN

angular; chiselled; protruding; square.

CHEEKS

rosy, ruddy, sunken; high (cheek bones); flat.

NECK

short; long; swan-like; thick; gracious; elegant.

CHEST

barrel-chested; broadchested; flat-chested; solid; well-defined; well muscled.

STOMACH

chiselled; lean; pot-bellied; round.

SHOULDERS

broad, ox-like; sloping; drooping; hunched; rounded.

ARMS

long; thick; skinny; pudgy; strong; muscular.

HANDS

elegant; long; long-fingered; rough; stubby; shovel-like; slender; spade-like.

FINGERS

gnarled; stubby; long; elegant.

FINGER NAILS

bitten; broken; chewed; claw-like; dirty; hooked; long; painted; sharp; talon-like.

BACK

bent, hunched, ramrod straight; rounded.

LEGS

chubby; long; shapely; sinewy; thin; tree-trunks.

These many, different aspects can be important parts to the story. A character can be known for a distinctive feature. These are a few examples of extensive aspects of characters. If you have any questions please comment or PM me. I'm always here to help.