midlight
highlight
artwork
aedicula
capriccio
canvas
sidelighting
demitint
shaded
penumbra
frame
lightscape
backlight
paint
transparency
tempera
sgraffito
highlighting
nocturne
relief
implied line
tondo
spotlight
wall-painting
elevation
matte
nightpiece
surcharge
toplighting
scenario
bodyscape
dark
photoperiodically
wall painting
mural
pseudophotograph
space
pinman
sofa painting
isoperimeter
semi-abstraction
darkness
shadow
outline
nude
picture
chiaroscuro
cornering
artist's impression
post
artpiece
hillshade
ground
dot painting
combine
miniature
sight
street lamp
background
practical
landscape
pictogram
mirror
streetlight
wash
display
photomural
paintwork
macula
stain
darkside
fringe
reflex
illustration
basso relievo
stretcher
delineate
action painting
inside
paintery
view
basso rilievo
cityscape
emballage
low relief
bas relief
drawing
drafting
draftsmanship
lithograph
landscape painting
shadow play
shaded
practical
reflex
inside
photoperiodically
midlight
highlight
artwork
aedicula
capriccio
canvas
sidelighting
demitint
penumbra
lightscape
backlight
transparency
tempera
sgraffito
highlighting
nocturne
relief
implied line
tondo
spotlight
wall-painting
elevation
matte
nightpiece
surcharge
toplighting
scenario
bodyscape
dark
wall painting
mural
pseudophotograph
space
pinman
sofa painting
isoperimeter
semi-abstraction
darkness
shadow
outline
nude
picture
chiaroscuro
cornering
artist's impression
post
artpiece
hillshade
ground
dot painting
combine
miniature
sight
street lamp
background
landscape
pictogram
mirror
streetlight
wash
display
photomural
paintwork
macula
stain
darkside
illustration
basso relievo
stretcher
action painting
paintery
view
basso rilievo
cityscape
emballage
low relief
bas relief
drawing
drafting
draftsmanship
lithograph
landscape painting
shadow play
frame
paint
canvas
fringe
delineate
noun
- An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
- An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.
- A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
verb
- To be a highlight of.
- To make prominent; emphasize.
- To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen.
- To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
- To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
noun
- A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.
- A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.
- A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper (from same etymology, see below); a gambol; a prank, a trick.
- A fantastical thing or work.
noun
- A painting, or a picture on canvas.
- A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
- A basis for creative work.
- A mesh of loosely woven cotton strands or molded plastic to be decorated with needlepoint, cross-stitch, rug hooking, or other crafts.
- A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
- A tent.
- A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
- A region on which graphics can be rendered.
- Athletic shoes.
- Sails in general.
verb
noun
- An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe.
- An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
- A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.
- Something related to, connected to, and implied by, the existence of something else that is necessary for the second thing to be full and complete in its essential aspects.
- A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
- A region of the brain that has lost only some of its blood supply, and retains structural integrity but has lost function.
verb
- Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
- Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
- To move.
- To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
- To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
- To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
- To position visually within a fixed boundary.
- To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
- Conspire to falsely incriminate a presumably innocent person. See frameup.
- To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
noun
- An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
- An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
- A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
- A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
- A context for understanding or interpretation.
- The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
- A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
- A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second.
- The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
- Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
- A piece of photographic film containing an image.
- A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
- An inning.
- A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
- A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.
- A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
- The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
- The structure of a person's body; the human body.
- The complete set of pins to be knocked down in their starting configuration.
verb
- To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- To direct a radar beam toward.
- To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
- To apply paint to.
- To create (an image) with paints.
- To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
- To depict or portray.
- To practise the art of painting pictures.
- To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
noun
- Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
- A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- The free-throw lane, construed with the.
- A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- Paintballs.
- Tattoo work.
- The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
- Makeup.
- A face card (king, queen, or jack).
noun
- A transparent artwork, viewable by shining light through it.
- Sufficient accuracy to make the compressed result perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
- The quality of being transparent; transparence.
- A translucent film-like material with an image imprinted on it, viewable by shining light through it.
- A transparent object.
- Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.
noun
- A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
- A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
- The removal of stress or discomfort.
- The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.
- Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
- The person who takes over a shift for another.
- The difference of elevations on a surface.
adj
noun
- drawing of an exterior of a structure
- the event of something being raised upward
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- a raised or elevated geological formation
- distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
- (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
- the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
noun
- A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.
- An overprint on a stamp that alters (usually raises) the original nominal value of the stamp; used especially in times of hyperinflation.
- An excessive price charged e.g. to an unsuspecting customer.
- A charge that has been omitted from an account as payment of a credit to the charged party
- A penalty for failure to exercise common prudence and skill in the performance of a fiduciary's duties.
- An addition of extra charge on the agreed or stated price.
- The part of the price of a subsidized good or service that is not covered by the subsidy and so must be paid by the consumer.
verb
noun
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- Ignorance.
- Nightfall.
adj
- Off the air; not transmitting.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed: enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious, obscure, undefined.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension: caliginous, darkling, dim, gloomy, lightless, sombre.
- Having racing capability not widely known.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy: hidden, secret; clandestine, surreptitious.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Extinguished.
- Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
verb
noun
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
- an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
- any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
- the interval between two times
- a blank area
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
verb
noun
- an unilluminated area
- shade within clear boundaries
- something existing in perception only
- a premonition of something adverse
- an indication that something has been present
- refuge from danger or observation
- a dominating and pervasive presence
- a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
- an inseparable companion
verb
noun
- A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
- A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
- The outer shape of an object or figure.
- A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
- A general description of some subject.
- A preliminary plan for a project.
- A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
- A setline or trotline.
verb
noun
- A painting.
- Situation.
- ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
- A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
- A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
- The art of painting; representation by painting.
- An image; a representation as in the imagination.
- A figure; a model.
- A sample of an illegal drug.
- A photograph.
- A format string in the COBOL programming language.
- An attractive sight.
verb
noun
- A photographic technique in which one side of the subject, for example a face, is well lit and the other is in shadow.
- A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
- An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume.
- A woodcut technique in which several woodcut blocks are used to print different shades of a color, or a woodcut print made by this technique.
adj
noun
- A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
- A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
- A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
- A pole in a battery.
- The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
- A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
- A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
- A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
- A post mortem (investigation of body's cause of death).
- A goalpost.
- An appointed position in an organization, job.
- A stud; a two-by-four.
- An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
- A location on a basketball court near the basket.
- Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
- Post-production.
- A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
- An assigned station; a guard post.
verb
- To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
- To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
- To assign to a station; to set; to place.
- To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
- To pay down (the stake).
- To pay (a blind).
- To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
- To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
- To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
- To travel quickly; to hurry.
- To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
- To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
prep
adv
noun
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
- a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)
- (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
verb
- fix firmly and stably
- confine or restrict to the ground
- place or put on the ground
- instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
- bring to the ground
- hit or reach the ground
- throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- connect to a ground
- use as a basis for; found on
noun
- An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
- Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions.
- An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
- A Test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
- A combine harvester
verb
noun
- A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
- The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
- A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- A musical composition which is short in duration.
- A particular feature or trait.
- A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
- Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
- An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
- A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.
verb
adj
noun
- In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
- Mental view; opinion; judgment.
- The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
- The ability to see.
- Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
- Something seen.
- A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
- A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
verb
- To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
- To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
- To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
- To observe though, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating.
noun
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
- extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- scenery hung at back of stage
verb
adj
- Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
- Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
- Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
- Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
noun
- A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
- A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
- Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
noun
- A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
- A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
- The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
- A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
- A liquid used for washing.
- A shallow body of water.
- In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
- A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
- The blade of an oar.
- A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
- The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
- In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
- A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
verb
- To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
- To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
- To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
- To clean oneself with water.
- To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
- To clean with water.
- To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
noun
- A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
- A rather large spot or blotch of color.
- An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.
- In planetary geology, an unusually dark area on the surface of a planet or moon.
- A small chamber of the inner ear of certain vertebrates filled with endolymph and containing an otolith.
noun
- The side of something that is in darkness or unlit, or has less illumination.
- A style of electronic music, being a form of hardcore characterized by discordant sounds; darkcore.
- The side that is distressing or undesirable.
- Synonym of farside (“the side of a moon that faces away from the planet that it orbits”)
- Synonym of nightside (“the side of a planet that faces away from the sun around which it orbits”)
- The side that is evil.
verb
noun
- the outside boundary or surface of something
- a part of the city far removed from the center
- one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light
- a social group holding marginal or extreme views
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels
adj
- Illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.
- Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
- Produced automatically by a stimulus.
- Bent, turned back or reflected.
verb
noun
- The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- Reflection or an image produced by reflection. The light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
noun
- A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
- One who, or that which, stretches.
- A piece of timber used in building.
- One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
- A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
- A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
- A board against which a rower places his feet.
- A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
- A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header).
verb
adj
- Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
- Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
- Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
- At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
adv
- In or to prison.
- Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
- Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
- Indoors.
noun
- The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- The interior or inner part.
- (in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
prep
noun
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
- A wake.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
- An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
- Something to look at, such as scenery.
- The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- The range of vision.
- A point of view.
- A mental image.
- An intention or prospect.
verb
noun
- the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams
- an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
- a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
- players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
- act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source
- the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
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