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noun
- The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- The quality of being respectable or admirable.
- The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
- The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- A specific pitch.
- (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- a gun
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
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noun
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- a position of relative inferiority
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view
verb
adj
- Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
- Not negative or neutral.
- Stated definitively and without qualification.
- Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
- Optimistic.
- Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
- Overconfident, dogmatic.
- Of number, greater than zero.
- Having more protons than electrons.
- HIV positive.
- Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
- Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
- Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
- Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
- Formally laid down.
- Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
- Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
- electropositive
- Fully assured in opinion.
- Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
- Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
- basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
noun
- A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
- A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
- A positive result of a test.
- An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
- A favourable point or characteristic.
- A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
- Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
- The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
adj
- Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.
- Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.
- Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.
- Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.
- Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
- Clearly apparent; conspicuous.
- In good spirits; happy, optimistic.
- Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.
- Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.
- Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.
- Of a place: not dark; well-lit.
- Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.
- Of light: brilliant, intense.
- Of a person: lively, vivacious.
- Glorious; illustrious.
- Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.
- Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
- Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
- Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.
- Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
- Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.
- Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.
adv
- Referring to colour: with bold or vivid colours; brightly, boldly, vividly.
- In a bright manner; brightly, glowingly, luminously, lustrously.
verb
- Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
- Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
- Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
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noun
- The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face).
- The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings.
- The light given off by a glowing object.
verb
- To be related to or part of an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
- to create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.
- To shine brightly and steadily.
- To emit light as if heated.
- To gaze especially passionately at something.
- to expose someone to the authorities.
- To display intense emotion.
- To make hot; to flush.
- To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
- To radiate thermal heat.
noun
- The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
- A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
verb
- To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.
- To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
- To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
adj
- Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
- Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
- Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
- Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
- circa 1660, John Evelyn (author), William Bray (editor), The Diary of John Evelyn, volume I of II (1901), entry for the 19th of August in 1641, page 29
- Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
- Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
- Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
- Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
- Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
- Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
- Intended for use with fragile items.
- Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
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- The quality of being colored.
- The act or art of coloring.
- Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid black notes.
- A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation).
- Political tendency.
noun
- The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
- The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
- A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
- 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.
- 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.
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- the act of firing a projectile
- a solid missile discharged from a firearm
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a chance to do something
- a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
- a small drink of liquor
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- an estimate based on little or no information
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
- an explosive charge used in blasting
- a blow hard enough to cause injury
- an attempt to score in a game
- informal words for any attempt or effort
- the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
- throwing the basketball toward the hoop
noun
- The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
- The degree of importance given to something.
- The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
- The relative duration of a musical note.
- That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
- The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
- The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
- Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
- Precise meaning; import.
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noun
- Semi-transparent colours painted thinly over others to modify the effect.
- The act or process of glazing or an instance thereof.
- All the windows of a building.
- The art of covering with a vitreous substance.
- The material used in such act or process; glaze.
- The part of a window or wall made of glass or another transparent material.
noun
- the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
- the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
- the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
- a conceptual separation or distinction
- the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
verb
adj
noun
- A person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
- A hypothetical scalar particle with a non-linear self-interaction, giving it an effective mass that depends on its environment: the presence of other fields.
- A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
adj
verb
- To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
- To attribute a quality to; to portray (as).
- To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color.
- To give something color.
- To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking.
- To become red through increased blood flow.
- To affect without completely changing.
noun
- The flag of a nation or team.
- These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).
- A paint.
- An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
- The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
- A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons; color charge.
- The spectral composition of visible light.
- A standard or banner.
- A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext.
- Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
- Skin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
- Gang insignia.
- Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
- A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
- Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert.
- The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See type color on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
- A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.
- Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
- An appearance of right or authority; color of law.
- A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
- Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment.
adj
- being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
- of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
noun
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
- the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
- (board games) the lighter pieces
- (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
verb
adj
- free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
- marked by the presence of snow
- restricted to whites only
- glowing white with heat
- benevolent; without malicious intent
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- (of coffee) having cream or milk added
- (of hair) having lost its color
- anemic looking from illness or emotion
- of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
noun
- The intensity or vividness of a colour.
- An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music
- The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
- Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
- The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased.
- The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity
- The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized
- The act of saturating or the process of being saturated
- The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold
- The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds
- intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it
- The state of a saturated solution
noun
- the coloring of a person's face
- a combination that results from coupling or interlinking
- a point of view or general attitude or inclination
- texture and appearance of the skin of the face
- (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament
verb
noun
- Artwork to be reproduced with one solid colour, contrasted with artwork having tone or shading (halftones), or full colour (colour separations).
- Images that consist of distinct straight and curved lines placed against a (usually plain) background, without gradations in shade (darkness) or hue (color).
verb
- To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
- To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
- To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
- To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
- To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
- To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
- To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
- To oppress or grievously burden.
- To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
noun
- A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
- The human object of such infatuation or affection.
- A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
- The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- A group or gang.
- A crowd control barrier.
- The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
- A violent crowding.
- A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
- Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
- An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
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adj
- Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
- Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
- Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)
adj
- Light in color.
- Feeble, faint.
- Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
noun
- Limits, bounds (especially before of).
- A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
- A cheese scoop.
- The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
- A wooden stake; a picket.
verb
adj
- Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.
- Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.
- Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
noun
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- any device serving as a source of illumination
- a particular perspective or aspect of a situation
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- an illuminated area
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
- a person regarded very fondly
- having abundant light or illumination
- mental understanding as an enlightening experience
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- public awareness
- a visual warning signal
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
adj
- of comparatively little physical weight or density
- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- not great in degree or quantity or number
- psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- characterized by or emitting light
- of little intensity or power or force
- (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
adj
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- demanding little effort; not burdensome
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- very thin and insubstantial
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- having little importance
- intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
- silly or trivial
- designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
- having relatively few calories
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
adv
verb
noun
- 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 photographic technique in which one side of the subject, for example a face, is well lit and the other is in shadow.
- 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
verb
- To cause (something) to shine with the colours of the rainbow; to make iridescent.
- To open or close in the manner of an iris.
noun
- A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).
- A constricted opening in the path inside a waveguide, used to form a resonator.
- A rainbow, or other colourful refraction of light.
- A diaphragm used to regulate the size of a hole, especially as a way of controlling the amount of light reaching a lens.
- The inner circle of an oscillated color spot.
- The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).
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