colour | (noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect | Synonyms: color, coloring, colouring |
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(noun) the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation | Synonyms: color |
(noun) the timbre of a musical sound | Synonyms: color, coloration, colouration |
(noun) interest and variety and intensity | Synonyms: color, vividness |
(noun) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading | Synonyms: color, gloss, semblance |
(noun) (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction | Synonyms: color |
(noun) any material used for its color | Synonyms: color, coloring material, colouring material |
colouration | (noun) choice and use of colors (as by an artist) | Synonyms: coloration |
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(noun) appearance with regard to color | Synonyms: coloration |
(noun) the timbre of a musical sound | Synonyms: color, coloration, colour |
colourcast | (noun) a television program that is broadcast in color | Synonyms: colorcast |
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coloured | (noun) a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive | Synonyms: colored, colored person, coloured person |
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colouring | (noun) the act or process of changing the color of something | Synonyms: coloring |
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(noun) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect | Synonyms: color, coloring, colour |
(noun) a digestible substance used to give color to food | Synonyms: coloring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring |
colourlessness | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, achromatism, colorlessness |
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colours | (noun) a flag that shows its nationality | Synonyms: colors |
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(noun) a distinguishing emblem | Synonyms: colors |
cornflour | (noun) starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener | Synonyms: cornstarch |
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discolouration | (noun) the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded | Synonyms: discoloration |
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(noun) a soiled or discolored appearance | Synonyms: discoloration, stain |
dolour | (noun) (poetry) painful grief | Synonyms: dolor |
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flour | (noun) fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain | - |
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flouriness | (noun) The state or condition of resembling flour, of being a fine soft powder. | - |
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flourish | (noun) the act of waving | Synonyms: brandish |
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(noun) a display of ornamental speech or language | - |
(noun) a showy gesture | - |
(noun) (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments | Synonyms: fanfare, tucket |
(noun) an ornamental embellishment in writing | - |
parlour | (noun) reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received | Synonyms: parlor |
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(noun) a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax | Synonyms: front room, living-room, living room, parlor, sitting room |
parlourmaid | (noun) a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door | Synonyms: parlormaid |
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tricolour | (noun) a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) | Synonyms: tricolor |
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valour | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness |
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velour | (noun) heavy fabric that resembles velvet | Synonyms: velours |
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velours | (noun) heavy fabric that resembles velvet | Synonyms: velour |
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watercolour | (noun) the art or technique of painting with watercolors | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolor |
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(noun) a painting produced with watercolors | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolor |
(noun) a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolor |
(noun) water-soluble pigment | Synonyms: water-color, water-colour, watercolor |
watercolourist | (noun) a painter who paints with watercolors | Synonyms: watercolorist |
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