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91blackwater fever — noun Date: 1884 a febrile complication of repeated malarial attacks that is characterized especially by extensive kidney damage and urine discolored by heme from blood …
92foxed — adjective Date: 1847 discolored with foxing < foxed leaves of old books > …
93leaf spot — noun Date: circa 1895 any of various plant diseases characterized by discolored often circular spots on the leaves …
94livid — adjective Etymology: French livide, from Latin lividus, from livēre to be blue; akin to Welsh lliw color and probably to Russian sliva plum Date: 1622 1. discolored by bruising ; black and blue < the livid traces of the sharp scourges Abraham… …
95pecky — adjective Etymology: 3peck Date: 1848 1. marked by lenticular or finger shaped pockets of decay caused by fungi < pecky cypress > 2. containing discolored or shriveled grains < pecky rice > …
96red tide — noun Date: 1904 seawater discolored by the presence of large numbers of dinoflagellates (especially of the genera Gonyaulax and Gymnodinium) which produce a toxin poisonous especially to many forms of marine vertebrate life and to humans who… …
97ringworm — noun Date: 15th century any of several contagious fungal diseases of the skin, hair, or nails of humans and domestic animals that are characterized by ring shaped discolored skin patches covered with vesicles and scales …
98scorched — adjective Date: 1566 parched or discolored by scorching …
99smirch — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English smorchen Date: 15th century 1. a. to make dirty, stained, or discolored ; sully b. to smear with something that stains or dirties 2. to bring discredit or disgrace on • smirch noun …
100blue — I. adjective (bluer; bluest) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French blef, blew, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German blāo blue; akin to Latin flavus yellow Date: 13th century 1. of the color blue 2. a. bluish < the blue haze of… …
