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101Tongue — TONGUE, a parish, in the county of Sutherland, 250 miles (N. by W.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the island of Roan, and the villages of Tongue, Skianid, and Torrisdale, 2041 inhabitants, of whom 1558 are in the rural districts. This place …
102color — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Rainbow hue Nouns 1. color, hue, tint, tinge, shade, dye, complexion, tincture, cast, coloration, glow, flush; tone, key; color organ; Technicolor. 2. pure, primary, positive, or complementary color;… …
103whitewash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. calcimine, kalsomine; whiten; vindicate, exonerate; informal, shut out, blank, skunk (sl.). See covering, vindication, flattery. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cover with a lime wash] Syn. paint, whiten …
104Whiteness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Whiteness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 whiteness whiteness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 argent argent GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 albification albification etiolation Sgm: N 2 lactescence lactescence GRP …
105hweits — [akin to Eng white] : white. Deriv. hwaiteis wheat, hweitjan (*) whiten. Comp. gahweitjan whiten …
106blanch — I. v. a. Bleach, whiten, etiolate, make or render white. II. v. n. Bleach, whiten, pale, etiolate, become white, fade …
107bleach — I. v. a. Whiten, blanch, etiolate, make or render white. II. v. n. Whiten, blanch, etiolate, grow or become white …
108blanch — verb 1) the moonlight blanches her hair Syn: turn pale, whiten, lighten, wash out, fade Ant: darken 2) his face blanched Syn: pale, turn pale, turn white …
109palliate — palliate, extenuate, gloze, gloss, whitewash, whiten are comparable when they mean to give a speciously fine appearance to what is base, evil, or erroneous. Palliate may stress the concealing or cloaking or the condoning of the enormity of a… …
110etiolate — e•ti•o•late [[t]ˈi ti əˌleɪt[/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) bot ppa to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light 2) cvb to drain of color or vigor 3) bot ppa (of plants) to whiten or grow pale through lack of light • Etymology:… …
