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  • 91complementary color — noun either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) yellow and blue are complementaries • Syn: ↑complementary • Hypernyms: ↑chromatic color, ↑chromatic colour,… …

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  • 92lend color to — lend (or give) color to make something seem true or probable this lent color and credibility to his defense …

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  • 93lend color to — See: GIVE COLOR TO …

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  • 94lend color to — See: GIVE COLOR TO …

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  • 95Oil color — Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.… …

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  • 96Academy Award for Best Short Film - Color — This is a list of short films that have received an Oscar for best color. * 1936 Give Me Liberty Warner Brothers ** La Fiesta de Santa Barbara MGM ** Popular Science J 6 2 Paramount *1937 Penny Wisdom Pete Smith ** The Man Without a Country… …

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  • 97primary subtractive color for light — noun any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light the primary subtractive colors for light are magenta, cyan, and yellow • Syn: ↑primary subtractive colour for light • Hypernyms: ↑primary color …

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  • 98To give up the ghost — Ghost Ghost (g[=o]st), n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. g[=a]st breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g[=e]st spirit, soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.] [1913 Webster] 1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 99Diamond — This article is about the mineral. For the gemstone, see Diamond (gemstone). For other uses, including the shape ◊, see Diamond (disambiguation) …

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  • 100test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …

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