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Blueness

The quality of being blue; a blue color.

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Aqua 76% connected

Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.

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Aquamarine 76% connected

A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.

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Azure 76% connected

Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.

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Cerulean 76% connected

Sky-colored; blue; azure.

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Navy 76% connected

A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.

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Sapphire 76% connected

Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.

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Sky-blue 76% connected

Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone.

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Turquoise 76% connected

Alt. of Turquois

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Ultramarine 76% connected

Situated or being beyond the sea.

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Blue 74% connected

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blue 74% connected

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blue 92% connected

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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