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Canescent

Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.

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Achromatic 84% connected

Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.

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Achromatic 84% connected

Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.

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Haired 84% connected

Having hair.

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Haired 84% connected

Having hair.

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Hairy 84% connected

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

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Hairy 84% connected

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

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Hirsute 84% connected

Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.

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Hirsute 84% connected

Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.

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Neutral 84% connected

Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.

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Neutral 84% connected

Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.

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Hoary 92% connected

White or whitish.

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Blunt adjective · 78% connection

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New Engl…

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Candid adjective · 78% connection

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New Engl…

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Civilised adjective · 78% connection

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polit…

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Civilized adjective · 78% connection

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polit…

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Colloquial adjective · 78% connection

characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual e…

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Conversational adjective · 78% connection

characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual e…

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Courteous adjective · 78% connection

characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners; "if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the…

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Cultivated adjective · 78% connection

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polit…

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Cultured adjective · 78% connection

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polit…

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Diplomatic adjective · 78% connection

using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic change of…

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Diplomatical adjective · 78% connection

using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic change of…

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Direct verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Engineer verb · 78% connection

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

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Formal adjective · 78% connection

(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms…

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Forthright adjective · 78% connection

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New Engl…

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Frank adjective · 78% connection

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New Engl…

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Free-spoken adjective · 78% connection

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New Engl…

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Genteel adjective · 78% connection

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polit…

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Affected p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.

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Albino noun · 78% connection

A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…

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Anthropocentric adjective · 78% connection

Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system.

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Arrogant adjective · 78% connection

Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; a…

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Assumption noun · 78% connection

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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Babingtonite noun · 78% connection

A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, mang…

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Become verb · 78% connection

To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving…

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Black adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of…

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Bold noun · 78% connection

In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.

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Citrination noun · 78% connection

The process by which anything becomes of the color of a lemon; esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher's stone in…

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Consequential adjective · 78% connection

Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Conseque…

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Cosmothetic adjective · 78% connection

Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world.

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Counterfeit adverb · 78% connection

Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.

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Demurrer noun · 78% connection

A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alle…

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Green superl. · 78% connection

Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue…

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Humble superl. · 78% connection

Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or u…

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Hypocrisy noun · 78% connection

The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a conceal…

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Incarnification noun · 78% connection

The act of assuming, or state of being clothed with, flesh; incarnation.

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