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Artificial 84% connected

Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, mineral…

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Artificial 84% connected

Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, mineral…

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Bay 84% connected

Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

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Bay 84% connected

Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

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Bicolor 84% connected

Alt. of Bicolored

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Bicolor 84% connected

Alt. of Bicolored

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Bicolored 84% connected

Of two colors.

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Bicolored 84% connected

Of two colors.

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Black 84% connected

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 white; characte…

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Black 84% connected

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 white; characte…

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Blackened 84% connected

of Blacken

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Blackened 84% connected

of Blacken

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Calico 84% connected

Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleac…

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Calico 84% connected

Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleac…

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Cream-colored 84% connected

Of the color of cream; light yellow.

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Cream-colored 84% connected

Of the color of cream; light yellow.

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Crimson 84% connected

A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.

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Crimson 84% connected

A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.

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Dichromatic 84% connected

Having or exhibiting two colors.

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Dichromatic 84% connected

Having or exhibiting two colors.

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Fawn-colored 84% connected

Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.

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Fawn-colored 84% connected

Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.

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Flame-colored 84% connected

Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color.

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Flame-colored 84% connected

Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color.

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Flushed 84% connected

of Flush

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Flushed 84% connected

of Flush

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Ginger 84% connected

A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.

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Ginger 84% connected

A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.

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Indigo 84% connected

A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.

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Indigo 84% connected

A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.

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Liver 84% connected

One who, or that which, lives.

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Liver 84% connected

One who, or that which, lives.

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Liver-colored 84% connected

Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.

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Liver-colored 84% connected

Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.

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Monochromatic 84% connected

Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only.

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Monochromatic 84% connected

Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only.

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Monochrome 84% connected

A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.

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Monochrome 84% connected

A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.

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Monochromic 84% connected

Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic picture.

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Monochromic 84% connected

Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic picture.

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Motley 84% connected

Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.

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Motley 84% connected

Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.

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Multicolor 84% connected

Having many, or several, colors.

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Multicolor 84% connected

Having many, or several, colors.

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Painted 84% connected

of Paint

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Painted 84% connected

of Paint

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Partial 84% connected

Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.

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Partial 84% connected

Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.

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Particolored 84% connected

Same as Party-colored.

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Particolored 84% connected

Same as Party-colored.

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Peach-colored 84% connected

Of the color of a peach blossom.

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Peach-colored 84% connected

Of the color of a peach blossom.

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Piebald 84% connected

Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied.

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Piebald 84% connected

Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied.

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Pied 84% connected

of Pi

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Pied 84% connected

of Pi

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Polychromatic 84% connected

Showing a variety, or a change, of colors.

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Polychromatic 84% connected

Showing a variety, or a change, of colors.

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Polychrome 84% connected

Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions.

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Polychrome 84% connected

Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions.

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Polychromic 84% connected

Polychromatic.

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Polychromic 84% connected

Polychromatic.

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Red 84% connected

. imp. & p. p. of Read.

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Red 84% connected

. imp. & p. p. of Read.

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Reddened 84% connected

of Redden

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Reddened 84% connected

of Redden

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Roan 84% connected

Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.

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Roan 84% connected

Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.

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Rose-colored 84% connected

Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.

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Rose-colored 84% connected

Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.

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Straw-colored 84% connected

Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.

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Straw-colored 84% connected

Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.

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Trichromatic 84% connected

Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.

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Trichromatic 84% connected

Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.

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Tricolor 84% connected

The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.

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Tricolor 84% connected

The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.

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Unreal 84% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Unreal 84% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Broader term 4

Black 76% connected

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 white; characte…

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Blackamoor 76% connected

A negro or negress.

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Negro 76% connected

A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crispe…

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Negroid 76% connected

Characteristic of the negro.

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Chromatic 66% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

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Chromatic 66% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

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Attribute 8

Color 66% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Color 66% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colouring 66% connected

a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes"

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Colouring 66% connected

a digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes"

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Biased 92% connected

of Bias

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Bleached 92% connected

of Bleach

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Colored 92% connected

of Color

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Colorful 92% connected

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Colourful 92% connected

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Dyed 92% connected

of Dye

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Negro 92% connected

A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crispe…

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One-sided 92% connected

Having one side only, or one side prominent; hence, limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement.

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Slanted 92% connected

of Slant

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