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Grayish

Somewhat gray.

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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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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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Gray 92% connected

White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray ey…

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Grey 92% connected

See Gray (the correct orthography).

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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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Alabaster noun · 78% connection

A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gr…

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Ambergris noun · 78% connection

A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secreti…

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Amice noun · 78% connection

A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.

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Amphibole noun · 78% connection

A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, general…

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Anthophyllite noun · 78% connection

A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color.

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Arbor vitae unknown · 78% connection

The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.

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Argentite noun · 78% connection

Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like…

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Argillite noun · 78% connection

Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc.

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Arsenic noun · 78% connection

One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the n…

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Asbestos noun · 78% connection

A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray,…

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Ash-colored adjective · 78% connection

Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.

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Ashen adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.

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Ashy adjective · 78% connection

Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.

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Baryto-calcite noun · 78% connection

A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.

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Berthierite noun · 78% connection

A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color.

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Blackcock noun · 78% connection

The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grou…

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Blae adjective · 78% connection

Dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored.

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Blonket adjective · 78% connection

Gray; bluish gray.

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