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Heather

Heath.

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Color 76% 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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Coloring 76% connected

of Color

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Colouring 76% connected

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

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Heath 76% connected

A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms…

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Broom 92% connected

A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shru…

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Ling 92% connected

A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called a…

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Agate line noun · 78% connection

space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

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Art noun · 78% connection

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"

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Artist noun · 78% connection

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

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Artistry noun · 78% connection

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"

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Artwork noun · 78% connection

photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"

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Composing noun · 78% connection

the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is es…

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Composition noun · 78% connection

the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is es…

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Creative person noun · 78% connection

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

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form noun · 78% connection

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are…

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Grain noun · 78% connection

the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance); "bread…

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Graphics noun · 78% connection

photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"

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Kind noun · 78% connection

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are…

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Line noun · 78% connection

space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

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Medium noun · 78% connection

someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; "he consulted several mediums"

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Nontextual matter noun · 78% connection

photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"

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Ocular adjective · 78% connection

visible; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof" - Shakespeare; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image"

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Pattern noun · 78% connection

a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only obje…

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Prowess noun · 78% connection

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"

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Arbute noun · 78% connection

The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute…

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Bearberry noun · 78% connection

A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries o…

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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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Convalescency noun · 78% connection

The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between…

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Ericaceous adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.

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Grig noun · 78% connection

Heath.

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Hadder noun · 78% connection

Heather; heath.

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Heathclad adjective · 78% connection

Clad or crowned with heath.

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Heathery adjective · 78% connection

Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath.

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Heathy adjective · 78% connection

Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy land; heathy hills.

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Hen noun · 78% connection

The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.

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Kid noun · 78% connection

A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.

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Moor noun · 78% connection

An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath.

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Moorish adjective · 78% connection

Having the characteristics of a moor or heath.

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Sea heath unknown · 78% connection

A low perennial plant (Frankenia laevis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.

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