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Pallid

Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.

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Colorless 84% connected

Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

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Colorless 84% connected

Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

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Weak 84% connected

Wanting physical strength.

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Weak 84% connected

Wanting physical strength.

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Pallor 74% connected

Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion.

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Pallor 74% connected

Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion.

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Pale 92% connected

Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.

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Sick 92% connected

Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.

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Wan 92% connected

Won.

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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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Amphichroic adjective · 78% connection

Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.

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Aurichalcite noun · 78% connection

A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction.

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Azure adjective · 78% connection

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

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Bise noun · 78% connection

A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.

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Blank adjective · 78% connection

Of a white or pale color; without color.

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Blaubok noun · 78% connection

The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue.

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Blue superl. · 78% connection

Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or dev…

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Blueness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being blue; a blue color.

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Caesious adjective · 78% connection

Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray.

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Chalcanthite noun · 78% connection

Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.

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Chill noun · 78% connection

A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body o…

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Chrysocolla noun · 78% connection

A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue or greenish blue color.

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Crocidolite noun · 78% connection

A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and sod…

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Cyanosed adjective · 78% connection

Rendered blue, as the surface of the body, from cyanosis or deficient a/ration of the blood.

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Deficient adjective · 78% connection

Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lac…

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Discountenance verb · 78% connection

To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.

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Fallow adjective · 78% connection

Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound.

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