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Pigmentation

A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.

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Chromatism 76% connected

The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens.

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Coloration 76% connected

The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.

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Deposit 76% connected

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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Deposition 76% connected

The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.

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Pigment 74% connected

Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an…

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Pigment 74% connected

Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an…

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Achiote noun · 78% connection

Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto.

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Anchusin noun · 78% connection

A resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.

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Anthokyan noun · 78% connection

The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.

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Aurin noun · 78% connection

A red coloring matter derived from phenol; -- called also, in commerce, yellow corallin.

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Bile noun · 78% connection

A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids…

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Bloodwort noun · 78% connection

A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive…

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Carthamin noun · 78% connection

A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.

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Chica noun · 78% connection

A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.

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Chromogen unknown · 78% connection

Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule.

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Chromule noun · 78% connection

A general name for coloring matter of plants other than chlorophyll, especially that of petals.

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Crocin noun · 78% connection

The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora.

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Crock noun · 78% connection

The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which…

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Crocose noun · 78% connection

A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron.

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Cruor noun · 78% connection

The coloring matter of the blood; the clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the coloring matter; gore.

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Cruorin noun · 78% connection

The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal; haemoglobin.

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Cyanin noun · 78% connection

The blue coloring matter of flowers; -- called also anthokyan and anthocyanin.

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Cyanophyll noun · 78% connection

A blue coloring matter supposed by some to be one of the component parts of chlorophyll.

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Debauchery noun · 78% connection

Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness.

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