Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.
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characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think — and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
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Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.White.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polit…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.of Civilize
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloq…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affabl…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.of Cultivate
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.of Culture
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.Alt. of Diplomatical
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers at a court, who are called the diplomatic body.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.See Methylal.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.Straight forward; in a straight direction.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.A pigsty.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.Accustomed to speak without reserve.
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The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to br…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, directness, speech, subtlety, evasion.The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.
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