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Snowy

White like snow.

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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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Covered 84% connected

of Cover

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Covered 84% connected

of Cover

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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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Snow 74% connected

A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

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Snow 74% connected

A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

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Snow-white 92% connected

White as snow; very white.

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White 92% connected

Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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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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Frank 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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Free-spoken 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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Genteel 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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Alas interj. · 78% connection

An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the da…

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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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Atmospheric condition noun · 78% connection

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…

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Ball verb · 78% connection

To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.

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Bank noun · 78% connection

A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a ban…

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Besnow verb · 78% connection

To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.

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Buckra adjective · 78% connection

White; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam.

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Calcimine noun · 78% connection

A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc whit…

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Ceruse noun · 78% connection

White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.

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Conditions noun · 78% connection

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…

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Drift noun · 78% connection

A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water;…

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Drifty adjective · 78% connection

Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like.

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Light superl. · 78% connection

Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow; light vapors.

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Niveous adjective · 78% connection

Snowy; resembling snow; partaking of the qualities of snow.

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Oversnow verb · 78% connection

To cover with snow, or as with snow.

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