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Tawny

Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion.

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Chromatic 84% connected

Relating to color, or to colors.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Relating to color, or to colors.

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Tawniness 74% connected

The quality or state of being tawny.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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The quality or state of being tawny.

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Adust adjective · 78% connection

Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.

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Anthophyllite noun · 78% connection

A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color.

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Bismuthyl noun · 78% connection

Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color.

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Bloom noun · 78% connection

A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.

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Bronze adjective · 78% connection

A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze; also, a pigment or powder for imitating bronze.

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Canary bird unknown · 78% connection

A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th cent…

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Cologne earth unknown · 78% connection

An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.

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Cordwain noun · 78% connection

A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored,…

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Cougar noun · 78% connection

An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; h…

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Drab noun · 78% connection

A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.

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Dull superl. · 78% connection

Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red…

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Dun adjective · 78% connection

Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.

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Fawn-colored adjective · 78% connection

Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.

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Foolahs n. pl. · 78% connection

A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. The…

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Foxy adjective · 78% connection

Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this co…

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Gallinule noun · 78% connection

One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable fo…

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Goethite noun · 78% connection

A hydrous oxide of iron, occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color…

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Hematite noun · 78% connection

An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral cryst…

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