ash-colored

  • 41ashen — made of ash wood, c.1300; see ASH (Cf. ash) (2) + EN (Cf. en) (2); meaning ash colored, whitish gray, deadly pale is 1808, from ASH (Cf. ash) (1) …

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  • 42ashen — ashen1 /ash euhn/, adj. 1. ash colored; gray. 2. extremely pale; drained of color; pallid: His face was ashen. 3. consisting of ashes. [1350 1400; ME; see ASH1, EN2] Syn. 1. ashy. 2. pasty, colorless. ashen2 /ash euhn/, adj …

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  • 43ashen — I ash•en [[t]ˈæʃ ən[/t]] adj. 1) ash colored; gray 2) extremely pale; pallid; pasty: ashen cheeks[/ex] 3) consisting of ashes • Etymology: 1350–1400 II ash•en [[t]ˈæʃ ən[/t]] adj. 1) pln pertaining to the ash tree or its timber 2) made of wood… …

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  • 44Gray — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Gray >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 gray gray &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 neutral tint neutral tint silver pepper and salt chiaroscuro grisaille =>(Pigments) GRP: N Pigments Sgm: N Pigments Payne s gray …

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  • 45List of birds of Uruguay — This is a list of the bird species recorded in Uruguay. The avifauna of Uruguay includes a total of 477 species, of which 5 have been introduced by humans, and 46 are rare or accidental. 18 species are globally threatened.This list s taxonomic… …

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  • 46List of rodents — The class Mammalia (the mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the… …

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  • 47ashen — a. 1. Ash, made of ash. 2. Ashy, pale, pallid, blanched, hueless, colorless, gray, ash colored …

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  • 48Ashy — Ash y, a. 1. Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes. [1913 Webster] 2. Ash colored; whitish gray; deadly pale. Shak. [1913 Webster] {Ashy pale}, pale as ashes. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 49Ashy pale — Ashy Ash y, a. 1. Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes. [1913 Webster] 2. Ash colored; whitish gray; deadly pale. Shak. [1913 Webster] {Ashy pale}, pale as ashes. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 50cinereous — adj. [L. cinereus, ash colored] Ash gray, ashen, or having the color of wood ashes …

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