n
(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
adj
Pertaining to abrasion; formed by abrasion.
n
Synonym of alcohol flush reaction
n
(technical) The inclusion of material in paint or varnish films which disturbs the smooth uniformity of the coating.
n
(archaic) Color of the face, complexion, coloring.
n
The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
n
The quality of being brightsome.
adj
(jewelry) Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
n
(television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
n
Something transparent or diaphanous.
adj
Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial.
adj
Forming a white dust or efflorescence on the surface.
n
An undesirable effect in paint, particularly automotive finishes, normally caused by oil or other contaminants on the painted surface.
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of, thunder and lightning.
n
Quality of being glabrescent.
adj
Becoming glabrous, hairless, or smooth; glabrate.
adj
Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.
adj
having a glossy surface
n
Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations.
adj
glairy; covered with glair
adj
(obsolete) producing slime, mucus or glairin
n
A glairy viscous substance that forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their enclosures.
adj
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to glair; slimy, viscous and transparent.
n
A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glare, or angry look.
adj
(obsolete) glassy; shining like glass.
adj
Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.
adj
glaucous or glaucescent
adj
Alternative form of glaucous [(color) Of a pale grey or bluish-green, especially when covered with a powdery residue.]
adj
(botany) Covered with a bloom or a pale powdery covering, regardless of colour.
n
The quality of being glazed.
adj
ichorous; thin; limpid
n
(optics) A fluid-filled microvacuole within a lens.
n
A small round particle of substance; a drop.
adj
Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become grey
adj
(medicine, botany) Which becomes translucent.
n
A glare in the sky caused by reflection of light from an ice field.
n
(uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
n
(UK dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.
v
(cosmetics, transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a slightly darker color than the rest.
n
A brownish pigmentation or burn on the skin caused by the toxic liquid secreted by some millipedes.
adj
Serving to fix a dye to a fibre.
n
(medicine) A slight spot on the cornea.
v
(idiomatic) To describe a situation or prospective set of events in an upbeat, optimistic manner.
adj
Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
n
(idiomatic) An optimistic perception of something; a positive opinion; seeing something in a positive way, often thinking of it as better than it actually is.
n
Alternative form of rose-colored glasses [(idiomatic) An optimistic perception of something; a positive opinion; seeing something in a positive way, often thinking of it as better than it actually is.]
adj
(idiomatic) cheerfully optimistic
v
(idiomatic) To look through rose-tinted glasses at; to view or describe as better than it actually is or was.
n
Alternative form of rose-colored glasses [(idiomatic) An optimistic perception of something; a positive opinion; seeing something in a positive way, often thinking of it as better than it actually is.]
n
Alternative form of rose-colored glasses [(idiomatic) An optimistic perception of something; a positive opinion; seeing something in a positive way, often thinking of it as better than it actually is.]
n
An opaque kind of glaze (layer of paint).
adj
Rendered warm or brown due to exposure from the sun
adj
Exhibiting tenebrescence.
n
The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.
adj
(archaic) Having the power to tinge.
n
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
n
Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
adj
Of colours: faded, pale.
v
(transitive, intransitive) to make or become yellow
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