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bicolour
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adj 1: having two colors; "a bicolor flower"; "a bicolored
postage stamp" [syn: bicolor, bicolour, bicolored,
bicoloured, bichrome, dichromatic]
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bulla
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n 1: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous
fluid [syn: blister, bulla, bleb]
2: the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull
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colour
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adj 1: having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he
rented a color television"; "marvelous color
illustrations" [syn: color, colour] [ant: black and
white(p), black-and-white]
n 1: any material used for its color; "she used a different
color for the trim" [syn: coloring material, colouring
material, color, colour]
2: a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race
(especially Blacks) [syn: color, colour, people of
color, people of colour]
3: (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their
role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes
in three colors" [syn: color, colour]
4: interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was
lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with
exceptional vividness" [syn: color, colour, vividness]
5: the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to
capture the true color of the original music" [syn: color,
colour, coloration, colouration]
6: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they
emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of
many different wavelengths of light" [syn: color, colour,
coloring, colouring] [ant: achromaticity,
achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness]
7: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately
misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of
authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of
moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different
color" [syn: semblance, gloss, color, colour]
8: the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in
terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or
brightness) and saturation [syn: color, colour]
v 1: modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
[syn: color, colour]
2: decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm
tones" [syn: color, colour, emblazon]
3: give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"
[syn: color, colour, gloss]
4: affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color
my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
[syn: tinge, color, colour, distort]
5: add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored
the trees"; "colorize black and white film" [syn: color,
colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour,
color in, colour in] [ant: discolor]
6: change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts
discolored" [syn: discolor, discolour, colour, color]
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cruller
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n 1: small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried;
richer than doughnuts [syn: cruller, twister]
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discolour
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v 1: change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts
discolored" [syn: discolor, discolour, colour,
color]
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fuller
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n 1: United States jurist and chief justice of the United States
Supreme Court (1833-1910) [syn: Fuller, Melville W.
Fuller, Melville Weston Fuller]
2: United States architect who invented the geodesic dome
(1895-1983) [syn: Fuller, Buckminster Fuller, R.
Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller]
3: a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth
for a living
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medulla
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n 1: a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath
around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers [syn:
myelin, myeline, medulla]
2: lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal
cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata); "the
medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because
it contains centers controlling breathing and heart
functioning" [syn: medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb]
3: the inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animal
[ant: cortex]
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mullah
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n 1: a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head
of a mosque [syn: Mullah, Mollah, Mulla]
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multicolour
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adj 1: having sections or patches colored differently and
usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the
painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald
horse"; "pied daisies" [syn: motley, calico,
multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-
colour, multicolored, multi-colored,
multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted,
particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured]
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puller
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n 1: someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward
herself or himself
2: someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move
something [syn: puller, tugger, dragger]
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tricolour
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n 1: a flag having three colored stripes (especially the French
flag) [syn: tricolor, tricolour]
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watercolour
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n 1: water-soluble pigment [syn: watercolor, water-color,
watercolour, water-colour]
2: a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by
artists [syn: watercolor, water-color, watercolour,
water-colour]
3: a painting produced with watercolors [syn: watercolor,
water-color, watercolour, water-colour]
4: the art or technique of painting with watercolors [syn:
watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour]
v 1: paint with watercolors [syn: watercolour, watercolor]
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muller
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n 1: Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as
an insecticide (1899-1965) [syn: Muller, Paul Hermann
Muller]
2: Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)
[syn: Muller, Karl Alex Muller]
3: German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858) [syn: Muller,
Johannes Peter Muller]
4: German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476) [syn:
Muller, Johann Muller, Regiomontanus]
5: British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in
Sanskrit (1823-1900) [syn: Muller, Max Muller, Friedrich
Max Muller]
6: United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on
genes (1890-1967) [syn: Muller, Hermann Joseph Muller]
7: a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
[syn: muser, muller, ponderer, ruminator]
8: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a
handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or
drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone [syn: pestle,
muller, pounder]
9: a vessel in which wine is mulled
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sculler
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n 1: someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of
the boat to propel the boat forward)
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nullah
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n 1: a ravine or gully in southern Asia
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sulla
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n 1: perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for
its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important
honey crop [syn: French honeysuckle, sulla, Hedysarum
coronarium]
2: Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC) [syn: Sulla, Lucius
Cornelius Sulla Felix]
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ampulla
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n 1: the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the
semicircular canals of the ear
2: a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or
oils
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mulla
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n 1: a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head
of a mosque [syn: Mullah, Mollah, Mulla]
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pula
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Botswana
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culler
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abdullah
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gullah
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scarpulla
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buller
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unicolour
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wirepuller
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