a sallow complexion

  • 11sallow — adj. Sallow is used with these nouns: ↑complexion, ↑face, ↑skin …

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  • 12complexion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hue, color, tinge, tint; skin texture; aspect, appearance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Appearance] Syn. aspect, semblance, character; see appearance 1 , 2 , character 1 . 2. [Skin coloring] Syn. tone,… …

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  • 13sallow — 1. adj. & v. adj. (sallower, sallowest) (of the skin or complexion, or of a person) of a sickly yellow or pale brown. v.tr. & intr. make or become sallow. Derivatives: sallowish adj. sallowness n. Etymology: OE salo dusky f. Gmc 2. n. 1 a willow… …

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  • 14sallow — sallow1 adjective (sallower, sallowest) (of a person s face or complexion) of a yellowish or pale brown colour. Derivatives sallowish adjective sallowness noun Origin OE salo dusky , of Gmc origin. sallow2 noun 1》 …

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  • 15Facies — A direct borrowing from the Latin, facies means face. * * * 1. [TA] SYN: face (1). 2. [NA] SYN: surface. 3. SYN: expression (2). [L.] acromial articular f. of clavicle SYN: acromial facet of clavicle. adenoid f. the open mouthed and often …

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  • 16sal´low|ness — sal|low1 «SAL oh», adjective, verb. –adj. having a sickly, yellowish color: »a sallow skin, a sallow complexion, a sallow person. –v.t. to make yellowish or sallow. ╂[Old English < sealwes] –sal´low|ness, noun. sal|low2 «SAL oh», noun. 1. a… …

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  • 17sal|low — sal|low1 «SAL oh», adjective, verb. –adj. having a sickly, yellowish color: »a sallow skin, a sallow complexion, a sallow person. –v.t. to make yellowish or sallow. ╂[Old English < sealwes] –sal´low|ness, noun. sal|low2 «SAL oh», noun. 1. a… …

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  • 18List of species in Magic: The Gathering — Magic: the Gathering is a collectible card game set in a richly detailed fictional world. The Multiverse of Dominia in which it takes place is host to a vast number of individual universes known as planes, from the varied classical environments… …

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  • 19P. G. Wodehouse minor characters — Lists of P. G. Wodehouse characters Characters in all Wodehouse stories Characters in the Blandings stories Characters in the Drones Club stories Characters in the Jeeves stories Characters in the Mulliner stories Characters in the Ukridge… …

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  • 20pasty-faced — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: pasty (II) : having a chalky unwholesome appearance suggestive of lack of exercise or fresh air the pasty faced indoor cop leading me to jail Gilbert Millstein * * * /pay stee fayst /, adj. having a pale,… …

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