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  • 61Murder of Julia Martha Thomas — Kate Webster, the killer of Julia Martha Thomas. The murder of Julia Martha Thomas, dubbed the Barnes Mystery or the Richmond Murder by the press, was one of the most notorious crimes in late 19th century Britain. Thomas, a widow in her 50s who… …

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  • 62begild — Synonyms and related words: apply paint, aurify, bedaub, bedizen, besmear, brush on paint, calcimine, coat, color, complexion, cover, dab, daub, deep dye, dip, distemper, double dye, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild, face, fast dye, fresco, gild,… …

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  • 63gild — Synonyms and related words: adorn, apply paint, aurify, bedaub, belie, besmear, brighten, brush on paint, butter, calcimine, camouflage, coat, color, complexion, convolute, cover, dab, daub, decorate, deep dye, dip, disguise, distemper, distort,… …

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  • 64jaundice — Synonyms and related words: abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, aurify, backache, begild, bend, bent, bias, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, cholangitis, cholecystitis,… …

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  • 65ruddy — rud|dy [ˈrʌdi] adj [: Old English; Origin: rudig, from rudu redness ] 1.) a ruddy face looks pink and healthy ≠ ↑sallow ▪ a ruddy complexion ▪ ruddy cheeks 2.) literary red ▪ The fire cast a ruddy glow over the room …

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  • 66pasty — pasties (The adjective is pronounced [[t]pe͟ɪsti[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]pæ̱sti[/t]].) 1) ADJ GRADED If you are pasty or if you have a pasty face, you look pale and unhealthy. My complexion remained pale and pasty... Ron Freeman appeared …

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  • 67ashen — adjective an ashen complexion Syn: pale, wan, pasty, gray, ashy, colorless, sallow, pallid, anemic, white, waxen, ghostly, pale faced, bloodless; rare etiolated, lymphatic See note at pale II 2 …

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  • 68rosy — adjective 1) a rosy complexion Syn: pink, pinkish, roseate, reddish, peaches and cream; glowing, healthy, fresh, radiant, blooming; blushing, flushed; ruddy, high colored, florid, rubicund; rare rubescent, erubescent …

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  • 69mealy — meal•y [[t]ˈmi li[/t]] adj. meal•i•er, meal•i•est 1) having the qualities of meal; powdery 2) coo of or containing meal 3) covered with or as if with meal or powder 4) flecked as if with meal; spotty 5) pale; sallow: a mealy complexion[/ex] 6)… …

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  • 70yellow — yel•low [[t]ˈyɛl oʊ[/t]] n. adj. low•er, low•est, v. 1) a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm 2) the yolk… …

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