sallow

  • 21sallow — UK [ˈsæləʊ] / US [ˈsæloʊ] adjective sallow skin is a pale yellow colour and does not look healthy …

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  • 22sallow — [ˈsæləʊ] adj sallow skin is a pale yellow colour and does not look healthy …

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  • 23sallow — 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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  • 24Sallow thorn — Sallow Sal low (s[a^]l l[ o]), n. [OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. eli kh.] 1. The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic] Tennyson. [1913 Webster] And bend… …

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  • 25sallow kitten — noun A small puss moth whose larvae feed on sallow • • • Main Entry: ↑sallow …

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  • 26sallow thorn — noun Etymology: sallow (I) : sea buckthorn …

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  • 27sallow-thorn — sallˈow thorn noun Sea buckthorn • • • Main Entry: ↑sallow …

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  • 28sallow — 1. adjective /ˈsæləʊ/ a) Having a grayish, yellow green hue b) dirty, murky 2. noun /ˈsæləʊ/ A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood …

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  • 29sallow — Synonyms and related words: achromatic, achromic, anemic, ashen, ashy, aureate, auric, beige, bled white, bloodless, buff, buff yellow, cadaverous, canary, canary yellow, chloranemic, citron, citron yellow, colorless, cream, creamy, dead, deadly… …

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  • 30sallow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. yellow, muddy; sickly, pallid, wan, jaundiced. See color, colorlessness.Ant., ruddy, colorful. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wan, pallid, ashy, ashen, colorless, waxy, yellow, olive, jaundiced, muddy… …

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