flesh fly
Sarcophaga carnaria | fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals |
color television
colour television
color television system
colour television system
color TV
colour TV | a television that transmits images in color |
color tube
colour tube
color television tube
colour television tube
color TV tube
colour TV tube | a television tube that displays images in full color |
color wash
colour wash | a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment |
oil oil color
oil colour | oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist |
tempera
poster paint
poster color
poster colour | pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk |
| color colour | the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation |
semblance
gloss color colour | 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 |
color of law
colour of law | a mere semblance of legal right, something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law, the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights |
color
colour
coloring
colouring | 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 |
primary color
primary colour | any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing |
primary color for pigments
primary colour for pigments | any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing, the primary colors for pigments are red, blue, and yellow |
primary color for light
primary colour for light | any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing, the primary colors for light are red, blue, and green |
primary subtractive color for light
primary subtractive colour for light | any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light, the primary subtractive colors for light are magenta, cyan, and yellow |
chromatic color
chromatic colour
spectral color
spectral colour | a color that has hue |
achromatic color
achromatic colour | a color lacking hue, white or grey or black |
complexion
skin color
skin colour | the coloring of a person's face |
nonsolid color
nonsolid colour
dithered color
dithered colour | a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color |
| color colour coloration colouration | the timbre of a musical sound, the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music |
| color colour vividness | interest and variety and intensity, the Puritan Period was lacking in color, the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness |
e human body
physical body
material body
soma
build
figure
physique
anatomy
shape
bod
chassis
frame form
flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
| flesh | the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat |
color bar
colour bar
color line
colour line
Jim Crow | barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites |
color constancy
colour constancy | the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions |
| color colour | (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction, each flavor of quarks comes in three colors |
| colour supplement | (British) a magazine that is printed in color and circulated with a newspaper (especially on weekends) |
| flesh wound | a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones |
coloring
colouring
food coloring
food colouring
food color
food colour | a digestible substance used to give color to food, food color made from vegetable dyes |
color scheme
colour scheme | a planned combination of colors, the color scheme for this room was determined by an interior decorator |
color
colour
people of color
people of colour | a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) |
person of color
person of colour | (formal) any non-European non-white person |
pulp
flesh | a soft moist part of a fruit |
color blindness
colour blindness
color vision deficiency
colour vision deficiency | genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue |
red-green dichromacy
red-green color blindness
red-green colour blindness | confusion of red and green |
| proud flesh | the swollen tissue around a healing wound or ulcer |
basic dye
basic color
basic colour | a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion |
coloring material
colouring material
color
colour | any material used for its color, she used a different color for the trim |
round
flesh out
fill out | become round, plump, or shapely, The young woman is fleshing out |
discolor
discolour
colour
color | change color, often in an undesired manner, The shirts discolored |
color
colorize colorise colourise colourize colour color in
colour in | add color to, The child colored the drawings, Fall colored the trees, colorize black and white film |
tinge d color
colour distort | affect as in thought or feeling, My personal feelings color my judgment in this case, The sadness tinged his life |
| color colour gloss | give a deceptive explanation or excuse for, color a lie |
elaborate
lucubrate
expatiate
exposit enlarge flesh out
expand a expound
dilate | add details, as to an account or idea, clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing, She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation |
fatten
fat
flesh out
fill out
plump
plump out
fatten out
fatten up | make fat or plump, We will plump out that poor starving child |
| color colour emblazon | decorate with colors, color the walls with paint in warm tones |
| flesh | remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture |
color
colour | modify or bias, His political ideas color his lectures |
color-blind
colour-blind
nonracist | unprejudiced about race |
flesh-eating(a)
meat-eating(a)
zoophagous | (of animals) carnivorous |
color
colour | having or capable of producing colors, color film, he rented a color television, marvelous color illustrations |