| acrylic acrylic paint | used especially by artists |
| antifouling paint | a paint used to protect against the accumulation of barnacles etc. on underwater surfaces |
casein paint
casein | a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk |
| coat of paint | a layer of paint covering something else |
finger paint
fingerpaint | paint that has the consistency of jelly |
house paint
housepaint | paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house |
latex paint
latex
rubber-base paint | a water-base paint that has a latex binder |
makeup
make-up
war paint | cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance |
nail polish
nail enamel
nail varnish | a cosmetic lacquer that dries quickly and that is applied to the nails to color them or make them shiny |
| oil paint | paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle |
paint
pigment | a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid), dries to form a hard coating, artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably |
| paint roller | a roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint |
rouge
paint blusher | makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks |
| shellac shellac varnish | a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol, used to finish wood |
| spray paint | paint applied with a spray gun |
tempera
poster paint
poster color
poster colour | pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk |
| varnish | a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface |
| war paint | full ceremonial regalia |
| war paint | adornment consisting of paint applied to the face and body of certain Amerindians before a battle |
| water-base paint | paint in which water is used as the vehicle |
key
paint | (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court, usually painted a different color from the rest of the court, he hit a jump shot from the top of the key, he dominates play in the paint |
strawberry blite
strawberry pigweed
Indian paint
Chenopodium capitatum | European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit, naturalized North America |
Chinese parasol tree
Chinese parasol
Japanese varnish tree phoenix tree
Firmiana simplex | deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods |
varnish tree lacquer tree
Chinese lacquer tree
Japanese lacquer tree
Japanese varnish tree Japanese sumac
Toxicodendron vernicifluum
Rhus verniciflua | small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained |
hoary puccoon
Indian paint Lithospermum canescens | perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment |
Japanese poinsettia
mole plant paint leaf
Euphorbia heterophylla | showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru |
| candlenut varnish tree Aleurites moluccana | large tree native to southeastern Asia, the nuts yield oil used in varnishes, nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles |
gild the lily
paint the lily | make unnecessary additions to what is already complete |
| suggest evoke paint a picture | call to mind, this remark evoked sadness |
varnish
seal | cover with varnish |
| paint | apply paint to, coat with paint, We painted the rooms yellow |
| paint | apply a liquid to, e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil |
gild the lily
paint the lily | adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) |
| finger-paint | apply colors with one's fingers |
| paint | make a painting of, He painted his mistress many times |
| paint | make a painting, he painted all day in the garden, He painted a painting of the garden |