Exact Match for "gray"
- gray⇄adj. 1. having a color between black and white.
Ex. Ashes, lead, and hair getting white with age are gray.
2. having gray hair.
(SYN) grizzled.
3. (Figurative.) old; ancient.
(SYN) hoary.
4. (Figurative.) dark; gl - gray⇄gray, noun, adjective, verb.
- gray⇄noun grayness.
- gray⇄noun 1. a color made by mixing black and white.
2. a gray pigment or dye.
3. gray cloth or clothing.
4. a gray horse.
5. gray or subdued light.
Ex. In the gray of the daybreak (Longfellow).
6. something gray.gray⇄v.t., v.i. to make gray; become gray.
Ex. The decrease in the blood delivered to his head causes first a ""graying"" of his vision, then total blackness (Scientific American).
Also, (especially British,) grey.
Starts With "gray"
- gray area⇄gray area
an area between opposites, neither one thing nor the other, as a question of principle which can be categorized as neither wholly right nor wrong.
Ex. Flying saucers are still in the gray area of space phenomena. - gray birch⇄gray birch
a birch tree of eastern North America, often reaching a height of 40 feet, having triangular leaves and grayish-white bark. Its wood is used for firewood and in the manufacture of spools, shoe pegs, and wood pulp. - gray body⇄gray body
a body that radiates at every wave length an amount of energy bearing a constant ratio to the amount radiated by a black body at the same temperature. - gray cast iron⇄gray cast iron,gray iron.
- gray cloth⇄gray cloth,gray goods.
- gray duck⇄gray duck
any one of certain ducks whose young or females have grayish feathers, such as the gadwalls and pintails. - gray eminence⇄gray eminence
a person who wields power or exerts influence privately or secretly; powerful person behind the scenes; eminence grise. - gray fox⇄gray fox
a fox of North and Central America with grayish upper parts and reddish brown and white under parts. - Gray Friar⇄Gray Friar orgray friar
a member of the Friars Minor; Franciscan friar. - gray ghost⇄gray ghost,Weimaraner.
- gray goods⇄gray goods
unbleached, undyed, and generally unfinished fabrics; greige. - gray goose⇄gray goose,graylag.
- gray gum⇄gray gum
any one of several varieties of eucalyptus. - gray hen⇄gray hen
the female of the black grouse. - gray iron⇄gray iron
a slightly malleable, grayish cast iron used in such manufacture as automobiles and radiators.
Ex. Gray iron is by far the leading variety of cast metal (Wall Street Journal). - Gray Lady⇄Gray Lady,pl.Gray Ladies.
a woman Red Cross volunteer in a hospital. - gray list⇄gray list
a list of persons, firms, or groups that are considered undesirable, but less undesirable than those on a blacklist. - gray manganese oxide⇄gray manganese oxide,manganite.
- gray market⇄gray market
1. the buying and selling of scarce products, usually secretly, but without explicit violation of law, at prices considered exorbitant.
Ex. The continued squeeze on metal supplies is keeping alive a gray market in steel obtained fr - gray marketeer⇄gray marketeer
a person who transacts business on the gray market. - gray matter⇄gray matter
1. the grayish nerve tissue in the brain and spinal cord that contains nerve cells and some nerve fibers.
2. (Informal, Figurative.) intelligence; brains. - gray mullet⇄gray mullet
any one of a family of bluish-silver food fishes found in salt and fresh water. - gray nurse⇄gray nurse
an Australian shark about 15 feet long, with sharp teeth, thought to attack people. - Gray Panther⇄Gray Panther
(U.S.) a member of an organization for promoting the interests of elderly people.
Ex. the Gray Panthers worked to influence local and state governments, social agencies, and business concerns (Robert J. Havighurst). - gray shark⇄gray shark
any one of certain sharks inhabiting warm coastal waters; ground shark. - gray squirrel⇄gray squirrel
a large, gray squirrel of the forests of the United States. - gray trout⇄gray trout,lake trout.
- gray whale⇄gray whale
a grayish-black baleen whale of medium size found off the Pacific Coast of North America. - gray wolf⇄gray wolf
a large, gray, black, or white wolf of northern regions reaching a weight of over 180 pounds; timber wolf. It is rare over most of its former range, and in the United States is found only in several isolated areas. - Gray's Inn⇄Gray's Inn,
one offour legal societies (Inns of Court) that determine who may practice law in English courts. - gray-cheeked thrush⇄gray-cheeked thrush,
a grayish-brown thrush of eastern and northern North America, very similar to the olive-backed thrush but having grayish cheeks and no eye ring. - gray-collar⇄gray-collar, adjective.
(U.S.) of or having to do with workers who perform technical services of repair or maintenance. - gray-faced⇄gray-faced, adjective.
having or showing a pale, wearied face or facial expression. - gray-flannel⇄gray-flannel, adjective.
(U.S. Informal.) of or having to do with the world of company executives; belonging to or characteristic of organization men.
Ex. He is impatient with the ... orthodoxy and gray-flannel conformity that stifle so much o - gray-flanneled⇄gray-flanneled, adjective.
gray-flannel.
Ex. gray-flanneled success in the office cells of New York (Sports Illustrated). - gray-headed⇄gray-headed, adjective.
having gray hair. - gray-headed junco⇄gray-headed junco
a dark gray junco with a white belly, found in the higher mountains of Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. - grayback⇄grayback, noun.
1. any one of various animals, such as the gray whale of the northern Pacific, or various birds, such as the knot and the hooded crow.
2. (U.S. Informal.) a Confederate soldier in the Civil War.
3. body louse. - graybeard⇄graybeard, noun.
an old man. - grayfish⇄grayfish, noun, pl.-fishesor (collectively)-fish.dogfish.
- grayhound⇄grayhound, noun. greyhound.
- grayish⇄grayish, adjective.
somewhat gray. - graylag⇄graylag, noun.
a wild gray goose that is common in Europe. - grayling⇄grayling, noun.
1. a freshwater fish of northern regions, related to the trout but having a longer and higher dorsal fin; umber. It is much valued as a food and game fish.
2. a gray-and-brown butterfly. - grayly⇄grayly, adverb.
with a gray hue or tinge. - graymail⇄graymail, noun.
(U.S.) a threat of possible public exposure of government secrets during prosecution in a trial.
Ex. Secret proceedings would not eliminate graymail. But the procedure would let all parties know where they stand and reduce the - grayout⇄grayout, noun.
(Aeronautics.) a temporary condition of dim or hazy vision caused by a deficiency of oxygen. - graywacke⇄graywacke, noun.
(Geology.) a conglomerate of rounded pebbles and sand, derived chiefly from basic igneous rocks. - graywater⇄graywater, noun.
wastewater, such as that from a sink, bathtub, or washing machine, that does not drain from a toilet or other heavily contaminating source of pollution.
Ex. In most countries, graywater simply goes into the backyard. Open ditc
Ends With "gray"
- African gray⇄African gray
a West African parrot of a gray color with a bright-red tail, one of the commonest of cage birds. - ash gray⇄adj. ash-gray.
- ash gray⇄ash gray,
(Especially U.S.) light gray tinged with green. - battleship gray⇄battleship gray
a bluish-gray color. - dapple gray⇄dapple gray
a dapple-gray horse or other animal. - dapple-gray⇄dapple-gray, adjective.
gray with spots of darker gray. - iron gray⇄adj. iron-gray.
- iron gray⇄iron gray
a dark gray color like that of freshly broken cast iron. - ocean-gray⇄adj. light pearly- or silvery-gray.
- ocean-gray⇄noun a light pearly or silvery gray.
- ocean-gray⇄ocean-gray, noun, adjective.
- Oxford gray⇄Oxford gray
a very dark gray. - oyster gray⇄oyster gray
a slightly dark, silvery color. - pearl gray⇄adj. pearlgray.
- pearl gray⇄pearl gray
a soft, pale, bluish gray. - slate gray⇄slate gray
a relatively luminous slate color. - steel gray⇄adj. steel-gray.
- steel gray⇄steel gray
a dull, dark gray color, having a tinge of blue.
Broader Match for "gray"
- arctic grayling⇄arctic grayling
a grayling of Alaska and northern Canada. - great gray owl⇄great gray owl
a very large, grayish-brown owl of northern North America, measuring 30 inches in length.
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