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Usage notes

Synonyms for "usage notes" (1060 found)

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Informal (150)

Noun, verb, slang(34 words)

turn make style character dress ease picture dip flag handle deck spit plot angle sort stripe whitewash varnish masquerade mince

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badge flavor doodle trimming coating attitude prank jockey biscuit shellac moonlight pebble refurbish chrome

Name, noun, verb, slang(29 words)

line work mark show twist stamp lot bat air shade wash blood paint hatch breed scheme brew toast pearl butter

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glaze fox tribe garnish phase mummy raisin japan suntan

Intj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

draw pad humbug

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(25 words)

cast lead scratch jack key trace port bluff buff class pink sham straw rose copper honey peach kin ruby maroon

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salmon leather pansy strawberry champagne

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

snap red dun

Noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

face

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

front action

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

trim blind dab plum

Adj, noun, verb, slang(17 words)

trick switch crash number slant cream sketch steep adjunct drab gilt canary sand grape posing lobster claret

Name, noun, pron, verb, slang(1 words)

tone

Adj, intj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

standard

Adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

type

Adj, slang(1 words)

mouldy

Adj, adv, noun, slang(1 words)

medium

Contraction, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

taint tint

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

story fudge

Verb, slang(5 words)

magnify fix up trick out gussy up doll up

Intj, noun, slang(1 words)

mood

Name, noun, slang(3 words)

kidney pelican acorn

Adj, noun, slang(5 words)

mandarin technicolor melon apricot sky blue

Noun, slang(6 words)

put-on coconut turps pumpkin crocus red lead

Adj, name, noun, slang(3 words)

ivory poppy marigold

General use (910)

Adj, name, noun, verb(15 words)

cover shadow prime pale silver jade banner azure emerald saffron amber rouge primrose blond lavender

Noun, verb(122 words)

form stand move drift copy pigment design shape warp gloss position temper mask flourish glow value feature argument structure array

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Name, noun, verb(36 words)

strain balance favor race bend mold seal grace screen mould brand moulder grain plan sway label nature wrench feather mantle

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coat manner chalk wine guise daub spice lines dredge ensign brow dye lake stammer gilding ruddle

Adj, noun, verb(36 words)

ground draft subject fake prompt bearing flame coloring glare illuminate romance burlesque background seeming prejudice feint charcoal caricature acting crimson

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saturate gnarl tawny chamois ingrain adorn cheating madder platinum incarnadine tinct damask umber russet henna sulfur

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

flush

Noun(222 words)

device shade composition movement gloss representation arrangement variety tincture development carriage coloring tint semblance appearance contrivance continuity complication denomination persuasion

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illumination simulacrum qualification affectation subterfuge brilliance delusion catastrophe recognition identification deception identity intensity pretense facade treatment characterization architecture mitigation gaiety hue ostentation brightness stratagem falsity decoration technique pendant coffee clan species designation streamer simulation motif elaboration saturation episode apology lineaments description denouement trait richness pallor window dressing imposture protestation shamrock blee phylum genus embellishment demeanor stalking horse speciousness mythos extenuation dissemblance coloration tonality decor meretriciousness colour architectonics embroidery plausibility dissimulation fakery peripeteia stalking-horse visage tempera physiognomy humbuggery mischievousness smoke screen adornment soft pedal ornamentation garnishment palliation cover-up timbre decontamination cover story absinthe terra cotta locus standi local color redness vividness pennon anagnorisis traits rising action falling action carnelian gorgeousness floridity monsignor colouring oriflamme erythema flower arrangement oriole put-off gonfalon doeskin white lead floridness dyestuff extenuating circumstances chromogen tinction garniture colorant draftsmanship colorfulness brushwork snapdragon emblazonry purree emblazonment burgee carotene phosphine pigmentation realgar tea rose painterliness solferino fuchsine colouration annatto orpiment high color carbon black massicot zinc oxide glauconite bone black ash gray Spanish green rubor barium sulfate maple sugar zinc white autumn leaf reddishness chrome yellow ponceau bister methylene blue golden pheasant Chinese white cadmium yellow loyalties ivory black azulene tone color kelly green emeraude tartrazine xanthene methyl orange cadmium orange gun metal aureolin Schweinfurt green Vienna green coloring material colouring material apple green zaffer xanthin red ocher smalt sap green trypan blue malachite green bleu celeste roccellin terre-verte Brunswick black anthragallol indigo white Chinese blue madder lake cobalt green delft blue Irish green vermilionette naphthol yellow Adrianople red Persian blue jouvence blue rufosity shell pink dead leaf helianthin chrome orange

Verb(91 words)

gloss breathe diminish set off ignore penetrate soften tinge distort darken set out induce belie emblazon infuse embellish imbue persuade dash off embroider

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Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(2 words)

lower bias

Adj, noun(76 words)

kind incident perspective topic palliative taupe navy ilk eggshell gules heliotrope thinner infrared puce cerulean carnation turquoise tangerine fir mauve

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Adj, name, noun(24 words)

cardinal alabaster chestnut primer olive titian hazel carmine negro drier violet mulberry roan chartreuse burgundy topaz lilac magenta indigo amethyst

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beryl reseda fuchsia murrey

Adj, verb(12 words)

put off mitigate confuse distort exaggerate decorate extenuate palliate impregnate delineate depict suffuse

Conj, verb(1 words)

lessen

Adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

ash

Name, noun(21 words)

hue atmosphere mien pennant bracken partridge flax cobalt bordeaux maize myrtle hyacinth mallow dahlia clematis jonquil corbeau bice goya Tanagra

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old blue

Name, verb(3 words)

blanch whiten redden

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public motive acier look black color filter change color flat coat facial appearance cast of countenance flat wash coat of paint color gelatin dead-color exterior paint floor enamel interior paint opaque color prime coat transparent color wash coat weigh with turn red turn pale color patterns furniture arrangement turn color pure color pansy violet rose pink burnt almond grow red steel gray squirm with self-consciousness French blue blanc fixe bright color cafe noir yellow ocher zinc sulfide olive brown raw umber neutral tint tone quality Klangfarbe Mars violet clang color imperial purple pontiff purple wine purple aniline black blue black chrome black drop black Brunswick blue Capri blue Dresden blue Gobelin blue Pompeian blue aniline blue azo blue azurite blue benzoazurine blue turquoise calamine blue ciba blue cyanine blue garter blue glaucous blue isamine blue lapis lazuli blue lavender blue madder blue marine blue methylene azure new blue pompadour green sea blue smoke blue Argos brown Cologne brown Mexican red Roman umber Saint Benoit Turkey umber alesan alizarin brown anthracene brown antique brown antique gold bone brown bunny brown foliage brown otter brown resorcin dark brown terra sienna terra umbra Cassel yellow Claude tint Congo rubine Egyptian green English red Guinea green India pink Janus green Kildare green Majolica earth Mitis green Montpellier green Paris yellow Persian red Quaker green Saxony green Vandyke red acid yellow amidonaphthol red any color aqua green arsenic yellow avocado green beryl green bright rose burnt carmine burnt ocher burnt rose chartreuse green chartreuse tint chartreuse yellow chrome lemon chrome oxide green chrysophenin chrysoprase green citron green civette green copper red cresol red cucumber green cypress green duck green faded rose fire red flesh color flesh red glaucous green grass green green ocher holly green honey yellow iron red lemon chrome light red livid pink madder crimson madder pink madder rose madder yellow mallow pink meadow brook metanil yellow methyl green methyl yellow milori green oil yellow old ivory old red orchid rose palladium red parrot green patina green peachblossom pink primuline yellow purple lake pyrethrum yellow quince yellow red pink red race royal pink scarlet madder sea-water green serpentine green stil-de-grain yellow sunflower yellow toluidine red verd gay verdant green verdet viridine green yellow madder Arabian red Columbian red Dutch orange French gray Mars orange Spanish ocher azo-orange burnt Roman ocher cinder gray cloud gray crystal gray glaucous gray hyacinth red lead gray liver brown madder orange mouse gray ocher brown ocher orange ocher red opal gray orange chrome yellow orange lead orange madder orange mineral orange ocher orpiment red oxide brown plumbago gray powder gray realgar orange smoke gray zinc orange Tangier ocher

Adjective(2 words)

glaucous philamot

Adjective(1 words)

colour

Numeral(1 words)

tenne

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