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[ adjective ] ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion

Synonyms

ashen livid white bloodless

Examples

"a face turned ashen" "the invalid's blanched cheeks" "tried to speak with bloodless lips" "a face livid with shock" "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary Shelley "lips white with terror"

Related terms

colorless

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[ adjective ] (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light

Synonyms

etiolated etiolate

Examples

"etiolated celery"

Related terms

plant colorless

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Similar Spelling

Blanche Blanch Blanchette Blanc Blanchet blench Blanchard balanced Blancarte Blanke blanco Blanck Blanca balance balancer blank_check blancmange blanc_fixe blemished

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