etiolate
etiolate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.
- 2.To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
- 3.(Med.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.
- 4.Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alabaster
- albata
- albification
- argent
- argentine
- barium
- blanc
- blanch
- bleach
- blond
- candid
- canescent
- carbonate
- ceruse
- chalk
- chalky
- creamy
- cretaceous
- driven
- eburin
- etiolation
- fair
- high
- hoar
- hoary
- ivory
- lactescence
- lactescent
- lead
- light
- like
- lily
- metal
- milk
- niveous
- oxide
- paper
- pearl
- pearly
- render
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is etiolate.
- What is to become pale through disease or absence of light called?
- What is to blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays called?
- What is to cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light called?
- What is having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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