VERMILION Synonyms

• being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order

• (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

• the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

• a variable color averaging a vivid red

• crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

• serving as an essential component

• a variable color averaging a vivid red

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• color carmine

• a red the color of ripe cherries

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

• any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

• a red fruit with a single hard stone

• a red the color of ripe cherries

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• a deep and vivid red color

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• characterized by violence or bloodshed

• (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

• turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

• any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive

• a person who is stranded (as on an island)

• a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color

• an exploding firework used as a warning signal

• of dark brownish to purplish red

• leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

• leave stranded on a desert island without resources

• red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

• a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

• emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

• the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• characterized by violence or bloodshed

• (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

• any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

• pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began

• a dusty pink color

• of something having a dusty purplish pink color

• a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

• a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers

• a deep and vivid red color

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• fermented juice (of grapes especially)

• a red as dark as red wine

• drink wine

• treat to wine

• A reddish-brown colour, as of rust.

• Of a reddish colour

• of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

• a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury

• large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort

• of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

• of a vivid red to reddish-orange color