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noun

• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

• blue clothing

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

• the sky as viewed during daylight

• used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

• the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

adjective satellite

• of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

• used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• morally rigorous and strict

• causing dejection

verb

• turn blue

34%5 Characters with large eyes and colourful hair
noun

• a hard copal derived from an African tree

• any of various resins or oleoresins

• a style of animation developed in Japan, characterized by stylized colorful art and often adult themes

34%9 A Eurasian passerine bird with a black cap and colourful plumage
noun

• common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast

• United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)

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