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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 | ||||||||
| 28% | 9 | To tone down or tone | ||||||
verb • darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings | ||||||||
| 25% | 8 | The adult male is larger than the adult female | ||||||
noun • a genus of Mustelidae | ||||||||
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