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  • 21obscurity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shade Nouns 1. obscurity, dimness, darkness, obscuration, obfuscation, opacity; whiteout; shade, cloud, gloom, duskiness, etc. See concealment, invisibility, cloudiness. 2. unclearness, indefiniteness,… …

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  • 22shade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shadiness, shadow, umbrage, gloom, gloaming, dimness, darkness; obscurity; duskiness; shading, tone; curtain, veil, film, haziness, haze, misti[ness], cloudiness; color, hue, tint; nuance, degree;… …

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  • 23dim — I. adjective (dimmer; dimmest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dimm; akin to Old High German timber dark Date: before 12th century 1. a. emitting or having a limited or insufficient amount of light < dim stars > < a dim lamp > …

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  • 25Amblyopia — Impaired vision in an eye due to a disorder of the brain cells that control the vision in that eye, not usually due to a problem with the eye itself. Amblyopia is caused by lack of use of an eye when the brain favors the other eye. The eye is&#8230; …

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  • 26dimnes — f ( se/ sa) dimness, darkness, want of light, obscurity, gloom; darkness, evil; obscuration, moral obliquity; a dark place; dimness of sight; …

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  • 27shadow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. umbra, silhouette, shade; spy, follower; reflection; shelter, protection; trace, suggestion; ghost, tail (sl.); See accompaniment, imagination. v. t. overcast, darken, shade; foreshadow, adumbrate;&#8230; …

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  • 28mist — {{11}}mist (n.) O.E. mist dimness (of eyesight), mist (earliest in compounds, such as misthleoðu misty cliffs, wælmist mist of death ), from P.Gmc. *mikhstaz (Cf. M.L.G. mist, Du. mist, Icelandic mistur, Norw., Swed. mist), perhaps from PIE&#8230; …

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  • 29dim — dim1 [dim] adj. dimmer, dimmest [ME &LT; OE, akin to ON dimmr, dark &LT; IE base * dhem , to be dusty, misty &GT; DAMP, Ger dunkel, dark] 1. not bright; somewhat dark 2. not clear or distinct in character; lacking definition, distinction,&#8230; …

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  • 30duskiness — noun 1. a swarthy complexion • Syn: ↑darkness, ↑swarthiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑swarthy (for: ↑swarthiness), ↑dusky, ↑dark ( …

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