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31cloudy — a. 1. Clouded, murky, lowering, lurid, overcast. 2. Obscure, dark, dim, confused. 3. Gloomy, dismal, depressing, sullen. 4. Varied with dark spots, mottled. 5. Blurred, dimmed, lustreless, muddy …
32glaze — I. v. a. 1. Put glass in (windows), furnish with glass. 2. Cover with a glassy substance, incrust with a glaze. 3. Calender, polish, gloss, burnish, furbish, give a glossy surface to. II. v. n. Become glassy, grow dim, grow filmy, become… …
33frosting — /ˈfrɒstɪŋ / (say frosting) noun 1. a fluffy icing used to cover and decorate cakes. 2. a decoration of granules of sugar, usually stuck on with eggwhites, around the rim of a glass as for certain cocktails. 3. a lustreless finish, as of metal or… …
34matt — /mæt / (say mat) adjective 1. lustreless and dull in surface. –noun 2. a dull or dead surface, without lustre, produced on metals, etc.; a roughened or frosted surface. 3. a tool, as a punch, for producing such a surface. –verb (t) 4. to finish… …
35lustre — (US luster) ► NOUN 1) a gentle sheen or soft glow. 2) glory or distinction. 3) a thin metallic coating giving an iridescent glaze to ceramics. 4) (also lustreware) ceramics with an iridescent metallic glaze. 5) a fabric or yarn with a sheen …
36lustred — lustre (US luster) ► NOUN 1) a gentle sheen or soft glow. 2) glory or distinction. 3) a thin metallic coating giving an iridescent glaze to ceramics. 4) (also lustreware) ceramics with an iridescent metallic glaze. 5) a fabric or yarn with a… …
37check — There are two distinct words check in English, although by very involved pathways they are related. Check ‘verify’ [14] is originally a chess term meaning ‘threaten the king’. It comes from Old French eschequier, a derivative of the noun eschec… …
38brush — n. & v. n. 1 an implement with bristles, hair, wire, etc. varying in firmness set into a block or projecting from the end of a handle, for any of various purposes, esp. cleaning or scrubbing, painting, arranging the hair, etc. 2 the application… …
39dead — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss of sensation (my fingers are dead). 4 (foll. by to) unappreciative or unconscious of; insensitive to. 5 no longer effective or in use;… …
40flatness — noun 1. the property of having two dimensions (Freq. 9) • Syn: ↑two dimensionality, ↑planeness • Derivationally related forms: ↑plane (for: ↑planeness), ↑flat, ↑ …
