Yellow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between orange and green, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 570 to 590 nanometers; any of a group of colors of a hue resembling that of ripe lemons and varying in lightness and saturation; one of the subtractive primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
  • n. A pigment or dye having this hue.
  • n. Something that has this hue.
  • n. Chiefly Southern U.S. The yolk of an egg.
  • n. Western U.S. Gold. Used formerly by prospectors.
  • n. Any of various plant diseases usually caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium or viruses of the genus Chlorogenus and characterized by yellow or yellowish discoloration.
  • adj. Of the color yellow.
  • adj. Having a yellow-brown skin color.
  • adj. Offensive Of or being a person of Asian origin.
  • adj. Slang Cowardly.
  • v. To make or become yellow: documents that had been yellowed by age; clouds that yellow in the evening light.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having yellow as its colour.
  • adj. Lacking courage.
  • adj. Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
  • adj. Asian (relating to Asian people).
  • adj. Related to the Liberal Democrats.
  • adj. Related to the Free Democratic Party.
  • n. The colour of gold or butter; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
  • n. The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
  • n. One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 2 points.
  • n. yellow card
  • v. To become yellow or more yellow.
  • v. To cause to become yellow or more yellow.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.
  • adj. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible.
  • adj. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.
  • n. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.
  • n. A yellow pigment.
  • v. To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.
  • verb-intransitive. To become yellow or yellower.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • As originally applied to journalism, indecently sensational; in general, sensational; morbid; decadent. See yellow journal.
  • n. An acid coal-tar color of the monoazo type prepared by combining diazotized meta-sulphanilic acid with diphenyl amine. It dyes wool orange-yellow in an acid bath.
  • n. Same as yellow, 1 .
  • n. Same as diphenylamine-orange (which see, under orange).
  • Of a color resembling that of gold, butter, etc. See II.
  • See balsam.
  • A mulatto or a dark quadroon: used (as also yellow girl) both by whites and by negroes.
  • The yellow star-thistle, Centaurea solstitialis.
  • Seeflag and Iris.
  • See yellow-gum.
  • See Micropterus.
  • In entomology, Peck's skipper, Polites peckius, a small hesperian butterfly of America, of a brownish color with a large yellow blotch on each hind wing.
  • n. The color of gold, butter, the neutral chromates of lead, potassa, etc., and of light of wave-length about 0.581 micron.
  • n. The yolk of an egg; the vitellus: opposed to the white, or the surrounding albumen.
  • n. plural Jaundice, especially jaundice in cattle (see jaundice); hence, figuratively, jealousy.
  • n. plural Dyer's-weed.
  • n. Same as peach-yellows.
  • n. One of certain geometrid moths: an English collectors' name: as, the speckled yellow.
  • n. Any one of the group of small yellow butterflies; a sulphur. See sulphur, n., 3.
  • To render yellow.
  • To become yellow; grow yellow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. typical of tabloids
  • adj. affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
  • adj. of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
  • adj. changed to a yellowish color by age
  • adj. cowardly or treacherous
  • v. turn yellow
  • adj. easily frightened
  • n. yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    yellowed    yellowing    yellowness    yellows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    colour    color    discolour    discolor   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    yellowed    yellowing    see yellow   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cowardly    mean    contemptible    sensational    xanthous    buff    buffy    citrine    citrinous    cream   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bello    Bellow    Belo    Castello    Costello    Jello    Marcello    Martello    Montebello    Monticello   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    red    golden    wet    shiny    dusty