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chalky
[chaw-kee] 
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chalky
[chaw-kee]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blanched |
| Synonyms: | dull, milky, pale, white |
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| Main Entry: | dusty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | filled with or covered with powdery particles |
| Synonyms: | arenaceous, arenose, chalky, crumbly, dirty, friable, granular, grubby, sandy, sooty, unclean, undusted, unswept, untouched |
| Antonyms: | clean, clear |
| Main Entry: | fair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | light-complexioned, light-haired |
| Synonyms: | argent, blanched, bleached, blond, blonde, chalky, colorless, creamy, faded, fair-haired, fair-skinned, flaxen-haired, light, milky, neutral, pale, pale-faced, pallid, pearly, sallow, silvery, snowy, tow-haired, tow-headed, white, whitish |
| Notes: | a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed |
| Antonyms: | dark |
| Main Entry: | powdery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consisting of fine, loose grains |
| Synonyms: | arenaceous, arenose, branny, chalky, crumbling, crumbly, dry, dusty, fine, floury, friable, grainy, granular, gravelly, gritty, impalpable, loose, mealy, pulverized, pulverulent, sandy |
| Antonyms: | solid |
| Main Entry: | white |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely pale; lacking color |
| Synonyms: | achromatic, achromic, alabaster, ashen, blanched, bleached, bloodless, chalky, clear, fair, frosted, ghastly, hoary, immaculate, ivory, light, milky, neutral, pallid, pasty, pearly, silver, silvery, snowy, transparent, wan, waxen |
| Antonyms: | black, dark, dirty |
| Main Entry: | snowy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | white |
| Synonyms: | chalky, fair, pale, pallid, sallow, whitish |
| Main Entry: | ivory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair |
| Synonyms: | alabaster, argent, blanched, bleached, blond, blonde, chalky, colorless, creamy, faded, fair-haired, fair-skinned, flaxen-haired, light, milky, neutral, pale, pale-faced, pallid, pearly, sallow, silvery, snowy, tow-haired, tow-headed, white, whitish |
| Main Entry: | towheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fair |
| Synonyms: | argent, blanched, bleached, blond, blonde, chalky, colorless, creamy, faded, fair-haired, fair-skinned, flaxen-haired, light, milky, neutral, pale, pale-faced, pallid, pearly, sallow, silvery, snowy, tow-haired, tow-headed, white*, whitish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | white |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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Adjectives: |
light, white, achlorophyllaceous, alabaster, albescent, argent, argentine, auricomous, blanched, blonde, bone white, candent, candid, canescent, chalky, creamy, eburnean, eggshell, fair, hoar, hoary, leucous, like ivory, milk, off, silvery, snow, white as a lily, white as driven snow, white as silver, whitish
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