gray
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(s) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
- the little grey cells
- gray flannel suit
- a man with greyish hair
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(s) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
- nodded his hoary head
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(s) used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
- a stalwart grey figure
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(s) intermediate in character or position
- a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal
Nouns
- (n) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black grayness, greyness, grey,
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(n) clothing that is a grey color
- he was dressed in grey
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(n) any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
- the Confederate army was a vast grey
- (n) horse of a light gray or whitish color grey,
- (n) the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad Gy,
- (n) English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965) Louis Harold Gray,
- (n) English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771) Thomas Gray,
- (n) American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) Robert Gray,
- (n) United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888) Asa Gray,
Verbs
Synonyms
grayness greyness grey grayish greyish gray-haired gray-headed grey-haired grey-headed grizzly hoar hoary white-haired Gy Louis Harold Gray Thomas Gray Robert Gray Asa GrayWords of close approximity
gray alder
gray area
grayback
graybeard
gray birch
gray-black
gray-blue
gray-brown
gray catbird
gray flounder
gray fox
gray goldenrod
gray-green
gray-haired
gray-headed
grayhen
gray hen
grayish
grayish-black
grayish-blue
grayish brown
grayish-brown
grayish-green
grayish-pink
grayish-white
gray jay
gray kingbird
graylag
graylag goose
gray lemming
grayly
gray market
gray matter
gray mullet
grayness
gray partridge
gray-pink
gray polypody
gray poplar
gray sage
gray sea eagle
gray skate
gray snapper
gray sole
gray substance
gray whale
gray-white
gray willow
gray wolf