| color |
| 1. n. The spectral composition of visible light | |
| Humans and birds can perceive color. | |
| 2. n. A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class. | |
| Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green. | |
| 3. n. Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays). | |
| He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color". | |
| 4. n. Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity. | |
| Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies. | |
| 5. n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area. | |
| a bit of local color | |
| 6. n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal. | |
| 7. n. (in the plural) A standard or banner. | |
| The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale. | |
| 8. n. The system of color television. | |
| This film is broadcast in color. | |
| 9. n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team. | |
| The colors were raised over the new territory. | |
| 10. n. (in the plural) Gang insignia. | |
| Both of the perpetrators were wearing colors. | |
| 11. n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university. | |
| He was awarded colors for his football. | |
| 12. n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag. | |
| 13. n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing quarterly results when an officer of a company is speaking to investment analysts. | |
| Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter? | |
| 14. n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons. | |
| 15. n. (finance) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in t | |
| 16. n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. | |
| 17. n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds. | |
| 18. n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false. | |
| 19. n. An appearance of right or authority. | |
| Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars. | |
| 20. n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment. | |
| 21. adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray. | |
| Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white. | |
| 22. v. To give something color. | |
| We could color the walls red. | |
| 23. v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons. | |
| My kindergartener loves to color. | |
| 24. v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow. | |
| Her face colored as she realized her mistake. | |
| 25. v. To affect without completely changing. | |
| That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book. | |
| 26. v. (informal) To attribute a quality to. | |
| Color me confused. | |
| 27. v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same color. | |
| Can this graph be two-colored? | |
| You can color any map with four colors. | |
| panel |
| 1. n. A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc. | |
| Behind the picture was a panel on the wall. | |
| 2. n. (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc. | |
| 3. n. A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example. | |
| Today's panel includes John Smith. | |
| 4. n. An individual frame or drawing in a comic. | |
| The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline. | |
| 5. n. (legal) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury. | |
| 6. n. (legal, Scotland) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle. | |
| 8. n. A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing. | |
| 9. n. (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame. | |
| the panel of a door | |
| 10. n. (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. | |
| 11. n. (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on. | |
| 12. n. (mining) A heap of dressed ore. | |
| 13. n. (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal. | |
| 14. n. (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament. | |
| 15. n. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss. | |
| 16. n. (historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS. | |
| 17. v. To fit with panels. | |
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