pea jacket
(ˈpiˌhɛn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a short, double-breasted coat of navy-blue wool, worn by seamen.
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nrl
(Naval Research Laboratory, NRL)
Princeton's WordNet
the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines
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naval research laboratory
(Naval Research Laboratory, NRL)
Princeton's WordNet
the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines
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bise
Webster Dictionary
a pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice
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blue
Webster Dictionary
having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets
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post-captain
Webster Dictionary
a captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse
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true-blue
Webster Dictionary
of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue, under Blue
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old ironsides
(Constitution, Old Ironsides)
Princeton's WordNet
a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
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constitution
(Constitution, Old Ironsides)
Princeton's WordNet
a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
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indigo
(ˈɪn dɪˌgoʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a color ranging from a deep violet blue to a dark grayish blue.
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blue
(ˈblʌdʒ ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a person wearing blue or belonging to a group identified by some blue symbol.
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cyano-
(ˈsaɪ əˌnoʊ, saɪˈæn oʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a combining form meaning “blue, dark blue”:
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aquamarine
(ˌæk wə məˈrin, ˌɑ kwə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a transparent light blue or greenish blue variety of beryl used as a gem.
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turquoise
(ˈtɜr kɔɪz, -kwɔɪz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called turquoise blue. a greenish blue or bluish green.
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azure
(ˈæʒ ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the blue of a clear or unclouded sky; a light, purplish shade of blue.
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teal
(til)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called teal blue. a medium to dark greenish blue.
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blue
Webster Dictionary
to make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc
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aquamarine
(ˌæk wə məˈrin, ˌɑ kwə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a light blue-green or greenish blue color.
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cornflower
(ˈkɔrnˌflaʊ ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called cornflower blue. a deep vivid blue.
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turquoise
(ˈtɜr kɔɪz, -kwɔɪz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an opaque mineral, a basic hydrous copper aluminum phosphate often containing a small amount of iron, sky-blue or greenish blue in color, cut cabochon as a gem.
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bluebonnet
(ˈbluˌbɒn ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a blue-flowered lupine, esp. Lupinus subcarnosus, having spikes of light blue flowers with a white or yellow spot: the state flower of Texas.
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violet
Webster Dictionary
dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined
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livid
Webster Dictionary
black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion
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chrysocolla
Webster Dictionary
a hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue or greenish blue color
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nigrosine
Webster Dictionary
a dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; -- called also azodiphenyl blue
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azure
Webster Dictionary
sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless
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pers
Webster Dictionary
light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods
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livid
(ˈlɪv ɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dull blue; dark, grayish blue.
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cyanopathy
Webster Dictionary
a disease in which the body is colored blue in its surface, arising usually from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood; blue jaundice
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cyanosite
Webster Dictionary
native sulphate of copper. Cf. Blue vitriol, under Blue
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