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pallid
Oh, not to either of my Grandmas, who relied on boxed mixes with pallid results.
From the nytimes.com
The one disappointment was mezzo-soprano Jane Dutton, who made a pallid Kundry.
From the kansas.com
Eggs collected from captured pallid sturgeon were to be fertilized in hatcheries.
From the omaha.com
The shovelnose are not endangered, but their relatives, the pallid sturgeon, are.
From the stltoday.com
Pallid sturgeon can live for more than 40 years and weigh as much as 65 pounds.
From the stltoday.com
The rest are mild enough, including one pallid joke about the leading lady's age.
From the chron.com
For a pallid and sickly fellow, the author had a surprisingly robust appetite.
From the independent.co.uk
For example, dark leafy greens have more to offer than pallid iceberg lettuce.
From the kentucky.com
He remembers voluminous charts and pallid faces of doctors who stood over him.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Pale: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
- Pale: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
- Pale: lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"
- (pallidity) paleness: being deficient in color
- (pallidly) in a manner lacking interest or vitality; "a palely entertaining show"
- (pallidness) lividness: unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
- Pallor is a reduced amount of oxyhemoglobin in skin or mucous membrane, a pale color which can be caused by illness, emotional shock or stress, stimulant use, lack of exposure to sunlight, anemia or genetics. It is more evident on the face and palms. ...
- Appearing weak, pale, or wan
- 1. of abnormally pale or wan complexion 2. lacking intensity of color or luminousness 3. [metaphorically] lacking radiance or vitality; dull: pallid prose
