Word Finder - red

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Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.

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A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

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One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.

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Red wine.

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A redshank.

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An Amerind.

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The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.

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A red light (a traffic signal)

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(beverages) red lemonade

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One of the three color charges for quarks.

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Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red")

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The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.

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Having red as its color.

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The girl wore a red skirt.

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(of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.

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Her hair had red highlights.

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(of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black

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I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.

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(often capitalized) Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:

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Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations

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Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

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Having a color charge of red.

She has on a pretty red dress.

He held out a bottle of red water.

Both breathed hard, and she noticed a red slash across Darian's face.

Alex turned red when Carmen stepped forward.

Don't forget the mess of red hair and freckles.

The only bait he could find was a bright red blossom from a flower; but he knew fishes are easy to fool if anything bright attracts their attention, so he decided to try the blossom.

Stout, about the average height, broad, with huge red hands; he did not know, as the saying is, how to enter a drawing room and still less how to leave one; that is, how to say something particularly agreeable before going away.

I have laughed at the poor duck, with the red rag tied round its leg.

What she expected to see when she turned was Sarah's white Plymouth, but the car that stopped before the house was Allen's red Eagle Talon.

The dusty captain surveyed the gathering with red rimed eyes that came to rest on the Frenchman.

The sun turned the dunes orange red and then quickly sank, leaving them in pre-moon darkness.

I saw something red up there in the rocks.

Zach jerked suddenly, knocking his cap off and exposing a scalp full of red hair.

You might remember the story of Kyle MacDonald who famously traded up from one red paperclip to a house, one small exchange at a time between July 2005 and July 2006.

I remember in autumn of '87 thinking it was perfectly reasonable to take the red 1964 Corvair convertible for a test drive, despite its lack of functioning brakes.

From the porch we could see the huddled figure of Howie Abbott sitting under a large red umbrella on the edge of the pier.

All of them wore eerie red contact lenses.

There was interest in his glowing red eyes, and she rested the palms of her hands on the knives at her belt.

Oddly, it still seemed reasonable even as we coasted through three red lights to get home.

Cotton has pretty white and red flowers on it.

I have watered the red huckleberry, the sand cherry and the nettle-tree, the red pine and the black ash, the white grape and the yellow violet, which might have withered else in dry seasons.

His red shock of hair stood up like a flame as he glared down at her.

He couldn't focus on the face, but he saw the glowing red eyes.

Of course, the little red truck Dad had been drooling over.

In every cell of your body except your red blood cells exists a copy of your DNA.

Near at hand, upon the topmost spray of a birch, sings the brown thrasher--or red mavis, as some love to call him--all the morning, glad of your society, that would find out another farmer's field if yours were not here.

The Red Sox were in town to take on the Yankees, a revered experience for us died hard fans.

A red brick municipal building stood at the far end of the street ahead of us.

The red headed man stood in front of her, lust in his eyes and smile.

You will notice my braids are tied with yellow, pink, brown, red, green, white and black; but I have no blue ribbons.

He rode hurriedly from the battlefield and returned to the Shevardino knoll, where he sat on his campstool, his sallow face swollen and heavy, his eyes dim, his nose red, and his voice hoarse, involuntarily listening, with downcast eyes, to the sounds of firing.

Normally it was a raised area, dark pink, but now it looked red and angry.

Mrs. Marsh's face was white, and her eyes red and swollen, with dark circles under them.

She knew her face was as red as his.

Just then, an elderly woman emerged from the back of the red brick structure.

The room was dark except for the light above Jonny's bed and the red and green lights dotting the machines keeping him alive.

He had red hair.

The healers. village consisted of several dozen cottages around a central square, in which many of the village.s people gathered and talked or cooked meals over red flames.

Kiera settled at an uncomfortable angle, the sandpapery red roofing snagging her polyester disco clothing and preventing her from sliding over the nearby edge of the three-story row house.

Kiera offered a smile and hurried past them, heart pounding and face red with embarrassment.

Her eyes welled with tears, and she ducked her head, turning white, then red.

Oh, my mistake, I thought you told me red.

His face turned red.

His neck turned red.

Red fog filled the air around him.

The smoke funneled into the red ruby, disappearing into its depths.

Its glowing red eyes narrowed into slits then closed.

Your goal is to steal a necklace with a red gem on it.

The room was never fully illuminated by the red lights embedded in the ceiling.

The stage kitchen was dark, except for red candles around the counter area where he did the prep for whatever he was making.