Word Finder - yellow

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The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.

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The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.

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One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.

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(pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).

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A yellow card.

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Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the yellow coloured species. Compare sulphur.

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To become yellow or more yellow.

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To make (something) yellow or more yellow.

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Having yellow as its colour.

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Lacking courage.

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Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.

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Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).

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Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.

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High yellow.

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Related to the Liberal Democrats.

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2012 March 2, Andrew Grice, "Yellow rebels take on Clegg over NHS 'betrayal'", The Independent

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Related to the Free Democratic Party of Germany.

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the black-yellow coalition

One of the yellow portals beckoned her.

Two ladies are flying all the way from Boston to buy some old underwear, a yellow dress and a bunch of junk?

The plate was yellow with black number; two digits, a space, and three digits.

Focusing on the present, Carmen straightened Destiny's frilly yellow Easter dress and brushed the thumb from her mouth.

Around it were arranged, like the five points of a star, the other five brilliant balls; one being rose colored, one violet, one yellow, one blue and one orange.

The single cone of light flickered on the dripping stone, casting yellow dancing goblins in its shadowy glow as the pair stumbled forward.

They hovered through the air, at last reaching one of the ships, where a doorway yawned open to reveal the damp yellow light and grey corridors beyond.

His gaze turned to the east, where yellow lined the horizon.

The portal to his underworld was grey; only yellow mortal portals and the black one to Hell were visible.

The major cities in the East hit by nukes were marked in red with concentric circles that faded to orange, yellow, and finally green as they stretched west.

Beyond its yawning mouth, she saw what looked like yellow doorways glowing.

The bedchamber was done up in pastels, soft rose drapes, light blue and green rugs, yellow pillows and highlights, which seemed to take the chill out of the stone walls.

Relieved, she focused on the blue skies, yellow suns, and thick emerald grass that reminded her of pictures from a tour book of Ireland.

The late spring sun had finally fought its way out of the white haze and was slipping down in the west, painting the countryside in yellow brush strokes.

The skirt is black, while the waist is mostly yellow, trimmed with delicate lavender chiffon, and black velvet bows and lace.

Deidre whirled and saw two people between her and the yellow portal.

His eye was black, one of his cheekbones yellow.

True to his word, they drove less than two blocks before he entered a public parking garage and drove to the bottommost floor and parked in a dark corner with yellow no- parking lines.

A yellow police tape blocked off the area where Shipton had belayed for his ill-fated drop.

His eyes, behind the Chopard Aviators, were a deep yellow gold.

I think maybe the yellow Lamborghini.

Back in the old days (the 1980s), you only had data—say, the Yellow Pages with its list of restaurants.

After these fits of irritability her face would grow yellow, and her maids knew by infallible symptoms when Belova would again be deaf, the snuff damp, and the countess' face yellow.

The rocking chairs were back, four in a row, red, green, yellow, and purple, adding a blaze of color against the century-old white building of Bird Song.

The palette before her encompassed every hue on the color wheel from bright yellow to crimson red.

Cynthia was there, seated alone in a cramped corner, looking beautiful in something summery, short and yellow, unsmiling but nodding in acknowledgment of his greeting.

Fall painted the hills in splashes of orange, red and yellow.

Black, grey, yellow and brown are the prevalent colours of these rocks.

One of these varieties is black, with a yellow spot in the centre of each scale; these spots are larger on the back, forming a series of tetrapetalous flowers; the head is similarly ornamented.

He looked at the bright, yellow pieces and said, "What shall I do with these coppers, mother?"

The next word that you receive from me will be in a yellow envelope, and it will tell you when we shall reach Boston.

It's pretty tough trying to rent a room with a piece of yellow tape strung across it.

He paused, glancing at the yellow stripe of dawn nudging back the night sky.

He chased after her, in time to catch a glimpse of yellow as she barged out the door toward the parking lot.

The two pedaled together most of the afternoon, enjoying the pine-scented air, the cool breeze that hugged the base of the mountains and the yellow sunshine of a perfect spring day.

He was alone now, except for a soldier who was sitting naked at the other side of the fire, warming his thin yellow body.

The lunatic's solemn, gloomy face was thin and yellow, with its beard growing in uneven tufts.

There were scores of dots of color but Dean had little trouble catching sight of a yellow blur rounding a corner, further below than he would have guessed.

The light from the doorway bathed the center of the porch in a yellow light, but the rocker sat in darkness.

She worked her way toward a little yellow flower and leaned down to examine it.

Their flowers range from white to rose-coloured, yellow and blue.

Amongst hardy species of Nymphaea now much grown are candida, nitida, odorata, pygmaea and tuberosa, all with white, more or less sweet-scented flowers; flava, yellow, and sphaerocarpa, rose-carmine.

His health had broken down, and he visited the West Indies, where his wife died of yellow fever.

Angora is connected with Constantinople by railway, and exports wool, mohair, grain and yellow berries.

Among the most important trees of this area are the white and chestnut oaks, the black walnut, the yellow poplar, and the cherry, the southern portion of the state containing the largest reserve supply.

In 1855 it suffered severely from yellow fever.

There is however a wholly chocolate-coloured strain in which the eyes are yellow.

The corolla is tubular with a spreading limb, and varies widely in colour, being white, yellow, orange, crimson, scarlet, blue or purple.

It varies in colour from greyish to bright yellow or greenish-brown, the first-named being the purest.

The town is noted for its fruit, especially its vines; and it exports tissues, carpets, hides, yellow berries and dried fruit.