gray

Definitions

1. Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness
2. An achromatic colour between black and white.
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3. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass.
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4. A surname transferred from the nickname; originally a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair.
5. Dreary, gloomy, cloudy
6. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
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7. A male given name.
8. Of indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality or acceptability
9. A gray wolf
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10. A number of places in the United States:
11. A city, the county seat of Jones County, Georgia.
12. Gray-haired
13. A gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
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14. A minor city in Audubon County, Iowa.
15. Old
16. Synonym of grey alien.
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17. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Kentucky.
18. A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
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19. A census-designated place in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
20. A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
21. A census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee.
22. A rural locality in north-east Tasmania, Australia.

Equivalents

Examples

“Caywood holds the rifle which time after time brought down a raging, snarling prairie gray.”

“Log-shaped barnacles become⟳ embedded in the hide⟳ of the gray.”

“In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request⟳ forms.”

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