Ultramarine

  • 41ultramarine — noun a brilliant deep blue pigment originally obtained from lapis lazuli, and now made from powdered fired clay, sodium carbonate, sulphur, and resin. adjective archaic situated beyond the sea. Origin C16 (as adjective): from med. L. ultramarinus …

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  • 42ultramarine — I. a. Beyond the sea, foreign. II. n. Saunders blue …

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  • 43ultramarine — ul·tra·marine …

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  • 44ultramarine — ul•tra•ma•rine [[t]ˌʌl trə məˈrin[/t]] adj. 1) of a deep blue color 2) beyond the sea 3) fia a blue pigment consisting of powdered lapis lazuli 4) fia a similar artificial blue pigment 5) fia any of various related pigments 6) a deep blue color • …

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  • 45ultramarine —   a. beyond the sea; n. & a. (of) greenish blue colour or pigment …

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  • 46ultramarine — n. & adj. n. 1 a a brilliant blue pigment orig. obtained from lapis lazuli. b an imitation of this from powdered fired clay, sodium carbonate, sulphur, and resin. 2 the colour of this. adj. 1 of this colour. 2 archaic situated beyond the sea.… …

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  • 47Green ultramarine — Ultramarine Ul tra*ma*rine , n. [Cf. Sp. ultramarino. So called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from beyond the sea, from Asia.] (Chem.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large… …

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  • 48Ultramarine blue — Синий ультрамарин; ультрамариновый синий пигмент; Синий ультрамарин; Ультрамариновый синий (пигмент) …

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  • 49International Ultramarine Corps — Superteambox imagesize=225 caption=International Ultramarine Corps from JLA Secret Files 2004 #1, artists: Ed McGuiness Dexter Vines team name=International Ultramarine Corps publisher=DC Comics debut= DC One Million #2, (November 1998)… …

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  • 50French ultramarine — noun ultramarine pigment prepared artificially • Syn: ↑French blue, ↑French ultramarine blue • Hypernyms: ↑ultramarine, ↑ultramarine blue * * * noun Usage: often capitalized F …

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