rufescence
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rufescence — ru·fes·cence … English syllables
rufescence — rüˈfesən(t)s noun ( s) : the quality or state of being rufescent : a reddish or bronze color … Useful english dictionary
rufescent — rufescence, n. /rooh fes euhnt/, adj. somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous. [1810 20; < L rufescent (s. of rufescens, prp. of rufescere to redden), equiv. to ruf(us) RED1, tawny + esc inchoative suffix + ent ENT] * * * … Universalium
bloom — Synonyms and related words: Hygeia, advance, anthesis, attain majority, attractiveness, bake, batten, be in bloom, be in flower, be in heat, beam, bear fruit, beauteousness, beautifulness, beauty, beauty unadorned, beggar description, black spot … Moby Thesaurus
blush — Synonyms and related words: be guilty, blanch, bloom, blossom, blushing, change color, color, color up, coloring, crimson, crimsoning, darken, fieriness, flame, flush, flushing, glow, grow red, healthy glow, hectic, hectic flush, incandescence,… … Moby Thesaurus
coloring — Synonyms and related words: Klangfarbe, abstractionism, achromatism, acrylic painting, acting, affectation, affective meaning, appearance, attitudinizing, bearing, bloom, bluff, bluffing, blush, blushing, cast, cheating, chromatic, chromatism,… … Moby Thesaurus
flush — Synonyms and related words: Hygeia, SRO, ablution, abounding, abounding in riches, abundant, ace, adjacent, affluent, afterglow, air glow, align, all sufficing, ample, animate, animation, aplenty, arousal, arouse, at full length, bake, bang,… … Moby Thesaurus
glow — Synonyms and related words: Hygeia, ablate, activity, afterglow, air glow, alpenglow, animation, ardency, ardor, attractiveness, aurora, bake, be bright, be in heat, be somebody, be something, beacon, beam, beauteousness, beautifulness, beauty,… … Moby Thesaurus
hectic — Synonyms and related words: agitated, at fever pitch, bloom, blooming, blowzed, blowzy, blush, blushing, boiling, boiling over, burning, burning with excitement, burnt, bustling, busy, calenture, chaotic, childbed fever, coloring, continued fever … Moby Thesaurus
rufescent — /ruˈfɛsənt/ (say rooh fesuhnt) adjective somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous. {Latin rūfescens, present participle, becoming reddish} –rufescence, noun …
