Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In botany, a corn-poppy.—
- n. Corn-poppy color; a flame-color.
- n. In dyeing, the name for various coal-tar colors of different red shades.
- n. In engineering, a small bridge or culvert.
- n. Same as cochineal red A.
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry Any of a number of red pigments, some of which are used as indicators
Examples
“The additives assessed in the study included sodium benzoate, sunset yellow, carmoisine, ponceau 4R, tartrazine, quinoline yellow and allura red.”
“Red No. 7 (ponceau 4R, not approved in the U.S.), and Red No. 40 (allura red).”
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“Then her house came under consideration: she depicted the bright glory of the new _ponceau_ furniture, as contrasted with shocking old faded things -- and she glanced significantly toward Mrs. Lawson's sofas and chairs.”
International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850
“Alizarine red WR, for yellow touch ponceau or scarlet,”
“Rocelline affords the same reactions as artificial ponceau, but if steeped in a concentrated solution of stannous chloride it is in time completely discharged, which is not the case with artificial ponceau.”
“The fourth group comprises saffranine, azo-dinaphthyldiamine, rosolic acid, coralline, pure eosine and cosine modified by a salt of lead, coccina, artificial ponceau, and red-wood.”
“Artificial ponceau does not undergo any change on treatment with hydrochloric acid, and resists potash.”
“This last reaction not being very distinct, red-wood shades might be mistaken for those of artificial ponceau but for the superior brightness of the latter.”
“Fiddy's bedchamber, and by the mere sleight of hand of tying on a worked apron with vine clusters and leaves and tendrils all in purple and green floss silks, pinning a pink bow under her mob-cap, and sticking in her bosom a bunch of dewy ponceau polyanthuses, had beat him most completely.”
Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes
“Over a skirt with a demi-train of _ponceau_ velvet edged with fur there was a surcoat of brocade in blue and gold lined with miniver (only her Majesty wore this royal fur).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ponceau’.
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Reds
crimson, blood, scarlet, rott, rojo, brick, fire engine, vermilion, carmine, burgundy, amaranth, alizarin and 115 more...
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phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pustule, purulence, pushful, purser, purpureal, putative, purpure, purpresture, purloin, purline, purlieu, purlicue and 1766 more...
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250 Further Spelling Words
Another compilation of spelling words suitable for intermediate to advanced spellers.
venturi, aesir, affenpinscher, rottweiler, amanuensis, balletomane, hansard, sangfroid, yukata, capriccio, cuisse, heriot and 237 more...
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color (red)
tiara's color lists rebuilt :)
( visual, colors, red, descriptive, randomness )red, Red, Pink, Cloud, Salmon, Rose, Coral(Pink/Red/Dark), Cramoisy/Modena/C..., Raspberry, Rubious/Ruby, Tomato, Sanguineous/Blood and 483 more...
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Archaic Colours
Words for colours that have fallen out of use.
aeneous, croceate, cretaceous, cramoisy, corbeau, coquelicot, coccineous, claret, cinerious, chrysochlorous, chlorochrous, cesious and 128 more...
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Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabinet
Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
zeugma, ziggurat, xiphoid, xeric, whizgigging, whangdoodle, viviparous, vivific, vinolent, verjuice, vellicate, velleity and 1193 more...
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Dyes & Pigments
gamboge, anil, catechu, cinnabar, vermilion, ponceau, cochineal, kermes, lac, eosin, azure, indigo and 134 more...
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
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Colors
cerise, carnelian, florid, claret, watchet, rosaceous, coquelicot, vermilion, celadon, nacreous, lapis, viridescent and 132 more...
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List Rated 4
incarnate, tapering, archery, ponceau, crappie, vandalism, conger, acrid, exhort, gleed, sponger, torsion and 1 more...
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Theodora's
aurulent, heliotrope, wheaten, viridian, umber, titian, saffron, sable, smaragdine, ponceau, prasinous, coquelicot and 23 more...
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
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P
porcelain, pearl, purr, princess, pray, peachy, pillow, pebble, periwinkle, peppermint, plush, plush and 44 more...
Tweets
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arby Ha! No, I meant the English derogatory term for homosexual. They use it both as a noun and a verb - "to ponce about the place", for example. Aug 12, 2007
reesetee Lovely! *splashing it on my face* Jul 27, 2007
uselessness A delightful new fragrance inspired by the bilge rats aboard the legendary explorer's ships. Jul 26, 2007
reesetee de Leon? Jul 26, 2007
arby Sounds French.. This word makes me think of ponce. Jul 26, 2007
reesetee a vivid red to reddish-orange color Apr 10, 2007