Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An alloy of gold and nickel, sometimes also containing palladium or zinc, having a pale platinumlike color.
Wiktionary
- n. A precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal such as platinum or palladium or other white metal such as nickel.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a pale alloy of gold usually with platinum or nickel or palladium
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I Am A Starfish. I Speak With Paint.
List title totally stolen from she. Right, the stock entry for this list should be a two-word phrase where one of the words denotes a colour; even better if the expression has some metaphoric value...
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TECH - metals and alloys
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white phrase/words
how white is used
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Black or White
black and white, snow-white, coal-black, blacksmith, whitesmith, blackball, white-box testing, Blackberry, white pages, black book, white paper, blacklist and 107 more...
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(Medical) Marijuana Strains
Names of various "medicinal" Cannabis strains, harvested from various sources.
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Colour my Wordie!
Words and short phrases with colour names in them
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hernesheir (n): an alloy of gold and a white metal, usually nickel and palladium. The alloy of gold and nickel is strong and thus useful for rings, pins and brooches; the alloy of gold and palladium is softer and used in gemstone settings. The highest quality of white gold is an 18 karat gold-palladium alloy. Jan 4, 2009