Lacquer
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

DAB
A light touch or stroke

DIP
A brief swim in water

DYE
Color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"

FUR
Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)

HUE
Suffuse with color

TAR
A man who serves as a sailor

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COAT
A thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint"

DAUB
Apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"

DUCO

FACE
The striking or working surface of an implement

FILM
A thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust"

GILD
A formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

SCUM
A film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid

SKIN
An outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"

TINT
Color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"

TONE
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"

WASH
The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

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COLOR
Change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"

COVER
The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"

GLOSS
An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

GRAIN
The smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense"

IMBUE
Suffuse with color

LAYON

PAINT
A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"

PRIME
A number that has no factor but itself and 1

RESIN
Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules

SCALE
A flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

SHADE
Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"

SMEAR
An act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

STAIN
(microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible

TINCT
Color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"

TINGE
A pale or subdued color

JAPAN
Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

GLAZE
A glossy finish on a fabric

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BEDAUB
Spread or daub (a surface)

BEGILD
Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

BUTTER
A fighter who strikes the opponent with his head

ENAMEL
Any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze

ENGILD
Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

FACING
Providing something with a surface of a different material

FRESCO
A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster

PARGET
Plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys

SHADOW
Something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

SLAPON
Apply carelessly; "slap some paint onto the wall"

SPREAD
Move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

VENEER
Coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood

COLOUR
An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"

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VARNISH
A coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface

BEDIZEN
Dress up garishly and tastelessly

BESMEAR
Spread or daub (a surface)

COATING
A thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint"

DEEPDYE

FASTDYE
Dye with fast colors; "These shirts should be fast-dyed"

INGRAIN
Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

LACQUER
A hard glossy coating

PIGMENT
A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"

SHELLAC
A thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood

SLATHER
Spread thickly; "I can't eat bagels without slathering them with cream cheese"

SMEARON

STIPPLE
Engrave by means of dots and flicks

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EMBLAZON
Decorate with heraldic arms

PELLICLE
Thin protective membrane in some protozoa

SPREADON

TINCTURE
(pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution

COLORING
The act or process of changing the color of something

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COLOURING
The act or process of changing the color of something

CALCIMINE
A water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings

DISTEMPER
A method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery

DOUBLEDYE
Dye twice

HAIRSPRAY
Toiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in place

REVETMENT
A facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment

UNDERCOAT
Thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair

WHITEWASH
A specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

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APPLYPAINT

COMPLEXION
(obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament

ILLUMINATE
Make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

LAYONCOLOR

SPREADWITH

11 letters

SLOPONPAINT

SLAPONPAINT

12 letters

BRUSHONPAINT

LAYITONTHICK