Tinge
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

HUE
Suffuse with color

JOT
A slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

BIT
Piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit"

DAB
A light touch or stroke

DIP
A brief swim in water

DYE
Color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"

KEY
Serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

SEP
The month following August and preceding October

SUP
Take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon

4 letters

ATOM
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

BEND
Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

BIAS
A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

BREW
Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing"

CAST
A violent throw

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

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

FACE
The striking or working surface of an implement

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"

IDEA
An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

LEAD
A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers"

LICK
Touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"

LOOK
The feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"

MARK
Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run"

MITE
Any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

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

DASH
A quick run

WORK
Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

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

VEIN
A layer of ore between layers of rock

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"

TANG
Any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria

SWAY
Pitching dangerously to one side

SALT
Negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons

MOLD
Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

MOVE
Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"

ODOR
Any property detected by the olfactory system

HINT
An indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

5 letters

TAINT
The state of being contaminated

TASTE
Have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg"

TINGE
A pale or subdued color

TWANG
A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)

WHIFF
Drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"

STRAY
An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

STEEP
Of a slope; set at a high angle; "note the steep incline"; "a steep roof sheds snow"

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

SMELL
Have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"

SPARK
A momentary flash of light

SPICE
Any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food

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

IMBUE
Suffuse with color

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

PINCH
Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"

SPECK
A very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"

TOUCH
The act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"

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"

GLAZE
A glossy finish on a fabric

GLEAM
Be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening"

GLEAN
Gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"

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"

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

ODOUR
Any property detected by the olfactory system

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

QUIRK
A strange attitude or habit

SAUCE
Add zest or flavor to, make more interesting; "sauce the roast"

SMACK
The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

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

TRACE
A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

6 letters

NUANCE
A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"

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"

SOUPON

AFFECT
The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

BEDAUB
Spread or daub (a surface)

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

DECOCT
Be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

DREDGE
A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed

ENAMEL
Any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze

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

FLAVOR
The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

FRESCO
A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster

IMBRUE
Permeate or impregnate; "The war drenched the country in blood"

IMPORT
Commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

INDUCE
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

INFUSE
Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol"

INSTIL
Enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye"

LEAVEN
Cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"

NATURE
The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"

PALATE
The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

PALLOR
Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

PARGET
Plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys

PEPPER
Sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

PROMPT
(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

RELISH
The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

SEASON
A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"

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

STRAIN
The act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"

STREAK
A distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"

TEMPER
The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking