rayless

  • 1Rayless — Ray less (r[=a] l[e^]s), a. Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2rayless — raylessness, n. /ray lis/, adj. 1. lacking rays or raylike parts. 2. unlit, dark, or gloomy: a rayless cave. [1735 45; RAY1 + LESS] * * * …

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  • 3rayless — ray•less [[t]ˈreɪ lɪs[/t]] adj. unlit; dark: a rayless cave[/ex] …

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  • 4rayless chamomile — noun annual aromatic weed of Pacific coastal areas (United States and northeastern Asia) having bristle pointed leaves and rayless yellow flowers • Syn: ↑pineapple weed, ↑Matricaria matricarioides • Regions: ↑United States, ↑United States of… …

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  • 5rayless goldenrod — noun : any of several plants of Haplopappus and related genera some of which (especially H. heterophyllus and H. fruticosus) produce trembles in cattle see chrysothamnus * * * rayless goldenrod, any one of various plants related to the goldenrod… …

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  • 6rayless — adjective Date: 1747 having, admitting, or emitting no rays; especially dark • raylessness noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7rayless — adjective a) Lacking rays b) Lightless, gloomy …

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  • 8rayless — Synonyms and related words: ableptical, amaurotic, beamless, benighted, bereft of light, black, black as night, blind, caliginous, color blind, dark, dark as night, dark as pitch, darkling, darksome, dim sighted, ebon, ebony, eclipsed, eyeless,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 9rayless — adj. lacking rays; dark, unlit, gloomy …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 10rayless — a. Sunless, beamless, darksome, dark, dismal, Cimmerian …

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