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Distant :: Distant (a.) Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance..

Diskless :: Diskless (a.) Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope..

Die :: Die (v. i.) To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away.

Glimmer :: Glimmer (n.) A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam..

Swoon :: Swoon (v. i.) To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away..

Faint :: Faint (superl.) Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, Faint heart ne'er won fair lady..

Glimpse :: Glimpse (n.) A faint idea; an inkling.

Small :: Small (adv.) Not loudly; faintly; timidly.

Wanhope :: Wanhope (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman..

Rich :: Rich (superl.) Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color..

Appall :: Appall (v. i.) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

Weak-hearted :: Weak-hearted (a.) Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted.

Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.

Shimmer :: Shimmer (v. i.) To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.

Microcoustic :: Microcoustic (n.) An instrument for making faint sounds audible, as to a partially deaf person..

Ochroleucous :: Ochroleucous (a.) Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow.

Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man

Fainting :: Fainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fain.

Lipothymy :: Lipothymy (n.) A fainting; a swoon.

Pluckless :: Pluckless (a.) Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.

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