e kru noun a pale yellowish or grayish tan color. Note: The word “ecru” comes from a French word meaning “raw, unbleached.” It originally referred to the color of unbleached linen or…

bI stər noun 1. a pigment made from the soot of burned wood, having a yellowish or dark brown color. 2. this color.

ru fəs adjective of or pertaining to a reddish or reddish brown color.

flo jI stan noun a nonexistent chemical that was once believed to be the cause of combustion and to be released by anything burning. As we have seen, Priestley, in 1774, had…

sI tIng duhk noun an especially vulnerable person or thing; easy target. That skinny little boy is a sitting duck for the bully.