Vermilion

What do we mean by vermilion?

A vivid red to reddish orange. noun

Of a vivid red to reddish orange. adjective

To color or dye (something) in the hue vermilion. transitive verb

To color with or as with vermilion; dye red; cover or suffuse with a bright red.

The kermes- or cochineal-insect; also, the product of cochineal; worm-dye. noun

The red sulphid of mercury, or the mineral cinnabar, occurring in nature of a red-brown to a carmine-red color; also, a pigment formerly made by grinding selected pieces of native cinnabar, but now made artificially. noun

A color such as that of the above pigment; a beautiful brilliant red color. noun

A cotton cloth dyed with vermilion. noun

Same as vermeil, 4. noun

Of the color of vermilion; of the brilliant pure-red color common in the bloom of the single scarlet geranium: as, a vermilion dye.

To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red. transitive verb

A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc. noun

Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red. noun

A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide. noun

A vivid red or slightly orange colour. noun

A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women. noun

A red skin of the lip or its border with the skin of the face. noun

Having a brilliant red colour. adjective

Having the color of the vermilion dye. adjective

A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide.

A bright orange-red colour.

A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.

The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.

The kermes or cochineal insect.

The cochineal dye made from this insect.

Words that are spelled similarly to vermilion:
vermilion, vermillion, virmilion, ermilin, emilion, vergilian, vermilions.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word vermilion:
vermillion, cinnabar, ultramarine, rockfish, flycatcher, wabash, bayou, champaign, iberia, pigment, ochre, snapper, cliffs, lafayette, forehead, illinois, alberta, lip, louisiana, huron, pencil, ely, lining, parish, sands, erie, lips, fork, powder, mackenzie, bird, flows, spelled, township, tributary, coloured, river, southwestern, ore, indiana, paint, lake, statistical, counties, ink, minnesota, lighthouse, bay, unincorporated, county, saskatchewan, ohio, mercury, flowing, red, divide, cameron, purple, canyon, yellow, highway, census, colours, color, maurice, bright, border, colored, tiger, rises, symbols, ranges, rivers, iron, usa, trail, passes, monument, provincial, colour, northeastern, northeast, southwest, fort, metropolitan, tribe, northwest, dam, gulf, ontario, fishing, skin, spots, connecting, dress, worn.

Words that rhyme with vermilion:
pavilion, million, billion, vermillion, civilian, trillion, pillion, pavillion, reptilian, brazilian, octillion, zillion, multibillion, multimillion, jillian, jillion, crocodilian, lilian, vaudevillian, killian, stillion, killion, papillion, dillion, one million million, one thousand million, a million, fillion, one million million million, mcmillian, a trillion, mcmillion, a zillion, a billion, brasilia in, castrillon, eosinophilia in, filion, hillian, pedophilia in, quillian, sicilia in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe vermilion:
bright, deep, little, red, chinese, brilliant, pure, orange, scarlet, american, gold, rich, english, pale, blue, white, yellow, light, lower, dark, beautiful, upper, fine, green, black, vivid, prolabial, brightest, faint, lovely, pink, thin, crimson, dull, lateral, native, true, precious, artificial, powdered, intense, polished, genuine, antimony, soft, dry, purest, flaming, perfect, purple, clear, raw, wet, sacred, colored, dazzling, brown, glowing, richest, rosy, lilac, crude, gay, excess, fayre, coloured, prolabium, cherry, sublimed, lacquered, violent, mutant, opaque, bottled, vulgar, levigated, liquid, tinged, blazing, rusty.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective vermilion:
border, lips, powder, ink, junction, eyes, colour, color, seal, red, cheeks, tongue, blood, fruits, flycatcher, turn, lacquer, line, hair, silk, river, uniform, mark, mouth, flowers, county, cloth, paste, hue, deficiency, lipstick, tent, scarlet, clue, pigment, token, cliffs, legs, bosoms, male, hands, velvet, rainbow, foothills, head, evening, hustlers, tint, bird, compound, dye, grass, limestone, symmetry, fingernails, paint, snapper, coat, range.

Consonant match to vermilion:
vermillion.

Words that sound like vermilion:
vermillion, vermilion, vermeulen, vermilyea, villian, vermissen, a million, emilion, trillion, trillian, gremillion, grillion, vanillin, vermelho, villain, villan, vermin, villon, virginian, brillion, van allen.