A pale gleam of diluted sunlight. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
diluted alcohol. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a dilute solution. From Dictionary.com.
USA Today: Bath in diluted bleach relieves kids 'eczema. From Wordnik.com. [POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Tuesday, June 30, 2009] Reference
My first encounter with George Orwell was in diluted form. From Wordnik.com. [Four legs good, two legs bad] Reference
He passes it on to his descendants, but in diluted form each generation. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Champion Mountain - Scott Christian Carr] Reference
He kind of diluted what made it work by diluting her influence on the text. From Wordnik.com. [Are You Meandering Around a Castle for 200 Pages? Well, Stop That, Suckah!] Reference
And then they put this glass of what looks like kind of diluted orange something. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2009] Reference
GRIFFIN: No, well, he put himself in the book as a character, so that kind of diluted the whole thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What Do Ronald Reagan's Love Letters to Nancy Say About the Former President? - September 9, 2000] Reference
Of course with DCA risk is concentrated in later months but then it is "diluted" in the earlier months. From Wordnik.com. [Safe Investing, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The ANC president said National Women's Day should be protected against being "diluted" to suit commercial interests. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It seems to me that those rights can only be "diluted"...by our willingness to hand them out without any preconditions. From Wordnik.com. [Is There a Right to Immigrate?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
These remedies are normally in the form of lactose tablets on which a single drop of the "diluted" medication has been placed. From Wordnik.com. [Homeopathy = Lactose PIlls] Reference
I can't help thinking that their work must be quite weak to start with if it can be 'diluted' so easily, but maybe I'm a cynic. From Wordnik.com. [Actual spinning content. Etc.] Reference
Correction: Obama was on record opposition the original version of this bill, not the "diluted" version that passed overwhelmingly. From Wordnik.com. [Kyl-Lieberman Iran Amendment Passes By Huge Margin] Reference
Name calling diluted our national conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: "Shame On You, Barack Obama"] Reference
In the all-letter English text the double consonants are "diluted" by vowels. From Wordnik.com. [Talk Reason] Reference
Given production demands the company's reputation for quality became "diluted,". From Wordnik.com. [NBC Washington - Top Stories] Reference
Given production demands the company's reputation for quality became "diluted," Saporito writes. From Wordnik.com. [NBC Miami - Top Stories] Reference
He had a bottle of "diluted" cleaner and sold me a "concentrate" version after cleaning one tile. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
Insiders said the new recruits had "diluted" the police forces, making them whiter than for some years. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A man is a poet, and honoured, for doing that, and speaking or singing it, -- a kind of diluted worship. From Wordnik.com. [Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History] Reference
That means their stakes will be diluted, meaning they may have to pay more if they make another bid in the future. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
Haplogroup I could therefore have been an ancient Southern Scandinavian type "diluted" by later immigration events. From Wordnik.com. [Discover Blogs] Reference
If you do not take up the rights issue, your share in that recovery will be dramatically reduced - "diluted", in the jargon. From Wordnik.com. [Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk] Reference
It now seems that Briffa's tree ring work was a stubborn outlier which had to be hidden because it 'diluted' the AGW theory. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
And most certainly, no scientists testifying Thursday advocated that evolution be removed or "diluted" in Kansas science standards. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution News & Views] Reference
It is a kind of diluted despair; it is the feeling with which we continue to accept substitutes, without striving for the realities. From Wordnik.com. [The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities] Reference
Foster claims the court "diluted" the state's burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that Foster was present at the crime scene. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference
I am thinking, "he added, with a glance out of the window," to this kind of diluted pea-soup weather we get here in November. ". From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
All of this has seriously diluted the Oscar brand. From Wordnik.com. [Decision 2004] Reference
If you sprinkle it in food, however, it's not diluted. From Wordnik.com. ['The Challenge is to Stay Vigilant'] Reference
The plan diluted Arnault's stake in Gucci to 26 percent. From Wordnik.com. [You Can't Touch This] Reference
In a league with talent diluted by expansion, that may prove enough. From Wordnik.com. [Raging Bulls] Reference
A CROWD OF COLOR-CODED causes has diluted the power of the AIDS red ribbon. From Wordnik.com. [Be Positive] Reference
Simmons worries that the Def Jam brand may be diluted with smooth R&B stars. From Wordnik.com. [DEF JAM'S NEW TUNE] Reference
But for therapeutic use, the toxin is rigorously purified and enormously diluted. From Wordnik.com. [The Botox Boom] Reference
Clinton's history-making stature as a candidate has been diluted by something newer. From Wordnik.com. [The Light and the Heat] Reference
"These issues are so important they shouldn't be diluted with oil and gas deliberations.". From Wordnik.com. [Family Matters] Reference
But the Ford family would have had to sit out the party or risk having its control diluted. From Wordnik.com. [Ford's Fancy Financial Puzzle] Reference
Somehow, the strong heady wine of condemnation and redemption was being watered and diluted. From Wordnik.com. [The Pope’s Denial Problem] Reference
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