Associations to the word «Scarlet»

SCARLET, noun. A bright red, slightly orange colour.

SCARLET, noun. Cloth of a scarlet color.

SCARLET, adjective. Of a bright red colour.

SCARLET, adjective. Sinful or whorish.

SCARLET, verb. To dye or tinge with scarlet.

SCARLET, proper noun. A female given name, a modern variant of Scarlett, or from the common noun scarlet.

SCARLET ADMIRAL, noun. Red admiral (a butterfly)

SCARLET DAY, noun. (University of Cambridge) A religiously or academically significant day; one on which festal academic dress should be worn.

SCARLET FEVER, noun. (disease) A streptococcal infection, mainly occurring among children, and characterized by a red skin rash, sore throat and fever.

SCARLET FEVERS, noun. Plural of scarlet fever

SCARLET LETTER, noun. (historical) A letter A in scarlet cloth required to be worn by those convicted of adultery in 17th-century Puritan New England.

SCARLET LETTERS, noun. Plural of scarlet letter

SCARLET OAK, noun. The tree Quercus coccinea.

SCARLET OAKS, noun. Plural of scarlet oak

SCARLET PIMPERNEL, noun. A flowering plant, Anagallis arvensis, of the Primulaceae family, having small orange flowers.

SCARLET SHINER, noun. Lythrurus fasciolaris, a freshwater fish native to the eastern United States.

SCARLET TANAGER, noun. Piranga olivacea, a medium-sized American songbird. Adult males are crimson-red with black wings and tail.

SCARLET WOMAN, noun. A woman who is known for behaving in an adulterous manner.

SCARLET WOMAN, noun. A woman believed to be an adulterer.

SCARLET WOMEN, noun. Plural of scarlet woman

SCARLET, noun. A variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge.

SCARLET, adjective. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.