Synonyms of the word

speckle

• n. A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
• n. (physics) The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
• v. To mark with speckles.

bespeckle

• v. To add speckles.

blob

• n. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance;…
• n. In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas…
• n. (dialect) A bubble, a bleb.
• n. A small freshwater fish (Uranidea richardsoni); the miller's thumb.
• v. (transitive) To drop in the form of a blob or blobs.
• v. (transitive) To drop a blob or blobs onto, cover with blobs.
• v. (intransitive) To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out.
• n. Alternative spelling of BLOB.

blot

• n. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
• n. (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
• n. (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
• n. (backgammon) an exposed piece in backgammon.
• v. (transitive) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
• v. (intransitive) to soak up or absorb liquid.
• v. (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
• v. (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
• v. (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
• v. (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
• v. (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
• v. (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.

cloud

• n. (obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill.
• n. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
• n. Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
• n. Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
• n. A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
• n. An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
• n. (computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage,…
• n. (figuratively) A negative aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver…
• n. (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
• n. A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
• v. (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, to become obscured from sight.
• v. (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
• v. (transitive) To make obscure.
• v. (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
• v. (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
• v. (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colours.

dapple

• n. A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
• n. An animal with a mottled or spotted skin or coat.
• adj. Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.
• v. To mark or become marked with mottling or spots.

fleck

• n. A flake.
• n. A lock, as of wool.
• n. A small spot or streak; a speckle.
• v. (transitive) To mark with small spots.

maculation

• n. (Shakespearian) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. See immaculate.

marking

• v. present participle of mark.
• n. (uncountable) The action of the verb to mark.
• n. a mark.
• n. the characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.

mottle

• v. To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
• n. a distinguishing blotch of color.
• n. mottled coloration or pattern.

patch

• n. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen…
• n. A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
• n. A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to…
• n. A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location,…
• n. (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
• n. An area of professional responsibility.
• n. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty; an imitation beauty mark.
• n. (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
• n. (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin; the drug…
• n. (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
• n. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
• n. (computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a…
• n. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
• n. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
• n. (often patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical…
• n. A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
• v. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
• v. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
• v. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
• v. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
• v. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
• v. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner.
• v. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence.
• v. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
• n. (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

spot

• n. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally…
• n. A stain or disfiguring mark.
• n. A pimple, papule or pustule.
• n. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
• n. (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
• n. A location or area.
• n. A parking space.
• n. (sports) An official determination of placement.
• n. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
• n. (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
• n. Difficult situation; predicament.
• n. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist…
• n. (soccer) Penalty spot.
• n. The act of spotting or noticing something.
• n. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
• n. A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind…
• n. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of…
• n. (in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate…
• n. An autosoliton.
• n. (finance) A decimal point; point.
• v. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
• v. (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
• v. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
• v. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist…
• v. (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
• v. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
• v. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
• v. To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.
• adj. (commerce) Available on the spot; on hand for immediate payment or delivery.

stipple

• n. The use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used.
• v. (transitive) To use small dots to give the appearance of shading to.