Thesaurus / speck
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Then be grateful for this perk,And forget that the economy is dreck, And while I plot my coup — here’s what I’ve got for you,It’s just a speck.
STYLE INVITATIONAL WEEK 1419: SEND US THE BILL — OUR ‘JOINT LEGISLATION’ CONTESTPAT MYERSJANUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHundreds of specks appear clustered beyond Neptune, a hint that something up to 10 times as massive as Earth might lie beyond.
A GUIDE TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S BIGGEST SECRETSCHARLIE WOODJANUARY 5, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEThat star was no longer an anonymous speck floating in a vast uncharted sea.
BETELGEUSE WENT DARK, BUT DIDN’T GO SUPERNOVA. WHAT HAPPENED?LISA GROSSMANNOVEMBER 29, 2020SCIENCE NEWSAn atomic nucleus is a vanishingly small speck at the core of a comparatively vast atom.
THE APP THAT OFFERS COSMIC AWE - FACTS SO ROMANTICCALEB SCHARFOCTOBER 21, 2020NAUTILUSSome of these negatively charged electrons will be absorbed by the surrounding specks of dust.
THIS HIGH-TECH SWEEPER IS DESIGNED FOR SUPER-CLINGY MOON DUSTJACK J. LEEOCTOBER 13, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSDick pointed to a black speck on the water, a considerable distance ahead of them.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNENigger, as his name implied, was a magnificent coal-black animal without a speck of white upon him anywhere.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLELAURA LEE HOPEThey came to a turn in the passage and for a moment a little speck of light showed ahead of them.
THE ADVENTURE GIRLS AT K BAR OCLAIR BLANKThe upper edge of the sun was just visible above the horizon, gleaming through the haze like a speck of ruddy fire.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEOne of the officers instantly went to the top with his binocular, bringing it to bear on a small, far distant speck on the ocean.
YOUNG GLORY AND THE SPANISH CRUISERWALTER FENTON MOTTWORDS RELATED TO SPECK
- atom
- butt
- chicken feed
- chip
- chunk
- crumb
- dab
- dash
- division
- dollop
- dose
- dot
- dram
- driblet
- drop
- droplet
- end
- excerpt
- flake
- fraction
- fragment
- grain
- iota
- item
- jot
- lick
- lump
- minim
- mite
- modicum
- moiety
- molecule
- morsel
- niggle
- ounce
- parcel
- part
- particle
- peanuts
- pinch
- portion
- sample
- scale
- scintilla
- scrap
- scruple
- section
- segment
- shard
- share
- shaving
- shred
- slice
- sliver
- smidgen
- snatch
- snip
- snippet
- specimen
- speck
- splinter
- sprinkling
- stub
- stump
- taste
- tittle
- trace
- trickle
- trifle
- whit
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