A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
Strong simple past tense of dive
The bluish-grey colour of most slate.
An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.
A list of affiliated candidates for an election.
A record of money owed.
A tablet computer.
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools.
A roofing-tile made of slate.
To cover with slate.
To schedule.
To criticise harshly.
To set a dog upon (a person).
To anticipate or strongly expect.
To nominate, appoint, or designate.
Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.