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[ adjective ] (color) being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
Synonyms Examples "black leather jackets" "as black as coal" "rich black soil" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)As mentioned before , bone reflects the sound energy and in Fig. 7 the portion of the spine shows as the black area in the center . Arteries and veins are apparent by their black , blood-filled centers and the surrounding white walls . (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)Slowly the procession of warriors and statesmen passes_through the snow beside the black water and into the brilliantly lighted cathedral , the shrine of so many precious memories . (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)Over the rapidly diminishing outline of a jump_seat piled high with luggage Herry 's black brushcut was just discernible , near , or enviably near that spot where - hidden - more delicately textured , most beautifully tinted hair must still be streaming back in cool , oh cool wind sweetly perfumed with sagebrush and yucca flowers and engine fumes . The straight , black hair flopped in a vigorous nod , the slender nose plunged toward glass teeth and drew safely back . |
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[ adjective ] marked by anger or resentment or hostility
Examples "black looks" "black words" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin
Examples "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr. Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)Trig and a very black colored boy from Detroit had killed or put out_of action ten guerrillas by grenades and hand-to-hand fighting . The colored boy had it , and Trig lunged at him with a knife and said , ' Give that to me , you black bastard . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)It had been there 50 years or more and everybody in town , black and white , knew of it . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)The maid was very black and very energetic , trim in a yellow pique uniform . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (color) the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
Synonyms Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)They come in crisp basket_weaves in natural honey hues , along with lacy open weaves with a lustre finish in natural , white , black and a whole range of colors . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)As we have already seen in the first chapter , bumblebees are bigger , hairier , and much more colorful than honeybees , exhibiting various combinations of black , yellow , white and orange . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)It was a delayed moon , but now the sky had cleared of scudding black and the stars sugared the silver-gray sky . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
Synonyms Examples "the stock market crashed on Black Friday" "a calamitous defeat" "a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign" "this would be absolutely fatal to my theory" Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)This must have been Hudson 's blackest discovery . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
Examples "black deeds" "a black lie" "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed" "Darth Vader of the dark side" "a dark purpose" "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 149
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[ adjective ] extremely dark
Synonyms Examples "a black moonless night" "through the pitch-black woods" "it was pitch-dark in the celler" Used in print (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)But she was talking of Emile when she saw the black line of the open door ; Sarah remembered it clearly . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
Synonyms Examples "an ignominious retreat" "inglorious defeat" "an opprobrious monument to human greed" "a shameful display of cowardice" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (law) distributed or sold illicitly
Synonyms Examples "the black economy pays no taxes Related terms |
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[ noun ] a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
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[ adjective ] (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
Examples "black propaganda" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (film,performing arts) popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927)
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[ noun ] total absence of light
Examples "they fumbled around in total darkness" "in the black of night" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] distributed or sold illicitly
Synonyms Examples "the black economy pays no taxes" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] soiled with dirt or soot
Examples "with feet black from playing outdoors" "his shirt was black within an hour" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (chemistry) British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
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[ adjective ] (of coffee) without cream or sugar
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[ noun ] (clothing) black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
Examples "the widow wore black" Related terms |
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