black
black - noun
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
total absence of light
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
(board games) the darker pieces
black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
black - verb
black - adjective
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- offering little or no hope
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- extremely dark
- harshly ironic or sinister
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot
black - thesaurus
blackamoor
blacken
blackened
blackness
bleak
bootleg
calamitous
contraband
dark
dim
disastrous
disgraceful
fatal
fateful
grim
ignominious
inglorious
inkiness
lightlessness
melanise
melanize
mordant
negro
negroid
nigrify
opprobrious
shameful
sinister
smuggled
smutty
Scrabble score for black
Scrabble score = 13
generated at 11:15:29 on 13-08-24
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