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blackish
  • s  of something that is somewhat black
    blackish clouds
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bizonal
  • a  relating to or concerned with the combined affairs of two administrative zones
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blabbermouthed
  • s  unwisely talking too much
  • s  prone to communicate confidential information
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black
  • n  the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
  • n  total absence of light
    in the black of night
  • n  British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
  • n  popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
  • n  a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
  • n  (board games) the darker pieces
  • n  black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
    the widow wore black
  • v  make or become black
    The smoke blackened the ceiling
    The ceiling blackened
  • a  being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
    black leather jackets
    as black as coal
    rich black soil
  • a  of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin
    a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.
  • s  marked by anger or resentment or hostility
    black looks
    black words
  • s  offering little or no hope
    the future looked black
  • s  stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
    black deeds
    a black lie
    his black heart has concocted yet another black deed
  • s  (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
  • s  (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
    a face black with fury
  • s  extremely dark
    a black moonless night
    through the pitch-black woods
  • s  harshly ironic or sinister
    black humor
  • s  (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
    black propaganda
  • s  distributed or sold illicitly
    the black economy pays no taxes
  • s  (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
    Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
  • s  (of coffee) without cream or sugar
  • s  soiled with dirt or soot
    with feet black from playing outdoors
    his shirt was black within an hour
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black-and-blue
  • s  discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin
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black-and-white
  • a  lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
    a black-and-white cow
    black-and-white blooms
    black-and-white stripes
  • a  not having or not capable of producing colors
    black-and-white film
    a black-and-white TV
  • s  of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
    he rejected a black-and-white world
    there are no black-and-white certainties
    there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white
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