Definition of black

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Black (a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes..

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Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite..
Polybasite :: Polybasite (n.) An iron-black ore of silver, consisting of silver, sulphur, and antimony, with some copper and arsenic..
Blackguard :: Blackguard (n.) A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough..
Urubu :: Urubu (n.) The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.
Brown :: Brown (n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue..
Leopard :: Leopard (n.) A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard..
Colored :: Colored (a.) Of some other color than black or white.
Melanocomous :: Melanocomous (a.) Having very dark or black hair; black-haired.
Pall :: Pall (n.) A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb..
Stern :: Stern (n.) The black tern.
Mono :: Mono (n.) The black howler of Central America (Mycetes villosus).
Pitch-dark :: Pitch-dark (a.) Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.
Thorite :: Thorite (n.) A mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the variety orangite, orange-yellow. It is essentially a silicate of thorium..
Blackball :: Blackball (v. t.) To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize..
Grass Tree :: Grass tree () An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called blackboys from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides..
Sea Colander :: Sea colander () A large blackfish seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes..
Blackball :: Blackball (n.) A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work..
Smutch :: Smutch (v. t.) To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal..
Kirumbo :: Kirumbo (n.) A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black..
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