A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa).
An African-American male.
The largest left tributary of the Amazon and the largest blackwater river in the world. It has its sources along the watershed between the Orinoco and the Amazon basins, and also connects with the Orinoco by way of the Casiquiare canal. In Colombia, where their sources are, it is called the GuainГa River.
A colour (the colour of the sky at night and a blackbird's feathers) that is created by the absorption of all light and reflection of none; dark and colourless.
Of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin.
Marked by anger or resentment or hostility.
The total absence of light.
Dark and colourless; not reflecting visible light.
marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"
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.
soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour"
dressed in black; "a black knight"; "black friars"
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"
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury"
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "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"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
(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; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"
harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the celler"
make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes
total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"
black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black"
(board games) the darker pieces
popular child actress of the 1930''s (born 1927)
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fata
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "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"; "the sc
(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; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human
distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
total absence of light
make or become black
marked by anger or resentment or hostility
of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin
extremely dark
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
soiled with dirt or soot
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
