black vs clear

black

adj
  • Without light. 

  • Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. 

  • Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. 

  • Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red (“of the hearts or diamonds suit”) 

  • Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public. 

  • Foul; dirty, soiled. 

  • Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public. 

  • Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white (“said of a character or symbol outline, not filled with color”). 

  • Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen. 

  • Without any cream, milk, or creamer. 

  • Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc) that is dark (or black); in taxonomy, especially: dark in comparison to another species with the same base name. 

  • Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.) 

  • Bad; evil; ill-omened. 

  • Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour). 

  • Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced. 

  • Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. 

  • Anarchist; of or pertaining to anarchism. 

  • Overcrowded. 

  • Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above). 

  • Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").) 

noun
  • Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups. 

  • The edge of home plate. 

  • A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment. 

  • The black ball. 

  • The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed. 

  • A black dye or pigment. 

  • A member of descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes.) 

  • A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour. 

  • The person playing with the black set of pieces. 

  • Something, or a part of a thing, which is black. 

  • Marijuana. 

  • A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat. 

  • Black cloth hung up at funerals. 

verb
  • To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute. 

  • To make black; to blacken. 

  • To apply blacking to (something). 

clear

adj
  • Without clouds. 

  • Free of obstacles. 

  • Good, the best. 

  • Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood. 

  • Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots. 

  • Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds. 

  • Distinct, sharp, well-marked. 

  • Transparent in colour. 

  • Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus. 

  • Unmixed; entirely pure. 

  • Without diminution; in full; net. 

  • Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it. 

  • Better than, superior to. 

  • Easily or distinctly heard; audible. 

  • Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating. 

  • Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology). 

  • Without a thickening ingredient. 

  • Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. 

  • Free of guilt, or suspicion. 

  • Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured. 

adv
  • Not near something or touching it. 

  • All the way; entirely. 

  • Free (or separate) from others. 

  • In a clear manner; plainly. 

noun
  • A person who is free from the influence of engrams. 

  • The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game. 

  • Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls. 

verb
  • To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from. 

  • To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position. 

  • To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime. 

  • To pass without interference; to miss. 

  • To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game). 

  • To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out. 

  • To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free. 

  • To exceed a stated mark. 

  • To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of. 

  • To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal. 

  • To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open. 

  • To obtain a clearance. 

  • To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up. 

  • To earn a profit of; to net. 

  • To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track. 

  • To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent. 

  • To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to. 

  • To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero. 

  • Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred. 

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