Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
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”)
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).
Without light.
Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
To make black; to blacken.
To apply blacking to (something).
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.
Marked by or conducted with secrecy: hidden, secret; clandestine, surreptitious.
Off the air; not transmitting.
Ambiguously or unclearly expressed: enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious, obscure, undefined.
Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
Deprived of sight; blind.
Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension: caliginous, darkling, dim, gloomy, lightless, sombre.
Having racing capability not widely known.
Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
Lacking progress in science or the arts.
Extinguished.
Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
To make dark, darken; to obscure.
To grow or become dark, darken.
A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
Ignorance.
Nightfall.
A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.