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(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
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(of a location or setting) Without light.
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(sometimes capitalized) 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.)
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(chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
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(card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
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Bad; evil; ill-omened.
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Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
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(of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
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Foul; dirty, soiled.
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(Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
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(of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
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(board games, chess) 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).
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(typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
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(politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
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(German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
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Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
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Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
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(Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
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Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
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(Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.