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(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
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(of a place, etc) Without light.
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(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
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Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.
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black drinking fountain; black hospital
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(of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red
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I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
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Bad; evil; ill-omened.
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Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.
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He shot her a black look.
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(of objects, markets, etc) Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
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Overcrowded.
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(of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk or creamer.
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Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer.
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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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Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white.
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Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
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After the election, the parties united in a black-yellow alliance.
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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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5 percent of the Defense Department funding will go to black projects.
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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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Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic
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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.
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Foul; dirty.