n
A dye that only works used together with mordants.
adj
Resembling air, gaseous.
adj
Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
adj
(chemistry) Consisting mostly of water.
adj
(obsolete) Resembling sand.
n
(archaic, in the plural) Mortal remains in general.
adj
Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To turn into ash; make or become ashy
adj
(obsolete) inky, inklike
n
A black varnish, drying with almost a dead surface; used for coating the better kinds of ironware.
n
Abbreviation of black. [(countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.]
n
(countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
adj
(simile) Completely black.
adj
(UK, simile) Completely black in colour.
adj
(simile) Utterly black; pitch-black.
adj
(simile) Utterly black; pitch-black.
adj
(East Midlands, idiomatic) Describing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.
n
Alternative form of blackwater [Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.]
adj
Alternative form of blackavised [Dark-complexioned; swarthy]
adj
Dark-complexioned; swarthy
n
A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
adj
Obsolete form of black. [(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.]
n
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
n
Obsolete form of blackness. [The state or quality of being black in colour.]
n
(obsolete or historical) One who dyes or colours things black
adj
Covered in the color black.
n
(rare) A very small amount of something.
n
Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease.
n
Abbreviation of black. [(countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.]
n
Abbreviation of black. [(countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.]
n
(obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.
adj
Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.
n
A streaky colouration in animals.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or containing ashes, especially those of a cremated person.
adj
Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
v
(transitive, archaic) to make black, as with coal
n
(countable and uncountable) A deep, dark black colour.
n
(botany) The sap of a plant produced in its leaves from the crude sap to feed the plant.
adj
(obsolete) Of or pertaining to ashes.
adj
Resembling foam; foamy.
adj
(archaic) Extremely black; jet-black.
adj
Pertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky.
n
(chemistry) A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil.
adj
Like or characteristic of grounds; coarse
n
The characteristic of being hoary.
n
The quality of being hoar.
adj
Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
adj
Alternative spelling of jet-black [Pitch-black; of the blackest black.]
adj
Pitch-black; of the blackest black.
v
(transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.
n
Decomposed or composted remains of leaves.
n
Alternative form of macchia (“shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries”) [A shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs.]
adj
Approaching blackness; blackish, dark-coloured.
n
blackness; the state of being black
adj
(formal) Black in color.
adj
(of bodily organs and flowers) nodding, drooping
v
To cover or tint with ochre.
n
Thick, black smoke from burning oil.
n
(colors) A gradual blending of one color hue to another, usually moving tints and shades from light to dark.
n
The quality of being painted.
adj
Alternative form of permatanned. [(colloquial) Having a perpetual tan.]
n
(television) The darkest black that can be produced in a television image.
adj
Alternative spelling of pitch-black. [Very dark; without light.]
adj
Very dark black; pitch-black.
n
The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
adj
Of, relating to, or resembling rubber, especially in consistency.
n
(countable) Any image of that operator.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of smoke; smoky.
adj
Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
n
(colour) A coat colour of horses that is either black or slightly lighter than black.
n
Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
n
(UK dialectal) Black or dark dyestuff.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
n
A substance used by certain tribes to blacken the teeth.
n
Obsolete form of umber. [A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.]
n
Abbreviation of white. [The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.]
adj
(obsolete, revived on the internet) Alternative spelling of white [Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.]
adj
Having a yellow color (or discoloration), especially when due to age; having been made yellow.
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