MELANITIC Synonyms

• being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

• of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin

• the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

• British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

• popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

• total absence of light

• (board games) the darker pieces

• a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today

• black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)

• marked by anger or resentment or hostility

• offering little or no hope

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

• (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood

• extremely dark

• harshly ironic or sinister

• (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading

• distributed or sold illicitly

• (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

• (of coffee) without cream or sugar

• soiled with dirt or soot

• make or become black

• of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

• devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black

• (used of color) having a dark hue

• absence of light or illumination

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unilluminated area

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

• an unenlightened state

• brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• secret

• showing a brooding ill humor

• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• causing dejection

• not giving performances; closed

• lighted by or as if by twilight

• naturally having skin of a dark color

• of a very dark black

• a very dark black

• hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys

• tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

• of a very dark black

• of the color of black ink

• of the color of black ink

• an airplane powered by one or more jet engines

• the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

• a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation

• atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward

• street names for ketamine

• an artificially produced flow of water

• of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

• issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

• fly a jet plane

• extremely dark

• extremely dark

• of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

• having the characteristics of pitch or tar

• an artist's brush made of sable hairs

• the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

• a very dark black

• a scarf (or trimming) made of sable

• marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur

• of a dark somewhat brownish black

• of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

• covered with or as if with soot

• naturally having skin of a dark color

• of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather