galembo

Phonetic: "/blak/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.

Definition: A black dye or pigment.

Definition: A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.

Definition: (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.

Definition: (sometimes capitalised) A person of African, Aborigine, or Maori descent; a dark-skinned person.

Definition: Blackness, the condition of having dark skin.

Definition: The black ball.

Definition: The edge of home plate.

Definition: A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.

Definition: Blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black).

Definition: (in chess and similar games) The person playing with the black set of pieces.

Example: At this point black makes a disastrous move.

Definition: Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.

Definition: A stain; a spot.

Definition: A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.

Definition: Marijuana.

Phonetic: "/blak/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To make black; to blacken.

Definition: To apply blacking to (something).

Definition: To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

Phonetic: "/blak/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.

Definition: (of a place, etc) Without light.

Definition: (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

Definition: Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.

Example: black drinking fountain; black hospital

Definition: (of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red

Example: I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.

Definition: Bad; evil; ill-omened.

Definition: Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.

Example: He shot her a black look.

Definition: (of objects, markets, etc) Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.

Definition: Overcrowded.

Definition: (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk or creamer.

Example: Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer.

Definition: 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).

Definition: Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white.

Definition: Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

Example: After the election, the parties united in a black-yellow alliance.

Definition: Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.

Example: 5 percent of the Defense Department funding will go to black projects.

Definition: Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.

Definition: Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic

Definition: 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.

Definition: Foul; dirty.

Phonetic: "/ˈvʌltʃə/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.

Definition: A person who profits from the suffering of others.

Example: Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.

Phonetic: "/ˈvʌltʃə/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

Example: Rudy vultured when asking the girl out.