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noun
- Bittersweetness.
- Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).
- A variety of apple with a bittersweet taste.
- (US) A vine, of the genus Celastrus, having small orange fruit that open to reveal red seeds.
- A pinkish-orange color. Any color in between scarlet and orange.
- Any variety of clam in the family Glycymerididae
- twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
- poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
adj
noun
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.
- The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- a rough and bitter manner
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- The quality of having a bitter taste.
- Harsh cold.
noun
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
- abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury
- the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
- a skin sore caused by chafing
- (figurative, uncountable) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
- (figurative, uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
- (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.
- (countable, technical) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
- A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
- (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
- (pathology, countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
- (phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).
verb
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- irritate or vex
- (transitive) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
- (transitive, figurative) To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
- (transitive, figurative) To exasperate.
- (transitive, technical) To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
- (transitive, figurative) To bother or trouble.
- (ergative) To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
verb
- cause to be bitter or resentful
- To cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly; to envenom.
- To cause (a positive quality such as happiness, or a thing such as an activity or one's life) to become less good or pleasurable; also, to make (a negative quality, or thing such as a disagreement) worse or more unpleasant.
prefix
verb
noun
- a feeling of intense anger
- a state of extreme anger
- violent state of the elements
- something that is desired intensely
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- Violent uncontrolled anger.
- A current fashion or fad.
- (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) An exciting and boisterous party.
- (music) A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
adj
- marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- very difficult to accept or bear
- expressive of severe grief or regret
- proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
- causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
- causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- Cynical and resentful.
- Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
- Hateful or hostile.
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
adv
noun
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
verb
adj
- bitter or scornful
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (comparable) Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
- (entomology) Belonging to or resembling butterflies of the family Saturnidae
- (comparable) Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy
- (not comparable, pathology) Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).
noun
- a feeling of resentful anger
- a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
- (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
verb
verb
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
noun
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
verb
noun
verb
- bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- cook slowly and for a long time in liquid
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
- (transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
noun
- food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
- agitation resulting from active worry
- (informal) A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
- (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
- (Scotland and England) A cloud of fine particles or droplets; dust, smoke, vapor, mist, or sea-spray.
- (slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, or confusion.
- (uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing.
- (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
- (broadcasting, slang) Unwanted background noise recorded by the microphone.
- (US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
noun
- a feeling of intense anger
- The state of being angry.
- obsolete terms for legal insanity
- an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
- unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
- the quality of being rash and foolish
- Rash folly.
- The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
adj
noun
- a feeling of anger and animosity
- small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
- Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
- Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
- (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
- (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
- Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
verb
adj
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (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.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (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).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
noun
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
verb
adj
- Extremely sour, bitter.
- (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
- Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
- Sharp, caustic, severe.
- sour or bitter in taste
- tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
noun
- Bittersweetness.
- Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).
- A variety of apple with a bittersweet taste.
- (US) A vine, of the genus Celastrus, having small orange fruit that open to reveal red seeds.
- A pinkish-orange color. Any color in between scarlet and orange.
- Any variety of clam in the family Glycymerididae
- twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
- poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
adj
noun
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.
- The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- a rough and bitter manner
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- The quality of having a bitter taste.
- Harsh cold.
noun
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
- abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury
- the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
- a skin sore caused by chafing
- (figurative, uncountable) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
- (figurative, uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
- (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.
- (countable, technical) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
- A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
- (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
- (pathology, countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
- (phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).
verb
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- irritate or vex
- (transitive) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
- (transitive, figurative) To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
- (transitive, figurative) To exasperate.
- (transitive, technical) To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
- (transitive, figurative) To bother or trouble.
- (ergative) To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
noun
- a feeling of resentful anger
- a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
- (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
verb
verb
noun
- a feeling of intense anger
- a state of extreme anger
- violent state of the elements
- something that is desired intensely
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- Violent uncontrolled anger.
- A current fashion or fad.
- (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) An exciting and boisterous party.
- (music) A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
noun
- a feeling of intense anger
- The state of being angry.
- obsolete terms for legal insanity
- an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
- unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
- the quality of being rash and foolish
- Rash folly.
- The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
noun
- a feeling of anger and animosity
- small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
- Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
- Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
- (slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
- (chiefly Scotland) A cinder; (in the plural) the refuse of a furnace
- Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
verb
verb
- cause to be bitter or resentful
- To cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly; to envenom.
- To cause (a positive quality such as happiness, or a thing such as an activity or one's life) to become less good or pleasurable; also, to make (a negative quality, or thing such as a disagreement) worse or more unpleasant.
verb
noun
- a feeling of intense anger
- a state of extreme anger
- violent state of the elements
- something that is desired intensely
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- Violent uncontrolled anger.
- A current fashion or fad.
- (slang, US, Australia, New Zealand) An exciting and boisterous party.
- (music) A subgenre of trap music originating in the United States in the 2020s, characterized by 808s and aggressive, distorted synths.
verb
- complain bitterly
- spread negative information about
- lay with rails
- provide with rails
- criticize severely
- convey (goods etc.) by rails
- travel by rail or train
- fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
- enclose with rails
- separate with a railing
- (transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
- To complain violently (against, about).
- (transitive, slang, drugs) To snort a line of powdered drugs.
- (transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
- (intransitive) To travel by railway.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
- (transitive) To range in a line.
noun
- any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
- a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
- short for railway
- a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
- A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
- The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
- (drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
- A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
- A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
- (electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
- (surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
- (backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.
- (Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
- Each of two vertical side bars supporting the rungs of a ladder.
verb
noun
verb
- bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- cook slowly and for a long time in liquid
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
- (transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
noun
- food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
- agitation resulting from active worry
- (informal) A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
- (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
- (Scotland and England) A cloud of fine particles or droplets; dust, smoke, vapor, mist, or sea-spray.
- (slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, or confusion.
- (uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing.
- (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
- (broadcasting, slang) Unwanted background noise recorded by the microphone.
- (US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
verb
noun
verb
noun
adj
- marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- very difficult to accept or bear
- expressive of severe grief or regret
- proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
- causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
- causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- Cynical and resentful.
- Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
- Hateful or hostile.
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
adv
noun
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
verb
adj
- marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- very difficult to accept or bear
- expressive of severe grief or regret
- proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
- causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
- causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- Cynical and resentful.
- Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
- Hateful or hostile.
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
adv
noun
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
verb
adj
- bitter or scornful
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (comparable) Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
- (entomology) Belonging to or resembling butterflies of the family Saturnidae
- (comparable) Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy
- (not comparable, pathology) Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).
adj
adj
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- distributed or sold illicitly
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot
- extremely dark
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- offering little or no hope
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- harshly ironic or sinister
- (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
- (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
- (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
- (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.)
- (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
- (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- Bad; evil; ill-omened.
- Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
- (of a location or setting) Without light.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
- Foul; dirty, soiled.
- (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).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
- (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
- (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
noun
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- (board games) the darker pieces
- (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
- (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
- (firefighting) The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
- (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
- (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
- (US, slang) Marijuana.
- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (informal, chiefly UK, chiefly uncountable) Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
- (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
verb
adj
- Extremely sour, bitter.
- (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.
- Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
- Sharp, caustic, severe.
- sour or bitter in taste
- tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue