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Blackness

The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.

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Dark 76% connected

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…

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Darkness 76% connected

The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.

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Ebony 76% connected

A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.

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Sable 76% connected

A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, s…

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Black 74% connected

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

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Black 74% connected

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

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Lightless 74% connected

Destitute of light; dark.

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Lightless 74% connected

Destitute of light; dark.

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Black 92% connected

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inkiness 92% connected

The state or quality of being inky; blackness.

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Abomination noun · 78% connection

A cause of pollution or wickedness.

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Atrocious adjective · 78% connection

Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.

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Atrocity noun · 78% connection

Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.

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Audacious adjective · 78% connection

Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent.

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Basanite noun · 78% connection

Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the…

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Blacklist verb · 78% connection

To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or…

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Blende noun · 78% connection

A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains so…

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Brown noun · 78% connection

A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.

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Caitiff noun · 78% connection

A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet.

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Cassiterite noun · 78% connection

Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; als…

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Coal-black adjective · 78% connection

As black as coal; jet black; very black.

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Corruption noun · 78% connection

The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity o…

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Crime noun · 78% connection

Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.

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Cursedness noun · 78% connection

Wickedness; sin; cursing.

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Depravity noun · 78% connection

The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or hea…

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Devilry noun · 78% connection

Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.

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Dun adjective · 78% connection

Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.

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Enormities pl. · 78% connection

of Enormity

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