Ethiops: alternatives and connections

A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the…

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…

Mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or dark green color; -- a common constituent of crystalline rocks. See Mica.

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…

A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.

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.

A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much estee…

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

Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.

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

Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown.

Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.

Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this co…

White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, t…

The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Va…

The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image…

A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning…

The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a name given to various medicinal preparations made from or containing malt.