black.

Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.

The items around him were black in colour.

Without light.

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.)

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.) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.

Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).

black drinking fountain; black hospital

Of the spades or clubs suits.

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

Bad; evil; ill-omened.

black magic

Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.

He shot her a black look.

Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.

Foul; dirty, soiled.

Overcrowded.

Without any cream, milk, or creamer.

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

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).

The black pieces in this chess set are made of dark blue glass.

Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.

Compare two Unicode symbols: ☞ (“WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX”); ☛ (“BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX”).

Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.

Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

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

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

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

black operations/black ops; black room; black site

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

Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)

the Black North

the Royal Black Institution

Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).

the black knight; black bile

Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black). Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.

black birch; black locust; black rhino

Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.

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

A black dye or pigment.

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

Black cloth hung up at funerals.

A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.

Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.

black don't crack

The black ball.

The edge of home plate.

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

Blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.

Pernod and black; snakebite and black; cider and black

The person playing with the black set of pieces.

At this point black makes a disastrous move.

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

A stain; a spot.

A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.

Marijuana.

The blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.

To make black; to blacken.

To apply blacking to (something).

To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.