| dark adaptation | the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination, cones adapt first, rods continue to adapt for up to four hours |
dark ground illumination
dark field illumination | a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light, specimens appear luminous against a dark background |
dark-eyed junco
slateolored junco
Junco hyemalis | common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises |
| dark horse | a racehorse about which little is known |
dark lantern
bull's-eye | a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light |
sunglasses
dark glasses
shades | spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun, he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades |
ultramicroscope
dark-field microscope | light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes |
| dark red | a red color that reflects little light |
dark blue
navy
navy blue | a dark shade of blue |
colored hearing
colored audition | a form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuli |
dark
darkness | an unenlightened state, he was in the dark concerning their intentions, his lectures dispelled the darkness |
| dark comedy | a comedy characterized by grim or satiric humor, a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements |
bittersweet chocolate
semi-sweet chocolate
dark chocolate | chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla, lecithin is usually added |
| dark meat | the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food |
dark bread
whole wheat bread
whole meal bread
brown bread | bread made with whole wheat flour |
darkness
dark
shadow | an unilluminated area, he moved off into the darkness |
colored person
colored | a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive |
| dark horse | a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly |
dark
darkness | absence of light or illumination |
iniquity
wickedness
darkness dark | absence of moral or spiritual values, the powers of darkness |
| dark matter | (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make uppercent of the universe, it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force |
night
nighttime
dark | the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside |
Middle Ages
Dark Ages | the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance |
| dark | not giving performances, closed, the theater is dark on Mondays |
dark-haired
dark-coated | covered with dark hair |
colored
coloured
dark
dark-skinned
non-white | having skin rich in melanin pigments, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, dark-skinned peoples |
| dark | brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes), dark eyes |
dark-haired
black-haired
brown-haired | having hair of a dark color, a dark-haired beauty |
dark-skinned
dusky
swart
swarthy | naturally having skin of a dark color, a dark-skinned beauty, gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks, a smile on his swarthy face, `swart' is archaic |
| dark | devoid of or deficient in light or brightness, shadowed or black, sitting in a dark corner, a dark day, dark shadows, dark as the inside of a black cat |
black
pitch-black
pitch-dark | extremely dark, a black moonless night, through the pitch-black woods, it was pitch-dark in the cellar |
b blue
dark
dingy
disconsolate
dismal
gloomy
grim
sorry
drab
drear
dreary b | causing dejection, a blue day, the dark days of the war, a week of rainy depressing weather, a disconsolate winter landscape, the first dismal dispiriting days of November, a dark gloomy day, grim rainy weather |
brown
brownish
chocolate-brown
dark-brown | of a color similar to that of wood or earth |
coppery
copper colored | of something having the color of copper |
| dark-blue | of a dark shade of blue |
green
greenish
light-green
dark-green | of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum, similar to the color of fresh grass, a green tree, green fields, green paint |
lavender
lilac
lilac-colored | of a pale purple color |
mousy
mousey
mouse-colored
mouselike | of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse, a mousy brownish-grey color, mousy hair, mouse-colored hair |
peachy
peachy-colored
peachy-coloured | of something resembling a peach in color |
oxford-grey
oxford-gray
dark-grey
dark-gray | of a dark shade of grey |
colored
coloured
colorful | having color or a certain color, sometimes used in combination, colored crepe paper, the film was in color, amber-colored heads of grain |
brightly-colored
brightly-coloured | having a bright color |
buff-colored
buff-coloured | having a buff color |
chestnut-colored
chestnut-coloured | having the brown color of chestnuts |
chocolate-colored
chocolate-coloured | having the color of dark chocolate |
cinnamon colored
cinnamon coloured
cinnamon-colored
cinnamon-coloured | having the color of cinnamon |
cream-colored
creamy-colored
creamy-white | having the color of fresh cream |
dark-colored
dark-coloured
dusky-colored
dusky-coloured | having a dark color |
dun-colored
dun-coloured | having a dun color |
fawn-colored
fawn-coloured | having the color of a fawn |