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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
oxford-grey oxford-gray dark-grey dark-gray | of a dark shade of grey |
dark-colored dark-coloured dusky-colored dusky-coloured | having a dark color |
dark | (used of color) having a dark hue, dark green, dark glasses, dark colors like wine red or navy blue |
dark obscure | marked by difficulty of style or expression, much that was dark is now quite clear to me, those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure |
benighted dark | lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture, this benighted country, benighted ages of barbarism and superstition, the dark ages, a dark age in the history of education |
dark-fruited | bearing dark fruit |
black dark sinister | stemming from evil characteristics or forces, wicked or dishonorable, black deeds, a black lie, his black heart has concocted yet another black deed, Darth Vader of the dark side, a dark purpose, dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility, the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him-Thomas Hardy |
dark dour glowering glum moody morose saturnine sour sullen | showing a brooding ill humor, a dark scowl, the proverbially dour New England Puritan, a glum, hopeless shrug, he sat in moody silence, a morose and unsociable manner, a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius- Bruce Bliven, a sour temper, a sullen crowd |
dark-spotted | having dark spots |
dark | secret, keep it dark |