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 |
grey market gray market | an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency |
grey skate gray skate Raja batis | common European skate used as food |
dark-eyed junco slateolored junco Junco hyemalis | common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises |
grey kingbird gray kingbird petchary Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis | a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America, similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird |
Canada jay grey jay gray jay camp robber whisker jack Perisoreus canadensis | a jay of northern North America with blackapped head and no crest, noted for boldness in thievery |
catbird grey catbird gray catbird Dumetella carolinensis | North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing |
ern erne grey sea eagle gray sea eagle European sea eagle white-tailed sea eagle Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
great grey owl great gray owl Strix nebulosa | large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia |
greyhen grayhen grey hen gray hen heath hen | female black grouse |
Hungarian partridge grey partridge gray partridge Perdix perdix | common European partridge |
African grey African gray Psittacus erithacus | commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face, native to equatorial Africa |
grey whale gray whale devilfish Eschrichtius gibbosus Eschrichtius robustus | medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific |
timber wolf grey wolf gray wolf Canis lupus | a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America |
grey fox gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus | dark grey American fox, from Central America through southern United States |
grey lemming gray lemming red-backed lemming | Old World lemming |
eastern grey squirrel eastern gray squirrel cat squirrel Sciurus carolinensis | common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America, now introduced into England |
western grey squirrel western gray squirrel Sciurus griseus | large grey squirrel of far western areas of United States |
grey gray | horse of a light gray or whitish color |
dark horse | a racehorse about which little is known |
grey snapper gray snapper mangrove snapper Lutjanus griseus | found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida |
mullet grey mullet gray mullet | freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body, found worldwide |
grey flounder gray flounder Etropus rimosus | flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico |
dark lantern bull's-eye | a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light |
grey gray | clothing that is a grey color, he was dressed in grey |
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 |
gray grayness grey greyness | a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black |
ash grey ash gray silver silver grey silver gray | a light shade of grey |
charcoal charcoal grey charcoal gray oxford grey oxford gray | a very dark grey color |
dapple-grey dapple-gray dappled-grey dappled-gray | grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings |
iron-grey iron-gray | the color of freshly broken cast iron |
tattletale grey tattletale gray | a greyish white |
dark red | a red color that reflects little light |
dark blue navy navy blue | a dark shade of blue |
grey matter gray matter grey substance gray substance substantia grisea | greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers, forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons |
dark darkness | an unenlightened state, he was in the dark concerning their intentions, his lectures dispelled the darkness |
grey area gray area | an intermediate area, a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other |
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 |
mullet grey mullet gray mullet | highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet |
grey sole gray sole | greyish-white flesh of a flatfish |
grey gray | any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey, the Confederate army was a vast grey |
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 |
Gray Asa Gray | United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (-) |
Gray Robert Gray | American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (-) |