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English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
black — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. darkness, midnight, Stygian hue; Negro, African American. v. t. shine, polish (shoes). See color, darkness.Ant., white. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Opposite to white] Syn. dark, blackish, ebony, jet,… … English dictionary for students
Black Ships — For the 2008 novel of this title, see Jo Graham. Not to be confused with The Black Ships (band) or Kurofune (EP). Japanese 1854 print describing Commodore Matthew Perry s Black Ships . The Black Ships (in Japanese, 黒船, kurofune, Edo Period… … Wikipedia
Coal gasification — is the process of producing coal gas, a type of syngas–a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapour (H2O)–from coal. Coal gas, which is a combustible gas, was traditionally used as a source of energy for … Wikipedia
black — Synonyms and related words: American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Brunswick black, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, Stygian, WASP, abominable, absolute,… … Moby Thesaurus
pitch black — Synonyms and related words: atramentous, beamless, black, black as coal, black as ebony, black as ink, black as midnight, black as night, caliginous, coal black, coaly, dark, dark as night, dark as pitch, darkling, darksome, deep black, ebon,… … Moby Thesaurus
Coal gas — Towngas redirects here. For the company in Hong Kong trading as Towngas , see The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited. See also: Coal gasification and Coal seam gas Coal gas (also town gas and illumination gas) is a flammable gaseous… … Wikipedia
pitch — pitch1 pitchable, adj. /pich/, v.t. 1. to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like). 2. to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position. 3. to throw, fling, hurl, or toss. 4. Baseball. a. to deliver or serve (the ball) to the… … Universalium
black — black1 W1S1 [blæk] adj comparative blacker superlative blackest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(colour)¦ 2¦(no light)¦ 3¦(people)¦ 4¦(drink)¦ 5¦(dirty)¦ 6¦(without hope)¦ 7¦(humour)¦ 8¦(angry)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
pitch-dark — adjective Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch. The assassin crept into the royal bedchamber only after it was pitch dark. Syn: coal black, dark as night, jet black, pitch black … Wiktionary
black — adjective 1) a black horse Syn: dark, pitch black, jet black, coal black, ebony, sable, inky Ant: white 2) a black night Syn: unlit … Thesaurus of popular words
black — adj 1. dark, pitch black, coal black, jet, jetty; ebony, ebon, raven, sable; inky, pitchy, nigritu dinous, atramentous; blackish, nigrescent, swarthy, swart, dark skinned. 2.Negro, Negroid, colored, Afro American, Afra merican; Negrito, Papuan,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder