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Metalline :: Metalline (n.) A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for obviating friction, and as a substitute for lubricants..

Greenstone :: Greenstone (n.) A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc..

Shady :: Shady (superl.) Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt..

Enigma :: Enigma (n.) A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed..

Subobtuse :: Subobscurely (adv.) Somewhat obscurely or darkly.

Olive :: Olive (n.) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green..

Indigo :: Indigo (n.) A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican..

Bistre :: Bistre (n.) A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.

Eclipse :: Eclipse (v. t.) To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun..

Shade :: Shade (n.) Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink..

Fair :: Fair (superl.) Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin..

Black :: Black (a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds..

Nonphotobiotic :: Nonphotobiotic (a.) Capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic plant cells, or cells which habitually live in darkness..

Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors.

Dusky :: Dusky (a.) Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley..

Panther :: Panther (n.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoologists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body..

Murky :: Murky (superl.) Dark; obscure; gloomy.

Dusk :: Dusk (n.) Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening..

Scotomy :: Scotomy (n.) Obscuration of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.

Pyroxene :: Pyroxene (n.) A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90¡, and also in massive forms which are often laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green and black, and includes many varieties differing in color and composition, as diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc. They are all silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes alumina and iron. Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks, especially basic igneous rocks, as basa

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