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Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy..

Lightness :: Lightness (n.) Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion..

Nighttime :: Nighttime (n.) The time from dusk to dawn; -- opposed to daytime.

Darkish :: Darkish (a.) Somewhat dark; dusky.

Fuliginous :: Fuliginous (a.) Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky.

Brown :: Brown (v. t.) To make brown or dusky.

Dusken :: Dusken (v. t.) To make dusk or obscure.

Swarthy :: Swarthy (a.) Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces..

Brown :: Brown (n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue..

Dusky :: Dusky (a.) Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown..

Dusk :: Dusk (v. t.) To make dusk.

Pale :: Pale (v. i.) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue..

Swarthness :: Swarthiness (n.) The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.

Dusk :: Dusk (n.) A darkish color.

Shearwater :: Shearwater (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon..

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Tenebrous :: Tenebrous (a.) Dark; gloomy; dusky; tenebrious.

Sooty :: Sooty (superl.) Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark.

Dusky :: Dusky (a.) Gloomy; sad; melancholy.

Wad :: Wad (n.) Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose..

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