Definition of lack

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Lack (v. i.) To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc..

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Oopak :: Oopak (n.) A kind of black tea.
Necromancy :: Necromancy (n.) The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art..
Short-handed :: Short-handed (a.) Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers..
Blackball :: Blackball (v. t.) To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize..
Alamode :: Alamode (n.) A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode..
Blacken :: Blacken (v. i.) To grow black or dark.
Oriole :: Oriole (n.) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidae. They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and black. The European or golden oriole (Oriolus galbula, or O. oriolus) has a very musical flutelike note..
Absent :: Absent (a.) Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent..
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..
Mourning :: Mourning (n.) Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black..
Congo :: Congo (n.) Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea..
Caucasian :: Caucasian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas..
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp..
Jet :: "Jet (n.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber..
Blacking :: Blacking (n.) Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves..
Clacker :: Clacker (n.) A claqueur. See Claqueur.
Washy :: Washy (a.) Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions..
Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc..
Hyoscyamus :: Hyoscyamus (n.) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles..
Keelivine :: Keelivine (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen.
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