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Look up: Black

  1. black
    Waters:Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts Description (in water): The smallest members of the drum family, croakers range from 1/2 lb. to 3 lbs. They are usually silvery in color; spotfin has a pale steel-blue cast and a characteristic black spot under the pectoral fin, while yellowfin has grayish-green sides with dark wavy lines and yellow scales. Description (in market): Lean white meat that's tender and full-flavored. The skin is edible.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  2. Black
    small, wrinkled, dry-cured olives with a very strong flavor; from the island of Thassos
    Found on http://aroundomaha.com/katies/foodindex.

  3. black
    [adj] - harshly ironic or sinister 2. [adj] - (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading 3. [adj] - offering little or no hope 4. [adj] - (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame 5. [adj] - stemming from evil characteristics or forces 6....
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  4. Black
    Black may be used before another term to indicate that it was - Fatal - Very severe - but see other `black terms` below
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  5. black
    of a body or medium,effectively absorbing all of the radiation of some specified energy or range of energies incident on it Category: Physics
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Black
    In four-colour printing (CMYK) black is the fourth colour, represented by the ' K '.
    Found on http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%

  7. Black
    Black adjective [ Middle English blak , Anglo-Saxon blæc ; akin to Icelandic blakkr dark, swarthy, Swedish bläck ink, Danish blæk , Old High German blach , LG. & Dutch blaken to burn with a black smo...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/60

  8. Black
    Black adverb Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/60

  9. Black
    Black noun 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black . « Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/60

  10. Black
    Black transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Blacked ; present participle & verbal noun Blacking .] [ See Black , adjective , and confer Blacken
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/60

  11. black
    1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest colour, or rather a destitution of all colour; as, a cloth has a good black. 'Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night.' (Shak) ... 2. A black pigment or dye. ... 3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black...

    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. black
    blackened adjective (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; `a face black with fury`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. black
    bleak adjective offering little or no hope; `the future looked black`; `prospects were bleak`; `Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult`- J.M.Synge; `took a dim view of things`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. black
    calamitous adjective (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; `the stock market crashed on Black Friday`; `a calamitous defeat`; `the battle was a disastrous end to...
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. black
    dark adjective stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; `black deeds`; `a black lie`; `his black heart has concocted yet another black deed`; `Darth Vader of the dark side`; `a d...
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. black
    disgraceful adjective (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; `Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands`- Rachel Carson; `an ...
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. black
    grim adjective harshly ironic or sinister; `black humor`; `a grim joke`; `grim laughter`; `fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  18. black
    pitch-black adjective extremely dark; `a black moonless night`; `through the pitch-black woods`; `it was pitch-dark in the cellar`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  19. black
    smutty adjective soiled with dirt or soot; `with feet black from playing outdoors`; `his shirt was black within an hour`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  20. black
    adjective marked by anger or resentment or hostility; `black looks`; `black words`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  21. black
    adjective (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; `black propaganda`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  22. black
    adjective dressed in black; `a black knight`; `black friars`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  23. black
    adjective (of coffee) without cream or sugar
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  24. black
    blackness noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  25. black
    noun black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); `the widow wore black`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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