Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. • Without light. • Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.) • Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. • Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above). • Of the spades or clubs suits. • Bad; evil; ill-omened. • Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen. • Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced. • Foul; dirty, soiled. • Overcrowded. • Without any cream, milk, or creamer. • Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour). • Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. • Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist. • Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. • Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public. • Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public. • Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").) • Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black). • Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name. • Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.