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"only those who dream in color can change a black and white world."DreamRate it:

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beyond the black stumpExtremely remote, outside the populated area.Rate it:

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blackWithout light.Rate it:

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blackBad; evil.Rate it:

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blackLacking cream, milk, and creamer.Rate it:

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blackAbsorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless.Rate it:

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blackOvercrowded.Rate it:

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black and blueCovered in bruises.Rate it:

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black and whiteA police patrol car.Rate it:

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black and whiteA type of giant cookie with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.Rate it:

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black and whiteThe police, a police officer.Rate it:

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black as coalCompletely blackRate it:

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black as thunderVery black (especially of a mood, a frown, etc.).Rate it:

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black babiesThird world charities, the missions.Rate it:

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black ballStall, close ranks, make it impossible to make a break throughRate it:

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black beetleUsed other than as an idiom: see black, beetle.Rate it:

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black beetleThe Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.Rate it:

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black beetleA common name for many species of beetle that are black in color, including:The African black beetle, Hetronychus arator, a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.The Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.The European species Feronia nigrita.Rate it:

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black beetleThe African black beetle, Hetronychus arator, a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.Rate it:

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black beetleThe European species Feronia nigrita.Rate it:

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black beetlePlatyzosteria novae-zelandiae, a similar roach native to New Zealand.Rate it:

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black beetleThe oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis (a large roach from the family Blattidae).Rate it:

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black don't crackPeople of African descent tend to wrinkle less with age than people with fairer skin.Rate it:

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black eyefacial injury where the area around the eye(s) turn blackish, bluish purpleRate it:

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black goldpetroleumRate it:

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black gumA tree native to eastern North America, Nyssa sylvatica.Rate it:

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black gumUsed other than as an idiom: see black, gum.Rate it:

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black magicMagic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.Rate it:

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black manA (male) member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent.Rate it:

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black manAn evil spirit, a demon.Rate it:

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black manBlack people collectively; black culture.Rate it:

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black manUsed other than as an idiom: see black, man.Rate it:

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black mariapolice vanRate it:

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black marksomething that negatively affects someone's reputationRate it:

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black outTo make dark.Rate it:

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black outTo lose consciousness; to suffer a blackout.Rate it:

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black outTo censor or cover up.Rate it:

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black outTo censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.Rate it:

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black over Bill's mother'sDescribing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.Rate it:

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black rideranother name for "Famine", one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Rate it:

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black sheepA nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person.Rate it:

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black sheepA disliked person; one who is disfavored.Rate it:

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black sheepA sheep that is black.Rate it:

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Black Sheep of the FamilyA disrespected member of a family, community or any other group or society due to certain actions. It happens when all other are performing or doing well but one person lacks it allRate it:

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black tieUsed other than as an idiom: see black, tie.Rate it:

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black tieEvening dress; a standard of dress which is less formal than white tie, consisting of black dinner jacket or tuxedo jacket, and matching trousers, white shirt and black bow tie or, possibly, military dress or national costume.Rate it:

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black triangleOne of a class of triangle-shaped unidentified flying objects, usually with a light in each corner.Rate it:

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black triangleUsed other than as an idiom: see black, triangle.Rate it:

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black upTo put on blackface makeup.Rate it:

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black upTo make something more racially black in character; blackenizeRate it:

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