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Dark
() The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
Dark
() A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
Dark
() To darken to obscure.
Darkened
() of Darken
Darkening
() of Darken
Darken
() To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.
Darken
() To render dim; to deprive of vision.
Darken
() To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
Darken
() To cast a gloom upon.
Darken
() To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
Darken
() To grow or darker.
Darkener
() One who, or that which, darkens.
Darkening
() Twilight; gloaming.
Darkful
() Full of darkness.
Darkish
() Somewhat dark; dusky.
Darkle
() To grow dark; to show indistinctly.
Darkling
() In the dark.
Darkling
() Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.
Darkling
() Dark; gloomy.
Darkly
() With imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly.
Darkly
() With a dark, gloomy, cruel, or menacing look.
Darkness
() The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.
Darkness
() A state of privacy; secrecy.
Darkness
() A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.
Darkness
() Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.
Darkness
() A state of distress or trouble.
Darksome
() Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless.
Darky
() A negro.
Darling
() One dearly beloved; a favorite.
Darling
() Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite.
Darlingtonia
() A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.
Darned
() of Darn
Darning
() of Darn
Darn
() To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
Darn
() A place mended by darning.
Darn
() A colloquial euphemism for Damn.
Darnel
() Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay.
Darner
() One who mends by darning.
Darnex
() Alt. of Darnic
Darnic
() Same as Dornick.
Daroo
() The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.
Darr
() The European black tern.
Darraign
() Alt. of Darrain
Darrain
() To make ready to fight; to array.
Darrain
() To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
Darrein
() Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.
Dart
() A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
Dart
() Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.
Dart
() A spear set as a prize in running.
Dart
() A fish; the dace. See Dace.