piceous
11piceous — ˈpisēəs, ˈpīs adjective Etymology: Latin piceus, from pic , pix pitch + eus eous more at pitch : of, relating to, or resembling pitch : pitchy; especially : glossy brownish black in color …
12Picene — Pi cene, n. [See {Piceous}.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon (C?H?) extracted from the pitchy residue of coal tar and petroleum as a bluish fluorescent crystalline substance. [1913 Webster] …
13Colour Terms — This list contains 168 definitions of obscure colour terms using combinations of normal colours of the rainbow and descriptive adjectives; e.g. cardinal = deep scarlet red; russet = reddish brown. Note that most English speakers outside the U.S.… …
14pitchy — a. Dark, black, dismal, rayless, sunless, Cimmerian, piceous …
15black — [adj1] dark, inky atramentous, brunet, charcoal, clouded, coal, dingy, dusky, ebon, ebony, inklike, jet, livid, melanoid, murky, obsidian, onyx, piceous, pitch, pitch dark, raven, sable, shadowy, slate, sloe, somber, sombre, sooty, starless,… …
16pi|ces|cent — «pih SEHS uhnt», adjective. nearly piceous or pitch black in color. ╂[< pice(ous) + escent] …
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