All obsidian synonyms
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O o noun obsidian
- basalt β Basalt is a type of black rock that is produced by volcanoes.
- magma β Geology. molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed.
- slag β British Slang. an abusive woman.
- ashes β ruins or remains, as after destruction or burning
- scoria β Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- coulee β a flow of molten lava
adjective obsidian
- dark β When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- inky β black as ink: inky shadows.
- brunet β dark brown
- charcoal β Charcoal is a black substance obtained by burning wood without much air. It can be burned as a fuel, and small sticks of it are used for drawing with.
- clouded β of or relating to cloud computing: cloud software; cloud servers.
- coal β Coal is a hard black substance that is extracted from the ground and burned as fuel.
- ebony β a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- jet β a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
- onyx β Mineralogy. a variety of chalcedony having straight parallel bands of alternating colors. Compare Mexican onyx.
- pitch β to smear or cover with pitch.
- raven β a lyric poem (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.
- sable β an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- slate β a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- sloe β the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- atramentous β similar to or as black as ink
- dingy β of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
- dusky β somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.
- ebon β ebony (def 6).
- inklike β Resembling ink.
- livid β having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
- melanoid β of or characterized by melanosis.
- murky β dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- piceous β of, relating to, or resembling pitch.
- pitch-dark β dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.
- shadowy β resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines.
- somber β gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- sombre β gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- sooty β covered, blackened, or smirched with soot.
- starless β any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stygian β of or relating to the river Styx or to Hades.
- swart β swarthy.
- swarthy β (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
- black β lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- midnight β the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- bituminous β of the nature of bitumen, esp. with regard to its color and combustibility
- pitch-black β extremely black or dark as pitch: a pitch-black night.
- jetty β a pier or structure of stones, piles, or the like, projecting into the sea or other body of water to protect a harbor, deflect the current, etc.
- pitchy β full of or abounding in pitch.