- melanous
- mel·a·nous
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melanous
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melanous — [mel′ə nəs] adj. 〚 MELAN(O) + OUS〛 having black or dark skin and hair * * * mel·a·nous (mĕlʹə nəs) adj. Having a swarthy or black complexion and black hair. mel a·nosʹi·ty ( nŏsʹĭ tē) n. * * * … Universalium
melanous — [mel′ə nəs] adj. [ MELAN(O) + OUS] having black or dark skin and hair … English World dictionary
melanous — adj. having dark hair or dark skin … English contemporary dictionary
melanous — ˈmelənəs adjective Etymology: melan + ous : having black hair and dark brown or blackish skin used chiefly of the darker Melanochroi … Useful english dictionary
melanosity — See melanous. * * * … Universalium
xanthous — adjective /ˈzæn.θəs/ a) Yellow brown; yolk colored. Absorbent fatty xanthous histiocytes and xanthous granulations are observed in the marginal area of necrosis of the fatty tissue... b) Pertaining to people with skin and hair that is lighter… … Wiktionary
black — Synonyms and related words: American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Brunswick black, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Red Indian, Stygian, WASP, abominable, absolute,… … Moby Thesaurus
colored — Synonyms and related words: adorned, affected, antiblack, apocryphal, apparent, artificial, assumed, bastard, befrilled, biased, black, black skinned, bogus, brummagem, chauvinistic, colorable, counterfeit, counterfeited, dark complexioned, dark… … Moby Thesaurus
dark — Synonyms and related words: Egyptian darkness, Erebus, Gothicism, Stygian, ableptical, abominable, abstruse, adiaphanous, age of ignorance, amaurotic, amoral, amorphous, amorphousness, apocalyptic, arcane, arrant, atramentous, atrocious, bad,… … Moby Thesaurus
colored — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. Negro, black, dark skinned; biased, deceptive. See humanity, deception. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Treated with color] Syn. hued, tinted, tinged, shaded, flushed, reddened, glowing, stained, painted … English dictionary for students
