(medicine) Visceral leishmaniasis. / (slang) Synonym of jungle fever

A soft, dull black powder consisting of finely divided metallic platinum obtained by reduction and precipitation from its solutions. It absorbs oxygen to a high degree, and is employed as an oxidizer.

brass in milled sheets, composed of copper and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire

A preparation containing carbonized bone, used as a pigment and a filtering medium.

A disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus Guignardia bidwellii.

A black pigment obtained by charring cork.

The black sulfide of antimony, Sb₂S₃, used in pyrotechnics, etc.

A mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter.

(dated) blackmail (rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin)

Cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and turn it black, without the formation of hoarfrost.