a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants; "the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846"
(Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon
an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
absence of light or illumination
not giving performances; closed; "the theater is dark on Mondays"
brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes); "dark eyes"
devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
(used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"
marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"
attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa