- darkened by WordNet
verbBecome dark or darker.usage: "The sky darkened"synonyms: darkenTarnish or stain.usage: "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"synonyms: darkenMake dark or darker.usage: "darken a room"synonyms: darkenadjectiveOf fabrics and paper. ( grown dark in color over time) usage: "the darkened margins of the ...
- Diaphanoscopy by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
transillumination of the paranasal sinuses and eyeballs in order to determine their condition.Diaphanoscopy is carried out in a darkened room using a special electric light attached to a handle. To examine the maxillary (Highmore) sinuses, the light is inserted into the subject’s mouth; to determine the state of the frontal sinus, the light is set ...
- Obfuscation by Webster's
... n.) The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.
- Obtenebration by Webster's
... n.) The act of darkening; the state of being darkened; darkness.
- Collied by Webster's
... p.&a.) Darkened. See Colly, v. t.(imp.&p.p.) of Colly.