My plan for green was MALACHITE, but Chris came up with GUACAMOLE and that sounds terrifically fun! I'm still leaning towards MALACHITE, but GUACAMOLE is tempting... particularly because I love Guacamole.
You all give me such great ideas... here's your chance...
for WHITE, I will be using the word ALABASTER.
But I am still waffling about my selection for BLACK. I had settled on GYRFALCON, except that I have to keep explaining it.
Turquoise is a blue stone
Augergine is the French word for eggplant
Vermilion is a red pigment
Persimmon is an orange colored fruit
Goldenrod is a yellow flower
Malachite is a green stone (Guacamole is a green food)
Alabaster is a whitish stone
I need a nine-letter word for something BLACK, but it can't have the word BLACK in it. It doesn't have to be brain-dead obvious, it should actually be a little bit obscure.
You know, Serendipity is a wonderful thing... I just thought of the famous Edward Hopper painting Nighthawks, (bigger image here.)
Can you come up with something?
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You said obscure was okay, so try this. In Australia, years ago, we used to burn compressed blocks of coal. Each block was called a BRIQUETTE. We also have a deadly black spider called a FUNNELWEB. Good luck finding your word!
I was going to suggest Anthracite, but it's one letter too long. I like briquette (I think it's a French word) but it reminds me too much of BBQ's.
How about LIQUORICE or PITCH DARK (two words - sorry - but still 9 letters).
I like the word guacamole, but when I think of the color it represents, pales in comparison to malachite. If you had wanted to use a food, aparagus was a good COLOR. will be thinking about black.
Clare, I -LOVE- LIQUORICE.. but I think it's more properly spelled LICORICE, which is 8 letters..
Two words are not allowed.
Too bad bituminous has ten letters.
How about nocturnal? BTW, I cheated and used an online thesaurus.
What about ebony wood if that's black enough.
Ooh, I love the british liquorice, too! Why not, since you have the french aubergine?
I like liquorice, too ... for another (bit more obscure) option, how about cimmerian?
Since this is about letters, a "q" would be a nice addition.
Mr. SF and I vote for liquorice too. He says Hi by the way.
Midnight?
Obsidian?
MILKBONES!
Smoky Onxy
Cormorant
Panthères
obsidian
Susan D.
my thesaurus lists the word nefarious as a synonym for black (adj.). it's a fun word to say.
How about eight ball? 2 words, but i like the image.
Yes, but if you spelt it the European way, rather than the American, it would work. I talso goes with the rest of the words. Well, I think so anyway :-)
What about nighttime? Not very obscure. How about simmental? That is the breed of cattle my husband raises, and they are almost always black.
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