See Also: Dermatoglyphics(health)
dermatoglyphics(medicine)
dermatoglyphics(dictionary)
Black Flagged (Black Flag) - Motor Sports(gambling)
Black Action or Black Play - Blackjack(gambling)
Black Sea(dictionary)
black eye(medicine)
black art(dictionary)
black box(medicine)
black box(dictionary)

black eye (oh) and dermatoglyphics (iou)


black eye (oh)



n [C]
if you have a black eye, you have a dark area around your eye because you have been hit
::Jack looked like someone had given him a black eye .

dermatoglyphics (iou)



dermatoglyphics noun pl. (usu. treated as sing.). E20.
[from DERMATO- + Greek gluphikos GLYPHIC + -S1.]
The branch of science that deals with skin patterns (e.g. fingerprints), esp. of the hands and feet; in pl., superficial features of the skin.
dermatoglyphic adjective E20.
dermatoglyphically adverb M20.