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Answer for the clue "Producing darkness ", 10 letters:
tenebrific

Word definitions for tenebrific in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tenebrific \Ten`e*brif"ic\, a. [L. tenebrae darkness + facere to make.] Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy. It lightens, it brightens, The tenebrific scene. --Burns. Where light Lay fitful in a tenebrific time. --R. Browning.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave" [syn: tenebrous , tenebrious ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 gloomy 2 obscure

Usage examples of tenebrific.

As he strained his eyes he gradually made out the flickering red stain of a fire, seen intermittently, now and then obscured by the great boles of the oaks and yews that lurked like mute giants in the tenebrific shadows.