Black (a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it |
Black (a.) In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness |
Black (a.) Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness |
Black (a.) Expressing menace, or discontent |
Black (adv.) Sullenly |
Black (n.) That which is destitute of light or whiteness |
Black (n.) A black pigment or dye. |
Black (n.) A negro |
Black (n.) A black garment or dress |
Black (n.) Mourning garments of a black color |
Black (n.) The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black. |
Black (n.) A stain |
Black (a.) To make black |
Black (a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush. |
Black art () The art practiced by conjurers and witches |
Black-a-vised (a.) Dark-visaged |
Black bass () An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei |
Black bass () The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3. |
Black book () One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes |
Black book () A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. |
Black book () A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution. |
Black book () A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III. |
Black book () A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies. |
Black book () Any book which treats of necromancy. |
Black-browed (a.) Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy |
Black death () A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century. |
Black-eyed (a.) Having black eyes. |
Black-faced (a.) Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect. |
Black friar () A friar of the Dominican order |
Black-hearted (a.) Having a wicked, malignant disposition |
Black hole () A dungeon or dark cell in a prison |
Black-jack (n.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende |
Black-jack (n.) Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. |
Black-jack (n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc. |
Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak. |
Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate. |
Black lead () Plumbago |
Black letter () The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type. |
Black-letter (a.) Written or printed in black letter |
Black-letter (a.) Given to the study of books in black letter |
Black-letter (a.) Of or pertaining to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days. Hence: Unlucky |
Black Monday () Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold. |
Black Monday () The first Monday after the holidays |
Black monk () A Benedictine monk. |
Black-mouthed (a.) Using foul or scurrilous language |
Black pudding () A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal. |
Black Rod () the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords. |
Black Rod () An usher in the legislature of British colonies. |
Black salts () Crude potash. |
Black snake (n.) Alt. of Blacksnake |
hearts Black Maria | a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades |
black operation | a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out |
black market | an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls |
bladderwrack black rockweed bladder fucus tang Fucus vesiculosus | a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure |
black buffalo Ictiobus niger | fish of the lower Mississippi |
green-tailed towhee Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
black-fronted bush shrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons | a kind of bush shrike |
redtail red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis | dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
black kite Milvus migrans | dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion |
swallow-tailed kite swallow-tailed hawk Elanoides forficatus | graceful North American black-and-white kite |
white-tailed kite Elanus leucurus | grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions |
ern erne grey sea eagle gray sea eagle European sea eagle white-tailed sea eagle Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
black vulture Aegypius monachus | of southern Eurasia and northern Africa |
black vulture carrion crow Coragyps atratus | American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard |
tailed frog bell toad ribbed toad tailed toad Ascaphus trui | western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ |
zebra-tailed lizard gridiron-tailed lizard Callisaurus draconoides | swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs, of deserts of United States and Mexico |
blacksnake black racer Coluber constrictor | blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet |
black rat snake blacksnake pilot blacksnake mountain blacksnake Elaphe obsoleta | large harmless shiny black North American snake |
black-headed snake | small secretive ground-living snake, found from central United States to Argentina |
black-necked cobra spitting cobra Naja nigricollis | aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa, rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness |
black mamba Dendroaspis augusticeps | a highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite |
black and gold garden spider Argiope aurantia | a widely distributed North American garden spider |
black widow Latrodectus mactans | venomous New World spider, the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen |
Ixodes pacificus western black-legged tick | a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans, principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California |
Ixodes scapularis black-legged tick | parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans, principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England), northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick) |
black grouse | grouse of which the male is bluish-black |
European black grouse heathfowl Lyrurus tetrix | large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail |
Asian black grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi | a black grouse of western Asia |
blackcock black cock | male black grouse |
sharp-tailed grouse sprigtail sprig tail Pedioecetes phasianellus | large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
pin-tailed sandgrouse pin-tailed grouse Pterocles alchata | sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers |
cockatoo | white or lightolored crested parrot of the Australian region, often kept as cage birds |
sulphurrested cockatoo Kakatoe galerita Cacatua galerita | white cockatoo with a yellow erectile crest |
pink cockatoo Kakatoe leadbeateri | white Australian cockatoo with roseate tinged plumage |
cockateel cockatiel cockatoo parrot Nymphicus hollandicus | small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
black duck Anas rubripes | a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada |
pintail pin-tailed duck Anas acuta | long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers |
black swan Cygnus atratus | large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill |
nail-tailed wallaby nail-tailed kangaroo | small wallabies with a horny nail on the tip of the tail |
brush-tailed phalanger Trichosurus vulpecula | bushy-tailed phalanger |
brewer's mole hair-tailed mole Parascalops breweri | mole of eastern North America |
short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda | North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
black stork Ciconia nigra | Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below |
policeman bird black-necked stork jabiru Xenorhyncus asiaticus | large mostly white Australian stork |
black turnstone Arenaria-Melanocephala | common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America |
black-necked stilt Himantopus mexicanus | stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck |
black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus | stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings |
black-backed gull great black-backed gull cob Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |