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 |
blue wall of silence blue wall wall of silence | the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers, the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up |
black market | an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls |
cyanobacteria blue-green algae | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll, occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats, important as phytoplankton |
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 |
bonito shark blue pointed Isurus glaucus | common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific, sport and food fish |
blue shark great blue shark Prionace glauca | slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark, blue body shades to white belly, dangerous especially during maritime disasters |
blue jay jaybird Cyanocitta cristata | common jay of eastern North America, bright blue with grey breast |
blue mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens | mockingbird of Mexico |
blue tit tomtit Parus caeruleus | widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head |
black-fronted bush shrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons | a kind of bush shrike |
blue-headed vireo Vireo solitarius solitarius | common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head |
Cooper's hawk blue darter Accipiter cooperii | bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight |
black kite Milvus migrans | dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion |
black vulture Aegypius monachus | of southern Eurasia and northern Africa |
black vulture carrion crow Coragyps atratus | American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard |
western fence lizard swift blue-belly Sceloporus occidentalis | common western lizard, seen on logs or rocks |
blacksnake black racer Coluber constrictor | blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet |
blue racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris | bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas |
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 |
blue peafowl Pavo cristatus | peafowl of India and Ceylon |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
kingfisher | nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill, usually crested and brightolored, feed mostly on fish |
Eurasian kingfisher Alcedo atthis | small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage |
belted kingfisher Ceryle alcyon | greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest |
black duck Anas rubripes | a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada |
bluewing blue-winged teal Anas discors | American teal |
blue goose Chen caerulescens | North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter |
black swan Cygnus atratus | large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill |
bluepoint blue point | small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island |
blue crab Callinectes sapidus | bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America |
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 |
great blue heron Ardea herodius | large American heron having bluish-grey plumage |
little blue heron Egretta caerulea | small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere |
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 |