Basking shark
() One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun |
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. |
shark repellent
porcupine provision | a measure undertaken by a corporation to discourage unwanted takeover attempts |
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 |
| shark | any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales |
cow shark
six-gilled shark
Hexanchus griseus | large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas |
| mackerel shark | fierce pelagic and oceanic sharks |
mako
mako shark | powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific |
bonito shark
blue pointed
Isurus glaucus | common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific, sport and food fish |
great white shark
white shark
man-eater
man-eating shark
Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus | large harmless plankton-eating northern shark, often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface |
thresher
thrasher thresher shark
fox shark
Alopius vulpinus | large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed |
carpet shark
Orectolobus barbatus | shark of the western Pacific with flattened body and mottled skin |
nurse shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum | small bottom-dwelling shark of warm shallow waters on both coasts of North America and South America and from southeast Asia to Australia |
sand tiger
sand shark
Carcharias taurus
Odontaspis taurus | shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic, sometimes dangerous to swimmers |
whale shark
Rhincodon typus | large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide, resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton |
| cat shark | small bottom-dwelling sharks with cat-like eyes, found along continental slopes |
| requiem shark | any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species |
bull shark
cub shark
Carcharhinus leucas | a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide, heavy-bodied and dangerous |
| sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus | most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states, sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen |
blacktip shark
sandbar shark Carcharhinus limbatus | widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink |
whitetip shark oceanic whitetip shark
white-tipped shark
Carcharinus longimanus | large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin, worldwide distribution, most dangerous shark |
dusky shark
Carcharhinus obscurus | relatively slender blue-grey shark, nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters |
lemon shark
Negaprion brevirostris | common shallow-water schooling shark of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil and off west Africa, dangerous |
blue shark
great blue shark
Prionace glauca | slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark, blue body shades to white belly, dangerous especially during maritime disasters |
tiger shark
Galeocerdo cuvieri | large dangerous warm-water shark with striped or spotted body |
soupfin shark
soupfin
soup-fin
Galeorhinus zyopterus | Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A) |
smoothhound
smoothhound shark
Mustelus mustelus | smooth dogfish of European coastal waters |
whitetip shark reef whitetip shark
Triaenodon obseus | smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins |
hammerhead
hammerhead shark | medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head, worldwide in warm waters, can be dangerous |
shovelhead
bonnethead
bonnet shark
Sphyrna tiburo | small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head, abundant in bays and estuaries |
angel shark
angelfish Squatina squatina
monkfish | sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do |
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 |