| blackburnian warbler | <zoology> A beautiful warbler of the United States (Dendroica Blackburniae). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an orange-yellow breast. Origin: Named from Mrs. Blackburn, an English lady. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| blackcap | 1. <zoology> A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale. An American titmouse (Parus atricapillus); the chickadee. 2. An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. 3. The black raspberry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blackcock | <zoology> The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn); so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Blackfan, Kenneth | <person> U.S. Physician, 1883-1941. See: Diamond-Blackfan anaemia, Diamond-Blackfan syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blackfeet | <ethnology> A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blackfin | <zoology> See Bluefin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blackfish | 1. <zoology> A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. Melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size. 2. <zoology> The tautog of new England (Tautoga). 3. <zoology> The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; locally called also black Harry. 4. <zoology> A fish of southern Europe (Centrolophus pompilus) of the Mackerel family. 5. <zoology> The female salmon in the spawning season. The name is locally applied to other fishes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blackhead | <zoology> The scaup duck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blackheart | A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-coloured skin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blackleg | 1. A notorious gambler. 2. A disease among calves and sheep, characterised by a settling of gelatinous matter in the legs, and sometimes in the neck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blackout | 1. Temporary loss of consciousness due to decreased blood flow to the brain. 2. Momentary loss of consciousness as an absence. 3. Temporary loss of vision, without alteration of consciousness, due to positive (normal) g (gravity) forces; caused by temporary decreased blood flow in the central retinal artery, and seen mostly in aviators. 4. A transient episode that occurs during a state of intense intoxication (alcoholic blackout) for which the person has no recall, although not unconscious (as observed by others). (05 Mar 2000) |
| blackpoll | <zoology> A warbler of the United States (Dendroica striata). Origin: Black + poll head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blacks | An ethnic group belonging to the negroid race. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blacksmith | 1. A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc. " The blacksmith may forge what he pleases." (Howell) 2. <zoology> A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis, or Heliastes, punctipinnis), of a blackish colour. Origin: Black (in allusion to the colour of the metal) + smith. Cf. Whitesmith. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blacksnake | <zoology> A snake of a black colour, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long. The name is also applied to various other black serpents, as Natrix atra of Jamaica. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| black death |
the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
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| black eye |
shiner: a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye a bad reputation; "his behavior gave the whole family a black eye" reverse: an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
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| black fly |
blackfly: small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
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| black lung |
anthracosis: lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust
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| black plague |
Black Death: the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
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| black | widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family) |
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| black | bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States |
| black | erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds |
| black | black-seeded bean of South America |
| black | brown to black North American bear |
| black | black bear of central and eastern Asia |
| black | deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries |
| black | dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin |
| black | New Zealand forest tree |
| black | a black sash worn to show expert standards in the martial arts (judo or karate) |
| black | a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate) |
| black | a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy |