black market |
the illegal purchase or sale of goods in violation of restrictions such as price controls or rationing, customs laws, or the like. [2 definitions] |
black marketeer |
one who buys or sells in the black market. |
Black Muslim |
a member of the Nation of Islam. |
black nationalism |
(often caps.) a U.S. movement that advocates the establishment of a separate black nation. |
black out |
to faint or pass out. |
black pepper |
a spice made by grinding the whole dried berry of the pepper plant. |
black power |
(sometimes caps.) the political and economic power of American blacks mobilized to force the granting of equal rights. |
black raspberry |
a prickly shrub that grows in eastern North America and bears a dark purple berry. [2 definitions] |
Black Sea |
a sea that lies between Europe and Asia. It is surrounded by Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania. |
black sheep |
one who is very different from all the rest of his or her family and who is sometimes rejected or looked down on by that family. |
Black Shirt |
a member of a fascist military organization, esp. the former Italian one, whose uniform includes a black shirt. |
black tie |
the black bow tie worn on semiformal occasions with a dinner jacket or tuxedo. [2 definitions] |
black walnut |
a tall tree of eastern North America that has dark, hard wood valued for making furniture and other durable wood products. [3 definitions] |
black widow |
a small spider of North and South America. The female has a shiny, black body with a red mark on her underside and a poisonous bite. |
black-and-blue |
discolored or covered with discolorations from blood coagulated under the skin; bruised. |
black-and-white |
of a movie or photograph, using the colors black, white, and gray only. [2 definitions] |
black-eyed pea |
the seed of the cowpea plant, used as food; cowpea. |
black-eyed Susan |
any of numerous related North American wildflowers with yellow or orange-yellow petals surrounding a dark center. |
black-hearted |
evil and malicious. |
black-market |
to buy or sell on the black market. |