| black-and-blue |
discolored or covered with discolorations from blood coagulated under the skin; bruised. |
| black and white |
print or writing considered as documentary evidence or binding proof. [2 definitions] |
| black-and-white |
in shades of black and white only, as a photograph or film. [3 definitions] |
| black art |
black magic; sorcery. |
| blackball |
to cast out, as from a group; ostracize. [3 definitions] |
| black bass |
any of several related North American freshwater game fishes. |
| black bear |
a North American bear, smaller than a grizzly bear, with thick black or brown fur. [2 definitions] |
| black belt |
the highest rank among practitioners of martial arts such as judo or karate. [3 definitions] |
| blackberry |
a berry, dark purple to black and composed of many large seeds. [2 definitions] |
| blackbird |
any of various common songbirds, the males of which are black or mostly black, such as the European thrush or the American red-winged blackbird. |
| blackboard |
a smooth, hard, dark-colored panel, often made of slate and suitable for writing on with chalk; chalkboard. |
| blackboard eraser |
an object made of bound layers of felt used for erasing chalk from a blackboard. |
| blackbody |
in physics, a hypothetical body that theoretically absorbs all radiant energy falling on its surface. |
| black book |
a real or imaginary notebook containing names of people, usu. recorded for future censure or punishment. |
| blackbuck |
a long-horned antelope native to India that has a brownish-black back and a white belly. |
| blackcap |
any of several birds with a black crown, such as the chickadee. [2 definitions] |
| blackcock |
the male black grouse. |
| black cohosh |
an eastern North American perennial herb (Cimicifuga racemosa, or Actaea racemosa) of the buttercup family, the rhizome and roots of which are used as an herbal remedy. |
| blackdamp |
a suffocating gas composed of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, found as a residue of fires and explosions of combustible gases in mines; chokedamp. |
| Black Death |
a deadly plague, probably bubonic, that was widespread in Europe in the mid-fourteenth century, characterized by dark splotches on the skin. |
| black duck |
a dark brown pond duck of northeastern North America. [2 definitions] |