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English words black fever to black studies

  1. black fever noun: Visceral leishmaniasis.
  2. black figure noun: Figural depiction in black color on a red background.
  3. black finger crab noun: Synonym of reef crab.
  4. black flag noun, verb: A flag with a black color, used as a symbol of anarchism.
  5. black flight noun: The migration of African Americans from predominantly black or mixed inner-city areas to suburbs and newly constructed homes on the outer edges of cities.
  6. black flux noun: A mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter.
  7. black fly noun: Alternative spelling of blackfly.
  8. black-footed cat noun: Felis nigripes, the smallest African cat, endemic in the south west arid zone of the southern African subregion.
  9. black-footed ferret noun: A species of mustelid, Mustela nigripes.
  10. black-footed rock wallaby noun: Petrogale lateralis, a rock wallaby.
  11. black forest noun: A style of confectionery that is a combination of dark chocolate, cream, and cherries.
  12. black forest cake noun: Synonym of Black Forest gâteau.
  13. black forest gateau noun: A type of gâteau consisting of a rich chocolate sponge cake topped with cream and cherries.
  14. Black Forest ham noun: A variety of dry-cured smoked ham produced in the Black Forest region of Germany.
  15. Black Forest horse noun: A draft horse of a rare breed originating in southern Germany. It has a dark chestnut coat with a flaxen mane and tail.
  16. Black Forest trifle noun: A trifle made with chocolate and cherries, similiar to a Black Forest gâteau.
  17. black fox noun: Synonym of silver fox, especially in reference to foxskin.
  18. black fragility noun: A supposed tendency on the part of black people to ascribe racism to a wide range of possibly benign words or actions.
  19. black francolin noun: A game bird in the francolin family (Francolinus francolinus, of south and southwestern Asia)
  20. black friar noun: A member of the religious order of the Dominicans.
  21. black-fronted dotterel noun: A small species of wader, Thinornis melanops, endemic to Australia and New Zealand.
  22. black frost noun: Cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and turn it black, without the formation of hoar frost.
  23. black fungus noun: Synonym of mucormycosis.
  24. black game noun: The black grouse.
  25. black gang noun: A group of workers who fed the furnaces of a coal-powered steamship or other vessel.
  26. black-ganger noun: A member of a black gang.
  27. black gangster noun: A propaganda term used by Mao Zedong against opponents.
  28. black garden ant noun: A small (3 mm to 5 mm) species of ant common in Europe, Lasius niger.
  29. black garlic noun: A type of aged garlic, which has turned a deep brown on the inside due to a fermentation process. Notably used as a food ingredient in some Asian cuisine.
  30. black ghost knifefish noun: A tropical fish of species Apteronotus albifrons of South America, covered in a black color entirely, except for two white rings on its tail and a white...
  31. black giant squirrel noun: A member of the species Ratufa bicolor.
  32. black gin noun: Alternative form of blackgin.
  33. black girl magic noun: Female African-American achievement, resilience, and power.
  34. black-gloved wallaby noun: western brush wallaby
  35. black goby noun: Any member of the species Gobius niger of ray-finned fishes, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
  36. black gold noun: Raw petroleum; crude oil.
  37. black goose noun: Any goose of the genus Branta.
  38. black gram noun: A bean from the seed of Vigna mungo, native to the Indian subcontinent.
  39. black grama noun: Bouteloua eriopoda, a perennial prairie grass native to the Southwestern United States.
  40. black grouse noun /ˈblæk ɡɹɑʊs/: A large, black bird with a lyre-shaped tail, Lyrurus tetrix (syn. Tetrao tetrix).
  41. black guillemot noun: A seabird, Cepphus grylle, of the auk family (Alcidae).
  42. black gum noun: A tree native to eastern North America, Nyssa sylvatica.
  43. black guts noun: A cut of organ meat, a type of low-value bung guts due to improper handling, having blackened.
  44. black-haired adjective: Having hair of a black color.
  45. black hairstreak noun: A brown butterfly, Satyrium pruni, of the family Lycaenidae
  46. black hairy tongue syndrome noun: A harmless condition in which the small bumps on the tongue elongate with black or brown discoloration.
  47. black-handed gibbon noun: Hylobates agilis, a primate in the Hylobatidae or gibbon family
  48. Black Hander noun: A person who carries on the Black Hand extortion racket.
  49. black hat noun: A villain in a story, especially in a Western (a film or other work of the Western genre).
  50. black haw noun: Sideroxylon lanuginosum, also native to Mexico.
  51. black haw viburnum noun: A shrub of species Viburnum prunifolium, native to eastern and east south central United States.
  52. black-headed adjective /ˈblækˌhɛdɪd/: Alternative form of blackheaded.
  53. black-headed bunting noun: Emberiza melanocephala, a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
  54. black-headed duck noun: A South American duck of freshwater habitats, Heteronetta atricapilla, known for laying its eggs in the nests of other ducks.
  55. black-headed greenfinch noun: Chloris ambigua, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, native to southeast Asia.
  56. black-headed gull noun: A small gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada.
  57. black-headed parrot noun: Pionites melanocephalus, a small, stocky parrot with a black head, forehead, and nape.
  58. black-headed pasture cockchafer noun: A small black beetle, Acrossidius tasmaniae, native to southeastern Australia and Tasmania; a crop and pasture pest.
  59. black-headed python noun: Aspidites melanocephalus, a species of python snake endemic to Australia.
  60. black-headed saltator noun: Saltator atriceps, a species of tanager.
  61. black-hearted adjective: Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
  62. black-heartedness noun: Alternative form of blackheartedness.
  63. black helicopter noun: A secret covert government helicopter of the deep state, used for clandestine missions, such as UFO cover-ups or capturing political prisoners.
  64. black hellebore noun: A poisonous and medicinal plant, Helleborus niger.
  65. black henbane noun: A plant of the species Hyoscyamus niger.
  66. black henna noun: A dangerous paraphenylenediamine compound sometimes illicitly used as a substitute for the dye henna.
  67. black hickory noun: Carya texana, a species of hickory.
  68. Black Hills spruce noun: Synonym of white spruce (“Picea glauca”).
  69. black hog noun: The Irish shilling of 13 pence, as opposed to the English 'white hog' shilling of 12 pence
  70. black hole noun, verb /blæk ˈhoʊl/: A place of punitive confinement; a lockup or cell; a military guardroom.
  71. black hole jet noun: A narrow beam of high-energy plasma expelled from the poles of a black hole at nearly the speed of light.
  72. black hole star noun: A theoretical early universe object, with the outer layers of a star and a black hole for a stellar core. Theorized to be born of an ultramassive...
  73. black-hooded antshrike noun: A passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus bridgesi
  74. black horehound noun: The plant Ballota nigra possessing a disagreeable odor. Traditionally used as a medicinal herb as an antispasmodic, stimulant and vermifuge.
  75. black-house noun: A traditional house, in some parts of Scotland, having drystone walls and a turf roof.
  76. black house spider noun: A common species of cribellate Australian spider, Badumna insignis, found throughout much of Australia and New Zealand.
  77. black howler noun: A species of New World monkey, Alouatta caraya
  78. black humor noun: A subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with subjects that are believed to be serious or controversial, such as death, divorce, drug abuse, etc.
  79. black-humored adjective: Of or relating to black humor.
  80. black humour noun: Alternative spelling of black humor.
  81. black hydrogen noun: Hydrogen produced by burning black coal or other fossil fuels.
  82. black ibis noun: Pseudibis papillosa, an ibis found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent.
  83. black ice noun: A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.
  84. black imported fire ant noun: The ant Solenopsis richteri.
  85. black in verb: To regain or return to consciousness or attentiveness after having blacked out.
  86. black in the face adjective: Having the face purple through strangulation, passion, or effort.
  87. black information noun: data showing that somebody is uncreditworthy
  88. Black Irish noun: An Irish person or person of Irish descent with dark hair, eyes, and skin.
  89. black iron noun: Free weights as opposed to exercise machines.
  90. black ivory noun: Black slaves, regarded as cargo in the slave trade.
  91. black jack noun: Any of certain species of Caranx of gamefish, including C. latus and C. crysos, but especially Caranx lugubris.
  92. black jail noun: A facility in which individuals are detained by the state without access to legal process or representation.
  93. black jaundice noun: leptospirosis
  94. Black Joe cake noun: A kind of Pennsylvania Dutch cake made with cocoa and strong black coffee.
  95. black kale noun: Synonym of cavolo nero (“a variety of kale”).
  96. Black Khitai adjective, noun: Synonym of Qara Khitai.
  97. Black Khitan adjective, noun: Synonym of Qara Khitai.
  98. black kite noun: A species of kite, Milvus migrans, widely distributed throughout the Old World.
  99. black knight noun: A villain or evil character who masks their identity and that of their liege by not displaying heraldry.
  100. black knot noun: A plant disease caused by Dibotryon morbosum, producing rough black growths.
  101. black lady noun: A ghost of a lady in black mourning clothes.
  102. black land verb: To illegally trawl fish in excess of fishing quotas.
  103. black landing noun, verb: An illegal fishing trawl in excess of fishing quotas.
  104. black latten noun: brass in milled sheets, composed of copper and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire
  105. Black Law noun: Any one of a series of laws, passed before the American Civil War, sharply discriminating against free blacks who wished to emigrate to a northern state and...
  106. black lead noun: The metal lead.
  107. black legend noun: Historiographical phenomenon in which a sustained trend in historical writing of biased reporting and introduction of fabricated, exaggerated and/or...
  108. black-legged kittiwake noun: A seabird species in the gull family Laridae, Rissa tridactyla.
  109. black-legged tick noun: A deer tick (Ixodes scapularis).
  110. black lemur noun: Eulemur macaco, a medium-sized lemur that has black, long, tufted ears and thick fur, and is native to Madagascar.
  111. black letter adjective, noun: A Northern European style of type based on the script, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a...
  112. black letter day noun: A day marked in ancient calendars in black letter, as distinguished from the more import red letter days; an inauspicious day.
  113. black letter law noun: The law as a set of specific concrete rules set down by longstanding precedents.
  114. black liberation noun: Alternative letter-case form of black liberation.
  115. black licorice noun: The traditional type of licorice candy which is primarily flavored with licorice, in contrast to red licorice which has a primary flavor such as strawberry...
  116. black lie noun: A deliberately untrue statement made with malicious or unethical intent.
  117. black light noun: A light bulb that emits ultraviolet light, usually used to create the illusion that anything white is glowing.
  118. black limpet noun: Lottia asmi, a species of sea snail.
  119. black-lipped pika noun: Synonym of plateau pika.
  120. black liquor noun: A waste product produced during the digestion of pulpwood into paper pulp.
  121. black liquorice noun: British standard spelling of black licorice.
  122. black lives matter phrase: A rallying call and statement of protest, concerning police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people.
  123. black locust noun: A tall, deciduous tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to the southeastern United States, having...
  124. black look noun: Synonym of dirty look.
  125. black lung noun: A chronic disease of the lungs caused by the long-term inhalation of coal dust.
  126. black lung disease noun: Synonym of black lung.
  127. black mage noun: A practitioner of black magic.
  128. black magic noun: Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.
  129. black magical adjective: Of or relating to black magic.
  130. black magician noun: A practitioner of black magic.
  131. black magick noun: Any magick used for evil purposes
  132. black maire noun: Notelaea cunninghamii, a tree endemic to New Zealand.
  133. black mamba noun: A large venomous snake found in Africa, taxonomic name Dendroaspis polylepis. Despite the name, this species of snake is not black; its colour ranges widely...
  134. black man noun: A male adult member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent; or the appearance thereof.
  135. black manganese noun: The black oxide of manganese, MnO₂.
  136. black mangrove noun: A tree or woody shrub common in swampy salt-water areas along the Atlantic tropical coasts of Africa and South America, extending north into the Pacific...
  137. black maple noun: A variety of maple tree of eastern North America, Acer nigrum, closely related to the sugar maple, but with a darker bark and three-lobed leaves.
  138. Black Maria noun /blæk məˈɹaɪə/: A police van for transporting prisoners.
  139. Black Mariah noun: Alternative form of Black Maria.
  140. black mark noun: Something that negatively affects someone's reputation.
  141. black market adjective, noun, verb: Trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing, or price controls.
  142. black marketeer noun: Someone selling black market goods or trading on the black market.
  143. black marketeering noun: The practice of selling black market goods or trading on the black market.
  144. black marsh turtle noun: A freshwater turtle of species Siebenrockiella crassicollis, endemic to southeast Asia.
  145. black mass noun: Alternative letter-case form of black mass (“evil ritual”).
  146. black match noun: A pyrotechnic fuse consisting of a cotton string, coated with black powder.
  147. black matipo noun: Synonym of kohuhu (“the tree Pittosporum tenuifolium”).
  148. black matpe bean noun: Synonym of black gram
  149. black mead noun: A form of mead made with blackcurrants.
  150. black measles noun: Synonym of esca (“a fungal disease afflicting grapes”).
  151. black metal noun /ˈblæk ˌmɛtəl/: Iron, or similar metals worked by a blacksmith
  152. black metaller noun: A fan of black metal music.
  153. black MIDI noun: A style of music composition involving the creation of MIDI files where extreme numbers of musical notes are played simultaneously.
  154. black mirror noun: A mirror used to practice divination or other magic rituals.
  155. Black Mirror-esque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Black Mirror, a British anthology television series depicting dystopian futures featuring advanced technology.
  156. black mist noun: Political corruption.
  157. black money noun: Income that is not reported to a government in order to evade taxes.
  158. black mongo noun /ˌblak ˈmoŋ.ɡo/: black bean; black soybean
  159. Black Monk noun: A Benedictine monk, one of the Order of Saint Benedict.
  160. black moon noun: Any of various new moons or absences of them, within a year.
  161. black moss noun: Any of numerous species of dark-coloured mosses (Bryophyta), possibly species of the genera Grimmia, Andreaea, Syntrichia, Cinclidotus.
  162. black moth noun: Arctornis l-nigrum (black V moth)
  163. black-mouthed adjective: Using foul or vulgar language.
  164. black mud noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, mud.
  165. black mudalia noun: Leptoxis melanoides, a freshwater snail endemic to the Black Warrior River system of Alabama in the United States.
  166. black mudfish noun: Neochanna diversus, a galaxiid fish found in swamps and wetlands of the North Island of New Zealand.
  167. black mulberry noun: A mulberry of species (Morus nigra), a small deciduous tree growing to 10–13 m tall and native to southwestern Asia.
  168. Black Muslim noun: a member of an African-American religious movement with political overtones; either of the Nation of Islam or the American Muslim Mission (open to all races)
  169. black mustard noun: a Mediterranean herb, of species Brassica nigra (syns. Mutarda nigra, Rhamphospermum nigrum etc.), whose seeds are used as a spice.
  170. black-naped oriole noun: A bird of species Oriolus chinensis, native to much of Asia.
  171. black-necked crane noun: Grus nigricollis, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family, native to Asia
  172. black-necked grebe noun: A freshwater bird, Podiceps nigricollis, of the grebe family (Podicipedidae)
  173. black-necked screamer noun: Chauna chavaria, a species of the small family of birds Anhimidae, found in the northern regions of Colombia and Venezuela.
  174. black-necked stilt noun: Any member of the species Himantopus mexicanus of birds native to wetlands of the Americas.
  175. black-necked swan noun: The only South American species of swan, Cygnus melancoryphus.
  176. black nightshade noun: A Eurasian species of nightshade with black berries, Solanum nigrum, of Europe.
  177. black nobility noun: The Roman aristocratic families who sided with the papacy under Pope Pius IX after the Savoy family-led army of the Kingdom of Italy entered Rome on 20...
  178. black noise noun: Technical silence; noise that has a frequency spectrum of predominantly zero power level over all frequencies except for a few narrow bands or spikes.
  179. Black Norwegian Elkhound noun: A small spitz breed classified as a hunting dog.
  180. black note noun: Any of the notes (flats and sharps) produced by the black keys on a piano or similar keyed instrument.
  181. black notice noun: A notice from Interpol seeking information on unidentified dead bodies.
  182. black oak noun: A deciduous oak tree, Quercus velutina, native to eastern North America; its wood.
  183. black oat noun: The grass Avena strigosa
  184. black oat grass noun: Any member of the species Piptochaetium avenaceum of bunchgrass.
  185. black olive noun: An olive picked after it has ripened; as opposed to a green olive which is picked before ripening.
  186. black-on-black adjective: Taking place between black people.
  187. black onion seed noun: Synonym of nigella (“seed used as a spice”).
  188. black op noun: Clipped compound of black operation.
  189. black opal noun: A rare, precious gemstone that is dark in color and is known for its play of color.
  190. black open access noun: The illegal sharing of scientific articles and other content for free.
  191. black operation noun: A covert operation typically involving activities that are highly clandestine and outside of standard military protocol.
  192. black-or-white adjective: Alternative form of black-and-white.
  193. black oriole noun: Oriolus hosii, a species of oriole bird.
  194. black out noun, verb: To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink.
  195. black-outs noun: Alternative form of blackouts (“type of underwear”).
  196. black oven noun: A traditional direct-fired masonry oven.
  197. black over Bill's mother's adjective: Describing rain-bearing dark clouds on the horizon.
  198. black oxide noun: Any of several coatings for steels or copper; some are oxides (mainly iron(II,III) oxide), some are nitrites or nitrates, and some are selenides; all are...
  199. black pacu noun: Synonym of tambaqui.
  200. black palmer noun: The larva of the turnip sawfly, an agricultural pest
  201. black panther noun /ˈblæk ˈpænθɚ/: A member of the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982.
  202. Black Panther-esque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Black Panthers.
  203. black pantheresque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of black panthers.
  204. black pantherlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of black panthers.
  205. black partridge noun: A small partridge of Southeast Asia (Melanoperdix niger).
  206. black pepper noun: The plant Piper nigrum.
  207. black pepper snake noun: Synonym of speckled kingsnake.
  208. black persimmon noun: Diospyros nigra.
  209. black phosphorus noun: The least reactive of the allotropes of phosphorus; it has no significant commercial use.
  210. black piedra noun: A form of piedra caused by Piedraia hortae.
  211. black pill noun, verb: An opium pill.
  212. black pilled adjective, verb: Infected with a sense of nihilism.
  213. black piller noun: A person who has adopted a nihilistic and often far-right philosophy, especially an incel who believes men's dating success is determined purely by their...
  214. black pine noun: A European black pine (Pinus nigra);
  215. black pitohui noun: A perching bird of the species Melanorectes nigrescens, from New Guinea.
  216. black plate noun: sheet iron before it is tinned.
  217. black plum noun: Prunus domestica (European plum), a common cultivated plum.
  218. black plum of Illawarra noun: Synonym of black plum (“Diospyros australis”)
  219. black pod noun: A fungal disease of cocoa caused by Phytophthora palmivora.
  220. black polecat noun: Synonym of European polecat
  221. black pool noun: A form of the game of pool, mainly played in the 19th century, which later merged with pyramid pool to become the game of snooker.
  222. Black Pope noun: The Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
  223. black poplar noun: Any member of the species Populus nigra of poplars found in Europe, southwest and central Asia, and northwest Africa.
  224. black powder noun: A simple form of gunpowder, consisting of a mixture of saltpetre, charcoal, and sulfur.
  225. black power noun: Alternative letter-case form of Black Power.
  226. black prince noun: A butterfly of species Rohana parisatis, family Nymphalidae, of Indomalaya.
  227. black privilege noun: The collective advantages enjoyed by some black people over others, or over people who are not black.
  228. black propaganda noun: False or unverified propaganda, especially appearing to originate from an enemy's own sources; disinformation.
  229. black pudding noun: A blood sausage made from minced pork, pork blood, cereal (oats or barley), and spices; eaten at breakfast and combined in starters and salads.
  230. black quahog noun: Synonym of ocean quahog.
  231. black quarter noun: malignant anthrax with engorgement of a shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox
  232. black racer noun: A snake of species Coluber constrictor, of North and Central America, especially US.
  233. black radio noun: Radio broadcasting propaganda whose source and motivation are covert.
  234. black radish noun: A root vegetable of the family Brassicaceae cultivated for its edible root that has a tough black or dull brown skin and white flesh, Raphanus sativus var....
  235. black rage defense noun: A defense of a crime committed by a black person on the grounds that the person was driven to temporary insanity as a result of other people's racial prejudice.
  236. black rain noun: Rain contaminated by fungi spores, soot, or other particulate matter.
  237. black raspberry noun: Rubus leucodermis
  238. black rat noun: A common species of rat, Rattus rattus, originating anciently in Asia but now distributed worldwide.
  239. black redstart noun: A small passerine bird, Phoenicurus ochruros, from south and central Europe
  240. black rent noun: Blackmail (rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin).
  241. black rhino noun: Clipping of black rhinoceros.
  242. black rhinoceros noun: A rhinoceros, of species Diceros bicornis, in the family Rhinocerotidae.
  243. black rice noun: A type of rice of the species Oryza sativa L. which is black or dark purple in color and often glutinous.
  244. black rider noun: Famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
  245. Black Rod noun: Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
  246. black room noun: A governmental facility for intercepting and decrypting communications.
  247. black root rot noun: A fungal plant disease, caused mainly by Berkeleyomyces basicola, that causes roots to darken, decay, and leads to stunted growth in affected plants.
  248. black rot noun: A disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus Guignardia bidwellii.
  249. Black Russian adjective, noun: Pertaining to Black Russia.
  250. Black Russian Terrier noun: A breed of dog created in USSR in Red Star Kennel during the late 1940s and the early 1950s for use as military / working dogs.
  251. black rust noun: A disease of wheat, in which a black, moist substance is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
  252. black Sabbath noun: Synonym of witches' Sabbath (“meeting of witches”).
  253. black sage noun: Any member of the species Salvia mellifera of aromatic sage native to California, which are an important nectar source for sage honey.
  254. black salmon noun: The chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, native to the Pacific.
  255. black salsify noun: A perennial member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), cultivated as a root vegetable (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica).
  256. black salt noun: Synonym of kala namak.
  257. black salts noun: Crude potash
  258. black salve noun: An escharotic based on bloodroot extract, fraudulently marketed as an alternative cancer treatment.
  259. black sanctis noun: Alternative form of black sanctus.
  260. black sanctus noun: A profane or blasphemous parody of a hymn.
  261. black sand noun: Basaltic sand of volcanic origin, frequently found associated with volcanic islands.
  262. black santos noun: Alternative form of black sanctus.
  263. black sapote noun: A kind of fruit.
  264. Black Saturday noun: Synonym of Holy Saturday (“the Saturday before Easter”).
  265. black scabbardfish noun: A North Atlantic fish of the cutlassfish family Trichiuridae with an extremely elongated, eel-like body, Aphanopus carbo.
  266. Black-Scholes model noun: A mathematical model for the dynamics of a financial market containing derivative investment instruments.
  267. black scoter noun: Melanitta americana, an arctic sea bird in the family Anatidae.
  268. black screen of death noun: A critical system error encountered by computer operating systems, characterized by the display of a completely black screen and the cessation of device...
  269. Black Sea bottlenose dolphin noun: Synonym of bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops truncatus.
  270. black sea cucumber noun: A sea cucumber found in shallow waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, Holothuria forskali.
  271. black seabream noun: A marine ray-finned fish of species Spondyliosoma cantharus.
  272. black seaperch noun: Synonym of Japanese seaperch (“Sebastes ventricosus”).
  273. black seed squash noun: The Malabar gourd, Cucurbita ficifolia.
  274. black sesame soup noun: A Chinese dessert in liquid form made from black sesame seeds, rice, water and sugar, typically served hot.
  275. black shale noun: A dark, muddy rock, rich in sulfides and organic material.
  276. black sheep noun: A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person, who may be rejected or disdained by others for this reason.
  277. black shoe noun: A person who works on an aircraft carrier but is not involved in flights.
  278. black-sick adjective: Of an oyster, in which the male fish, has a black substance in the fin, whose mantle chamber contains almost fully developed larvae.
  279. black sigatoka noun: A leaf spot disease of banana plants, caused by the ascomycete fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis (anamorph: Pseudocercospora fijiensis).
  280. black silver noun: Stephanite.
  281. black site noun: A location at which an unacknowledged black operation or black project is conducted.
  282. black skimmer noun: A bird (Rynchops niger) native to the Americas.
  283. black slug noun: An omnivorous slug found in Europe and the Pacific Northwest, Arion ater, not always black, despite the name.
  284. black smoke noun: Black-colored smoke serving as an announcement to the outside world that no Pope has been elected yet.
  285. black smoker noun: A kind of hydrothermal vent found on the seabed, emitting clouds of black material.
  286. black snake noun: Any species of Pseudechis, a genus of Australian snakes.
  287. black snakeroot noun: Actaea racemosa, black cohosh.
  288. black society noun: A Chinese gang or triad.
  289. black soup noun: An ancient Spartan broth of boiled pigs' legs, blood, salt, and vinegar.
  290. Black Spanish noun: Synonym of Norfolk Black (“breed of turkey”).
  291. black speargrass noun: A species (Heteropogon contortus) of tangleheads, a tropical, perennial grass.
  292. black spot noun: A fungal disease among plants, particularly roses, that results in black spots on the leaves.
  293. black-spotted adjective: Alternative spelling of blackspotted.
  294. black spruce noun: Picea mariana, a North American species of spruce.
  295. black squall noun: A squall whose approach is indicated by dark clouds.
  296. black square noun: A predominantly black image, posted by users of social media, as a demonstration of support for awareness and protest campaigns, particularly those related...
  297. black start noun: The process of restoring an electric power station or part of an electric grid to operation without relying on the external electric power transmission network.
  298. black stork noun: A large bird of species Ciconia nigra in the stork family Ciconiidae, wintering in tropical Africa, found in much of western Eurasia.
  299. black-striped wallaby noun: A medium-sized wallaby, Macropus dorsalis, from Queensland and New South Wales
  300. black studies noun: An interdisciplinary academic discipline concerned with the study of culture relating to African peoples and the African diaspora.

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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under B: 42,566 words, in 142 parts.