thunderbird
Webster Dictionary
an Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher
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negro
Webster Dictionary
a black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found
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blacklist
Webster Dictionary
to put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a
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sea bass
Webster Dictionary
a large marine food fish (Serranus, / Centropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch
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wheatear
Webster Dictionary
a small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail
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ebonize
Webster Dictionary
to make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood
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blackness
Webster Dictionary
the quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness
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black vulture
(ˈblækˌtɒp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a common New World vulture, Coragyps atratus, having a bald black head and black plumage.
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blacking
Webster Dictionary
any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves
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oriole
(ˈɔr iˌoʊl, ˈoʊr-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of various New World songbirds of the subfamily Icterinae (family Emberizidae), the males of which are usu. black and orange or black and yellow.
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silhouette
Webster Dictionary
a representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be
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black
Webster Dictionary
a negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races
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blackball
Webster Dictionary
to vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize
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ethiops
Webster Dictionary
a black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color
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nigrescent
Webster Dictionary
growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness
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blackbird
(ˈblækˌbɜrd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of several birds of the New World subfamily Icterinae (family Emberizidae) having shiny black or mostly black plumage, as the red-winged blackbird.
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kra
Webster Dictionary
a long-tailed ape (Macacus cynomolgus) of India and Sumatra. It is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail
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black
Webster Dictionary
in a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds
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krait
(ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any nocturnal venomous S Asian elapid snake of the genus Bungarus, having broad black-and-white or black-and-yellow bands.
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azov
(ˈæz ɔf, -ɒf, ˈeɪ zɔf, ˈeɪ zɒf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Sea of, a northern arm of the Black Sea, connected with the Black Sea by Kerch Strait. ab. 14,500 sq. mi. (37,555 sq. km).
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blackfish
Webster Dictionary
the black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also black Harry
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necromancy
Webster Dictionary
the art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art
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belgian malinois
(ˌmæl ənˈwɑ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of a Belgian breed of sheepherding dogs with a short, thick, black-tipped brown coat, a black mask, and erect ears.
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blackboard
Webster Dictionary
a broad board painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools
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korrigum
Webster Dictionary
a West African antelope (Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees
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stilpnomelane
Webster Dictionary
a black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina
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black
Webster Dictionary
a black garment or dress; as, she wears black
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melanocomous
Webster Dictionary
having very dark or black hair; black-haired
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jet
Webster Dictionary
a variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber
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spindleworm
Webster Dictionary
the larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment
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