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<A NAME="blackletter">
<B>black letter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a printing type with thick, heavy lines resembling old German manuscript writing. <DD><B> 2. </B>any other heavy-faced type. </DL>
<A NAME="blackletter">
<B>black-letter, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>printed in black letter. <BR> <I>Ex. black-letter headlines.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>inauspicious. <BR> <I>Ex. a black-letter day.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="blacklettered">
<B>black-lettered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> printed in black letter. </DL>
<A NAME="blacklight">
<B>black light,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of ultraviolet light imperceptible to the human eye, used to take photographs at night and to give a fluorescent effect. </DL>
<A NAME="blackliquor">
<B>black liquor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the leftover liquid from wood chips treated by the sulfite process. </DL>
<A NAME="blacklist">
<B>blacklist, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a list of persons, corporations, or groups who are believed to deserve punishment, blame, or suspicion. Persons or groups on a blacklist are usually boycotted or cut off from membership, affiliation, or employment. <BR> <I>Ex. That store keeps a blacklist of persons who do not pay their bills.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to put on a blacklist. <BR> <I>Ex. If a [baseball] player attempted to "jump" his reserve clause by joining another team without a release, he would be blacklisted by member clubs (Richard E. Day).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="blacklocust">
<B>black locust,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a medium-sized, handsome shade tree of the pea family, widely-grown in the United States, and bearing fragrant flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="blacklung">
<B>black lung,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a form of pneumoconiosis which affects coal miners. <BR> <I>Ex. "Black lung" is caused by the inhalation of fine particles of coal dust (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<B>black Magellanic cloud,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Astronomy.) the Coalsack. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmagic">
<B>black magic,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> magic performed with the aid of evil spirits; sorcery; witchcraft. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmail">
<B>blackmail, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an attempt to obtain (money, a promise, or other gain) from a person by threatening to tell something that will disgrace him or someone dear to him. <DD><B> 2. </B>the threat of such an attempt. <DD><B> 3. </B>a sum of money or something of value obtained by such an attempt. <DD><B> 4. </B>the action of forcing anyone into doing something by the use of threats. <BR> <I>Ex. They must be given a guarantee against "blackmail" by the nuclear Powers (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(in former times) money paid to outlaw bands, for protection against plunder, by farmers and small landowners along the Scottish and English borders. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to get or try to get blackmail from. <DD><B> 2. </B>to force into doing something by the use of threats. noun <B>blackmailer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="blackmailpicketing">
<B>blackmail picketing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> picketing by a union to which a majority of the affected workers do not belong. <BR> <I>Ex. Blackmail picketing is aimed at compelling recognition of a union or organizing a nonunion plant (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="blackmangrove">
<B>black mangrove,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> blackwood, a small tree of the seacoast marshes of the West Indies and southern Florida. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmaria">
<B>Black Maria,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a police patrol wagon used to carry prisoners to and from jail. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmark">
<B>black mark,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mark of criticism or punishment made against a person. (SYN) demerit. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmarket">
<B>black market,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the selling of goods or currency at unlawful prices or in unlawful quantities. <DD><B> 2. </B>the place where such selling is done or the organization that does it. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmarket">
<B>black-market, </B>adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a black market. <BR> <I>Ex. blackmarket prices.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to operate a black market. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to sell (goods) on the black market. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmarketeer">
<B>black marketeer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who deals on the black market. </DL>
<B>black marlin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a marlin of Pacific waters. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmass">
<B>Black Mass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a ceremony burlesquing the Mass of Christian worship, supposed to have been performed by worshipers of Satan. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmeasles">
<B>black measles,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a severe type of measles, marked by hemorrhages under the skin. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmedic">
<B>black medic,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a plant of the pea family, having yellow flowers and black pods. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmica">
<B>black mica,</B> <B>=biotite.</B></DL>
<A NAME="blackmold">
<B>black mold,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mold or fungus having black spores suspended as dust particles in the air. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmonday">
<B>Black Monday,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the day after Easter; Easter Monday. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmoney">
<B>black money,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) income not reported to the government for tax purposes because of its illegal source. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmonk">
<B>Black Monk,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Benedictine monk, so called from the black costume. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmoss">
<B>black moss,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flowering plant in the southern United States and the West Indies, of the pineapple family, that hangs from trunks and branches of live oaks; long moss; Spanish moss. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmuslim">
<B>Black Muslim,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a member of the Nation of Islam, a black American sect preaching a form of Moslemism, black racial superiority, and total segregation between blacks and whites. </DL>
<A NAME="blackmustard">
<B>black mustard,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of the two species of mustard (the other being the <I>white mustard</I>) commonly grown in Europe and America for their seeds, used for seasoning and in medicine. </DL>
<A NAME="blacknationalism">
<B>black nationalism,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the principles and beliefs of black nationalists. </DL>
<A NAME="blacknationalist">
<B>black nationalist,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of any one of various black groups, such as the Black Muslims, who wish to establish a social structure independent of the influence of white people. </DL>
<A NAME="blackness">
<B>blackness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality or condition of being black; black color; darkness. <BR> <I>Ex. the blackness of night.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) wickedness. <DD><B> 3. </B>the distinctive qualities or characteristics of black people; negritude. <BR> <I>Ex. The call for black studies is the product of Negroes' new pride in their race, a new awareness of their blackness (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=black humor.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="blacknightshade">
<B>black nightshade,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a weed with white flowers, poisonous black berries, and leaves that have a poisonous juice. It is in the nightshade family. </DL>
<A NAME="blackoak">
<B>black oak,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a North American oak with dark bark, common in the eastern United States; quercitron. <DD><B> 2. </B>its wood. </DL>
<A NAME="blackout">
<B>blackout, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>the action of turning off or concealing all the lights of a city or other area as a protection against an air raid. <DD><B> b. </B>the condition of having no electricity as the result of a power failure. <BR> <I>Ex. Excessive use of air conditioners can cause a blackout.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a temporary blindness or loss of consciousness resulting from lack of oxygen supply to the brain. <DD><B> b. </B>a temporary failure of memory. <DD><B> 3a. </B>a failure in radio reception due to jamming or to disturbances in the atmosphere or ionosphere. <DD><B> b. </B>the withholding of a particular television program, especially a sports event from a specified area, usually so as to assure good local attendance. <DD><B> 4. </B>the withholding of information usually printed or broadcast. <BR> <I>Ex. ... rival newspapers were observing a police request for a news blackout (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 5a. </B>a turning off of all the lights on the stage of a theater. <DD><B> b. </B>a skit of the type usually ending with a blackout. <DD><I>adj. </I> limiting or prohibiting use of a special offer for travel or recreation. <BR> <I>Ex. Restrictions and blackout dates may apply (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="blackpanther">
<B>Black Panther,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a member of a militant black organization seeking to achieve power and equality for blacks by radical means. </DL>
<A NAME="blackpepper">
<B>black pepper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a seasoning with a hot, sharp taste, made by grinding the dried berries of a woody vine of the pepper family grown in tropical Asia. <DD><B> 2. </B>the vine itself. </DL>
<A NAME="blackplate">
<B>black plate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> steel or iron in thin sheets to be plated with tin or an alloy of tin and lead. </DL>
<A NAME="blackpoint">
<B>black point,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fungous and bacterial disease of cereals, that causes the embryo to darken. </DL>
<A NAME="blackpoll">
<B>blackpoll, </B>noun, or <B>blackpoll warbler,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a North American warbler. The top of the adult male's head is black. </DL>
<A NAME="blackpope">
<B>Black Pope,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an informal name for the head of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), in reference to his authoritative position and the black soutane he wears. </DL>
<A NAME="blackpoplar">
<B>black poplar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a poplar native to temperate Asia and central and southern Europe, planted elsewhere. The familiar Lombardy poplar is a variety. </DL>
<A NAME="blackpot">
<B>black pot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a coarse Danish crockery ware exposed to dense smoke in baking as a substitute for glazing. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=blood pudding.</B> </DL>
