Black
Meanings and phrases
n.
- British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799); Joseph Black
- popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928); Shirley Temple Black; Shirley Temple
- a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa); Black person; blackamoor; Negro; Negroid
adj.
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; - Martin Luther King Jr.
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- offering little or no hope; - J.M.Synge; bleak; dim
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; -Thomas Hardy; dark; sinister
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; - Charles Darwin; - Douglas MacArthur; calamitous; disastrous; fatal; fateful
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; blackened
- extremely dark; pitch-black; pitch-dark
- harshly ironic or sinister; grim; mordant
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; - Rachel Carson; disgraceful; ignominious; inglorious; opprobrious; shameful
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- soiled with dirt or soot; smutty
- distributed or sold illicitly; bootleg; black-market; contraband; smuggled
n.
- the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white); blackness; inkiness
- (board games) the darker pieces
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- total absence of light; total darkness; lightlessness; blackness; pitch blackness
v.
- make or become black; blacken; melanize; melanise; nigrify
n.
- brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear; black bear; Ursus americanus; Euarctos americanus
n.
- a black grouse of western Asia; Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi
n.
- bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia; black bear; Ursus thibetanus; Selenarctos thibetanus
n.
- the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert; Sub-Saharan Africa
n.
- an African who is Black
n.
- an American whose ancestors were born in Africa; African-American; African American; Afro-American
n.
- the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe; Black Plague
n.
- a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States; African American Vernacular English; AAVE; African American English; Black English Vernacular; Black Vernacular; Black Vernacular English; Ebonics
n.
- a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States; African American Vernacular English; AAVE; African American English; Black English; Black Vernacular; Black Vernacular English; Ebonics
n.
- a hilly forest region in southwestern Germany; Schwarzwald
n.
- a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order; Dominican; Blackfriar; friar preacher
n.
- a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century
n.
- Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838); Makataimeshekiakiak
n.
- mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore
- mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
n.
- a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive
n.
- United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948); Pershing; John Joseph Pershing
n.
- a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades; hearts
n.
- an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam
n.
- a member of the Black Panthers political party
n.
- a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end political dominance by Whites
n.
- the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe; Black Death
n.
- son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376); Edward
n.
- a desert in northwestern Nevada
n.
- a sea between Europe and Asia; a popular resort area of eastern Europeans; Euxine Sea
n.
- a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries; Fatah Revolutionary Council; Fatah-RC; Abu Nidal Organization; ANO; Arab Revolutionary Brigades; Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims
n.
- a former Palestinian terrorist organization (now merged with Fatah Revolutionary Council) that assassinated the Prime Minister of Jordan and during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes
n.
- a branch of the Tai languages; Tai Dam
n.
- a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States; African American Vernacular English; AAVE; African American English; Black English; Black English Vernacular; Black Vernacular English; Ebonics
n.
- a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States; African American Vernacular English; AAVE; African American English; Black English; Black English Vernacular; Black Vernacular; Ebonics
n.
- an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921
n.
- a man who is Black
n.
- a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa); Black; blackamoor; Negro; Negroid
n.
- a dark-skinned race; Negroid race; Negro race
n.
- a woman who is Black
n.
- large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted bristle-tipped leaves; Quercus kelloggii
n.
- medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts; Juglans californica
n.
- edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe; shiitake; shiitake mushroom; golden oak mushroom; Oriental black mushroom; Lentinus edodes
n.
- medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath; common alder; Alnus glutinosa; Alnus vulgaris
n.
- widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries; black currant; Ribes nigrum
n.
- large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail; heathfowl; Lyrurus tetrix
n.
- large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog; black pine; Pinus thunbergii
n.
- British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799); Black
n.
- a variety of black bass; spotted black bass; Micropterus pseudoplites
n.
- Mexican black cherry; capulin
n.
- edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe; shiitake; shiitake mushroom; Chinese black mushroom; golden oak mushroom; Lentinus edodes
n.
- popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928); Black; Shirley Temple
n.
- a breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales; Welsh
n.
- black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment; bone black; bone char; animal charcoal
n.
- black hornless breed from Scotland; Aberdeen Angus; Angus
n.
- Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry; almond willow; Salix triandra; Salix amygdalina
n.
- van used by police to transport prisoners; police van; police wagon; paddy wagon; patrol wagon; wagon
n.
- a widely distributed North American garden spider; Argiope aurantia
adj.
- not having or not capable of producing colors; black-and-white
- The floor is of alternating black and white marble.
- The video is seen in colour and black and white.
- The black and white cinematography is by Gil Taylor.
n.
- a black-and-white photograph or slide; monochrome
- communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten); written communication; written language
- The floor is of alternating black and white marble.
- The video is seen in colour and black and white.
- The black and white cinematography is by Gil Taylor.
n.
- small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit; purple apricot; Prunus dasycarpa
n.
- ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers; black horehound; fetid horehound; stinking horehound; Ballota nigra
n.
- the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world; sorcery; black magic; necromancy
n.
- vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn; basket ash; brown ash; hoop ash; Fraxinus nigra
n.
- small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black; kuri-chiku; Phyllostachys nigra
n.
- widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)
- bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States; black sea bass; Centropistes striata
n.
- erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida; cat's-claw; catclaw; Pithecellodium unguis-cati
n.
- black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried; turtle bean
n.
- brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear; American black bear; Ursus americanus; Euarctos americanus
- bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia; Asiatic black bear; Ursus thibetanus; Selenarctos thibetanus
- The claws are blunt, while those of a black bear are sharp.
- Kumamon is a black bear with red cheeks.
- It teemed with black bear, grizzlies and had Dall sheep on the higher slopes.
n.
- deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar; alpine bearberry; Arctostaphylos alpina
n.
- dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin; German bee
n.
- New Zealand forest tree; Nothofagus solanderi
n.
- a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate)
- a black sash worn to show expert standards in the martial arts (judo or karate)
- She eventually earned her black belt in taekwondo.
- Pants were plain white with a black belt and socks.
- He is a third-dan black belt in Shotokan Karate.
n.
- a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy; melancholy
n.
- common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries; black bryony; Tamus communis
n.
- birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark; river birch; red birch; Betula nigra
- common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture; sweet birch; cherry birch; Betula lenta
n.
- a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it; blackbody; full radiator
- These ichneumonids have a black body and reddish abdomen.
- The CMB has a thermal black body spectrum at a temperature of .
- Her goal is to “create alternative narratives around the black body”.
n.
- a list of people who are out of favor; blacklist; shitlist
n.
- equipment that records information about the performance of an aircraft during flight
- The Studio is a black box performance space with 120 seats.
- The Jose Quintero black box theatre was also built in 1977.
- The Hearn Stage is a black box theater for smaller productions.
n.
- bread made of coarse rye flour; pumpernickel
n.
- important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia; Chrysophrys australis
n.
- common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries; black bindweed; Tamus communis
n.
- common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns; blackbuck; Antilope cervicapra
n.
- fish of the lower Mississippi; Ictiobus niger
n.
- ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe; Arum palaestinum
n.
- herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway; nutmeg flower; Roman coriander; Nigella sativa
n.
- a carpet beetle that is solid black in color
n.
- large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal; fisher; pekan; fisher cat; Martes pennanti
- A black cat is often seen moving around at night.
- Bomb Queen is never seen without her black cat, Ashe.
- Another animal often associated with Satan and evil is the black cat.
n.
- extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally; catechu
n.
- large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit; black cherry tree; rum cherry; Prunus serotina
- any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh; sweet cherry
n.
- large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit; black cherry; rum cherry; Prunus serotina
n.
- male black grouse; blackcock
n.
- North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia; black snakeroot; rattle-top; Cimicifuga racemosa
n.
- comedy that uses black humor
- The temple was used for Ning Hao's black comedy film "Crazy Stone".
- "Variety" called the film "a surprisingly entertaining black comedy."
- The book includes murderous drama, black comedy, and a maniacal rapist.
n.
- cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath; Western balsam poplar; Populus trichocarpa
- North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood; swamp cottonwood; downy poplar; swamp poplar; Populus heterophylla
n.
- a crappie that is black; Pomoxis nigromaculatus
n.
- widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries; European black currant; Ribes nigrum
- small black berries used in jams and jellies
n.
- Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin; red cypress pine; Callitris endlicheri; Callitris calcarata
n.
- an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing; carbonado
n.
- a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products; sheep rot; liver rot; distomatosis
n.
- a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada; Anas rubripes
n.
- a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported
n.
- a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies; bourtree; common elder; elderberry; European elder; Sambucus nigra
n.
- common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies; American elder; sweet elder; Sambucus canadensis
n.
- a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye; shiner; mouse
- a bad reputation
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating; reverse; reversal; setback; blow
- Joanne is crying and Kelly has a black eye.
- The body of the animal is all pure white other than its black eye spots.
- Farmer suffered a black eye during the game, which was notable for its physicality.
n.
- a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae
n.
- a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship; pirate flag; Jolly Roger; blackjack
n.
- small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals; blackfly; buffalo gnat
n.
- red fox in the color phase when its pelt is mostly black
n.
- herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green; mission bells; Fritillaria biflora
n.
- a pasture grass (especially of western coastal regions of North America); Bouteloua eriopoda
n.
- low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America; greasewood; Sarcobatus vermiculatus
n.
- grouse of which the male is bluish-black
n.
- northern Atlantic guillemot; Cepphus grylle
n.
- a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum; black mallee; black sally; Eucalytus stellulata
- columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall; sour gum; pepperidge; Nyssa sylvatica
n.
- upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America; Viburnum prunifolium
- deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico; false buckthorn; chittamwood; chittimwood; shittimwood; Bumelia lanuginosa
n.
- European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers; Christmas rose; winter rose; Helleborus niger
- slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green; lenten rose; Helleborus orientalis
n.
- large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock; mountain hemlock; Tsuga mertensiana
n.
- poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine; henbane; stinking nightshade; Hyoscyamus niger
n.
- North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut; black walnut; black walnut tree; Juglans nigra
- smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut; mockernut; mockernut hickory; white-heart hickory; big-bud hickory; Carya tomentosa
- an American hickory tree having bitter nuts; pignut; pignut hickory; brown hickory; Carya glabra
n.
- a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field
- A black hole would also be smaller than a star.
- Observers falling into a Schwarzschild black hole ("i.e.
- The black hole is 250 million times as massive as the Sun.
n.
- ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers; black archangel; fetid horehound; stinking horehound; Ballota nigra
n.
- low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries; Gaylussacia baccata
n.
- the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect; black humour
n.
- the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect; black humor
n.
- a thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous
n.
- dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion; Milvus migrans
n.
- a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized; lesser knapweed; hardheads; Centaurea nigra
n.
- disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches
n.
- medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark; American larch; tamarack; Larix laricina
n.
- used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors; graphite; plumbago
n.
- a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries; Gothic
n.
- strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay
- large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions; yellow locust; Robinia pseudoacacia
n.
- a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores; blackwash
n.
- European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb; Alexander; Alexanders; horse parsley; Smyrnium olusatrum
n.
- lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust; anthracosis; black lung disease; coal miner's lung
n.
- lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust; anthracosis; black lung; coal miner's lung
n.
- the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world; sorcery; black art; necromancy
- She then used black magic to make the tree wither.
- It is the traditional color of witchcraft and black magic.
- Belief in black magic, or dukun santet, is widespread in the area.
n.
- northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood; Olea cunninghamii
n.
- a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum; black sally; black gum; Eucalytus stellulata
n.
- a highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite; Dendroaspis augusticeps
n.
- an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida; Aegiceras majus
- a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast; occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short roots that bend up from the ground; Avicennia marina
n.
- dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward; pompon; Anisotremus surinamensis
n.
- people who engage in illicit trade
- an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls
- We were having a real "black market" of passports.
- Strict rationing inevitably created a black market.
- on the black market it often differed from the official one.
v.
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor; run
- We were having a real "black market" of passports.
- Strict rationing inevitably created a black market.
- on the black market it often differed from the official one.
n.
- someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities
v.
- deal on the black market
n.
- large game fish in the Pacific Ocean; may reach 1000 pounds; Makaira mazara; Makaira marlina
n.
- prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America; hop clover; yellow trefoil; nonesuch clover; Medicago lupulina
n.
- a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it; the fertile body is grey when young and black in old age; Morchella conica; conic morel; Morchella angusticeps; narrowhead morel
n.
- dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America; Spanish moss; old man's beard; long moss; Tillandsia usneoides
n.
- European mulberry having dark foliage and fruit; Morus nigra
n.
- music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses; African-American music
- They wouldn't let black music through.
- He opened the door for black music."
- "We're breaking down categories of world music and rock music and black music.
n.
- widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard; Brassica nigra
n.
- Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible; common nightshade; poisonberry; poison-berry; Solanum nigrum
n.
- medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped; yellow oak; quercitron; quercitron oak; Quercus velutina
n.
- olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil; ripe olive
n.
- a dark colored opal with internal reflections of green or red
n.
- a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out
v.
- obliterate or extinguish
- darken completely; blacken out
- suppress by censorship as for political reasons
- lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example; zonk out; pass out
n.
- perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying; Lathyrus niger
n.
- pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on
- climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam; pepper; common pepper; white pepper; Madagascar pepper; Piper nigrum
- Oregano or black pepper is sometimes added.
- Coffee, black pepper and vanilla are the main cash crops.
- The main crops are elaichi, black pepper, cardamom and ginger.
n.
- large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe; Pinus nigra
- large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog; Japanese black pine; Pinus thunbergii
- tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine; Jeffrey pine; Jeffrey's pine; Pinus jeffreyi
- conifer of Australia and New Zealand; matai; Prumnopitys taxifolia; Podocarpus spicata
- New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry; miro; Prumnopitys ferruginea; Podocarpus ferruginea
n.
- large European poplar; Populus nigra
n.
- a black sausage containing pig's blood and other ingredients; blood sausage; blood pudding
n.
- blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet; blacksnake; Coluber constrictor
n.
- raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit; blackcap; blackcap raspberry; thimbleberry; Rubus occidentalis
n.
- common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide; roof rat; Rattus rattus
n.
- large harmless shiny black North American snake; blacksnake; pilot blacksnake; mountain blacksnake; Elaphe obsoleta
n.
- African rhino; in danger of extinction; Diceros bicornis
n.
- a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure; bladderwrack; bladder fucus; tang; Fucus vesiculosus
n.
- fungus causing black root rot in apples; Xylaria mali
n.
- a fungous disease causing darkening and decay of the leaves of fruits and vegetables
n.
- blackish fish of New England waters; barrelfish; Hyperglyphe perciformis
n.
- an aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexico; wooly blue curls; California romero; Trichostema lanatum
n.
- a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum; black mallee; black gum; Eucalytus stellulata
n.
- perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots; viper's grass; scorzonera; Scorzonera hispanica
- long black salsify; scorzonera
n.
- a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers; sea milkwort; sea trifoly; Glaux maritima
n.
- bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States; black bass; Centropistes striata
n.
- sheep with a black coat
- a reckless and unprincipled reprobate; scapegrace
n.
- North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia; black cohosh; rattle-top; Cimicifuga racemosa
- deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States; Canada ginger; Asarum canadense
n.
- spleenwort of Europe and Africa and Asia having pinnate fronds and yielding an astringent; Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
n.
- any of several fungous diseases of plants that produce small black spots on the plant
- Each thoracic segment with one each black spot.
- A black spot is present at the end of the cell.
- Yellowish head with large black spot on frons.
n.
- small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood; Picea mariana; spruce pine
n.
- fox squirrel or grey squirrel in the black color phase
n.
- Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below; Ciconia nigra
n.
- common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries; dwarf sumac; mountain sumac; shining sumac; Rhus copallina
n.
- large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill; Cygnus atratus
n.
- fermented tea leaves
n.
- a black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket
- semiformal evening dress for men; dinner jacket; tux; tuxedo
- See black tie and stroller for more details.
- black tie, and informal i.e.
- The uniforms also features a black tie, black socks and shoes, and a white shirt.
n.
- a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue; hairy tongue; furry tongue
n.
- a showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersides; silver tree fern; sago fern; Cyathea medullaris
n.
- common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America; Arenaria-Melanocephala
n.
- caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito; yellow jack; yellow fever
n.
- American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard; carrion crow; Coragyps atratus
- of southern Eurasia and northern Africa; Aegypius monachus
n.
- North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut; black walnut tree; black hickory; Juglans nigra
- American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell
n.
- North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut; black walnut; black hickory; Juglans nigra
n.
- Australian tree that yields tanning materials; Acacia auriculiformis
n.
- brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice; rice weevil; Sitophylus oryzae
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- small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school; pilot whale; common blackfish; blackfish; Globicephala melaena
- large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris; sperm whale; cachalot; Physeter catodon
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- venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen; Latrodectus mactans
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- North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes; swamp willow; Salix nigra
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- of black tinged with blue; blue-black
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- black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment; bone char; animal black; animal charcoal
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- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink; lampblack; soot; smut; crock
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- a very dark black; ebony; jet black; pitch black; sable; soot black
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- a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil
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- a very dark black; coal black; ebony; pitch black; sable; soot black
n.
- a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye; largemouth; largemouth bass; largemouthed bass; largemouthed black bass; Micropterus salmoides
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- a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye; largemouth; largemouth bass; largemouthed bass; largemouth black bass; Micropterus salmoides
n.
- tiny glossy black ant; nests outdoors but invades houses for food; Monomorium minimum
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- a very dark black; coal black; ebony; jet black; sable; soot black
n.
- a fine black powder of platinum; used as a catalyst in chemical reactions
n.
- large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers; China rose; Chinese hibiscus; Rose of China; shoeblack plant; Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
n.
- a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye; smallmouth; smallmouth bass; smallmouthed bass; smallmouthed black bass; Micropterus dolomieu
n.
- a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye; smallmouth; smallmouth bass; smallmouthed bass; smallmouth black bass; Micropterus dolomieu
n.
- a very dark black; coal black; ebony; jet black; pitch black; sable
n.
- a variety of black bass; Kentucky black bass; Micropterus pseudoplites
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- It is hailed as the UK's first black feature film.
- He wanted to become Nevada's first black Senator.
- This film is considered the first black talkie.
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- It consists of a black metal pyramid on a concrete base.
- The early American black metal bands remained underground.
- Many purist black metal artists have continued this style.
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- In this case, instead of black people, it's prawns.
- "I want to portray black people as they really are."
- I do know some wonderful and thoughtful black people.
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- She was one of the first black women in Colombia to publish.
- The organisation was the first black women's group in the UK.
- All the characters those black women writers acknowledged and ignored."
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- Ying — The only black man living in Pebble Town.
- A black man sitting nearby asks him to stop.
- Dumas was replaced by another black man, Samuel Armstead.
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- Physical assault is also prevalent for the black community.
- It was a time of flourishing projects in the black community.
- The response from Miami's black community was more conflicted.
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- Tiny black holes are theorized to emit Hawking radiation.
- Solutions describing more general black holes also exist.
- However, black holes slowly evaporate by emitting Hawking radiation.
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- Lynchings of black men were numerous in the South in this period.
- White men had an increased risk, but not white women or black men.
- Douglass supported the amendment, which would grant suffrage to black men.
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- Scutellum has three usually isolated black spots.
- The two prominent subapical black spots are visible.
- In males, there are six black spots on each forewing.
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- The official colors are yellow, white and black.
- Thoracic segments white and black transversely banded.
- The seats in the stand are blue, yellow, white and black.
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- She was the first black woman admitted to the Painter's Union.
- Above the altar is a statue of the Virgin depicted as a black woman.
- Iyiola is the first black woman to play The Duchess in a major production.
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- In 1986, it accepted black students.
- A school for black students, also called Harrisburg School, opened in 1904.
- This year's results showed small gains in almost all grades for black students.
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- The street was surrounded by three historically black universities.
- Frenchtown is the oldest historically black neighborhood in the state.
- Atlanta is the home of the largest consortium of historically black institutions in the nation.
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- The main colors of ornaments are white, red and black.
- Livery was the same red and black as the F4 1000 Mamba.
- The team's colors were white, red and black.
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- Banfield had a more youthful look with longer black hair.
- An example would be, "My father's brother has black hair."
- It has a thick coat of coarse black hair.
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- Their heads and long wings have black markings.
- The spider is sandy gray to brown with black markings.
- Their long wings have black markings, as does the head.
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- Unlord Unlord was a Dutch black metal band, formed in 1989.
- Profanatica Profanatica is a black metal band from New York.
- American black metal band Order of Leviathan was formed in 2012.
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- On the sides of the thorax is present a small black line.
- Ventral surface yellow and flecked with small black spots.
- "P. elata" also produces small black or dark blue berries.
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- By 1900, the black population had doubled and reached 8.8 million.
- The west does have a sizable black population in certain areas, however.
- Foreign born blacks, 9% of the black population, made even greater strides.
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- American black bears are abundant in much of North America.
- Experiments show that black bears can see color, unlike many mammals.
- Dhole packs occasionally attack Asiatic black bears, snow leopards, and sloth bears.
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- The original propellant load is of black powder.
- This iron oxide is encountered in the laboratory as a black powder.
- This is effective with black powder, but less so with smokeless powder.
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- The stand-up sequences were shot against a black background.
- Writing in white on a black background.
- The beret emblem is worn on a black background with a green border.
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- The all black bike was limited to 21 examples.
- The caterpillar is almost all black with dusted white spots.
- He wears all black, smokes, and keeps to himself all the time.
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- Yellowish head with large black spot on frons.
- There are almost always large black rings on the mantle.
- Head with large black spot on frons.
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- and often sported a black leather jacket.
- This type of chokha has black leather belts decorated with silver pieces.
- She notably possessed five Maquet-branded wallets, all made of black leather.
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- The lower part of the head usually has black dots.
- Series of black dots found on tail of hindwings.
- There are fine black dots on the margins of all wings.
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- Black holes can also merge with other objects such as stars or even other black holes.
- Brown later added other black players to the team, including Horace Gillom and Len Ford.
- This was the origin of the widespread superstition about black cats and other black animals.
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- Jackson stayed, vainly seeking a young black man to reestablish the community.
- Her best friend, Starletta, is a young black girl who has poor, but kind parents.
- More unusual prey include fishers, young black bear cubs, harp seals and rattlesnakes.
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- She was already teaching at the Robert Vaux School for black children.
- He asked Lissner for their help in caring for black children in Harlem.
- As of 1983, several black children had been accepted for addmission, but none had enrolled.
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- It is fabricated from aluminum, painted black.
- The mudguards were painted black as a sign of mourning.
- The sculpture is fabricated from steel and painted black.
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- The official colors are yellow and black.
- Cardinal marks are yellow and black with two cones at top marks.
- The club plays in yellow and black.
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- The college's endowment was transferred to Virginia Union University, a historically black college.
- In 1968, she joined the faculty at Jackson State College, a historically black college in Mississippi.
- The annual game matched Prairie View A&M against a team from another historically black college or university (HBCU).
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- Cilia fulvous, with a black line through them.
- On the sides of the thorax is present a small black line.
- Abdomen orange with a black line on vertex.
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- As a descendant of this legacy, he too joined the free black militia of Havana.
- His parents were Amanda Hines, a free black, and Nathan Taylor, who was enslaved.
- Louisville also had a free black population, among whom some managed to acquire property.
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- Ying — The only black man living in Pebble Town.
- Gragg was the only black person to serve on the board at the time.
- She tries to befriend the only black girl in school, Lydia, but is rebuffed.
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- The earrings come with or without black and red glass beads.
- The club colours would be black and red.
- Unlike most modern tiles they are white with black and red pips.
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- The palps and proboscis have black scales.
- Forewings are bright orange yellow and covered with slightly powdered black scales.
- Females have black scales that protrude forwards and backwards on their middle and hind legs.
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- Adults are predominantly dark brown or black in colour.
- These are long white, brown or black cloaks trimmed in gold.
- The fur is dark brown or black in color.
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- Black River's school colors are black and gold.
- The cord for officers was made of black and gold thread.
- The school mascot is a rooster and the school colors are black and gold.
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- It is believed to have a supermassive black hole at its center.
- These results imply that NGC 5005 contains a supermassive black hole.
- There is believed to be a supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy.
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- Pedicel dark brown and flagellum dark brown to black.
- It is a dark reddish brown to black monoclinic mineral.
- The stripes, spots, and blotches are deep brown to black.
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- He is strolling with a woman dressed in black.
- Her human form is a 25-year-old woman always dressed in black.
- Maisonet was reportedly dressed in black, and telling him: "Raphy, I'll help you from here".
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- Smith had explicitly "campaigned on a platform to disfranchise black voters in Georgia."
- They broke up Republican meetings, disrupted their organizing, and intimidated black voters at the polls.
- The campaign aimed to register black voters in a place where the voting rights for blacks were nearly non-existent.
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- She was the first black person named to be head of the committee.
- Gragg was the only black person to serve on the board at the time.
- He even offered $50 to anyone who took a black person abroad and gave him a job there.
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- in 2008 (on both black and clear yellow vinyl).
- More than 30 people were interviewed, both black and white.
- At many locations, one can purchase both black tapioca balls and white tapioca balls.
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- The caterpillar has a black head in first instars.
- The third field is red, on it a black head of a bull facing forward.
- 3rd: The black head of bull.
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- Coat is predominantly black with speckled ears.
- The bumblebee is predominantly black, with an orange collar.
- Many of them turned to teaching in predominantly black schools.
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- At least 5,000 black soldiers fought for the Revolutionary cause.
- The club's fundraising efforts also assisted the orphans of black soldiers.
- As a result, black soldiers endured a disproportionate share of labor duty.
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- As an adult, Mail purchased a black female slave named Nancy.
- In 1986 she became the department's first black female commander.
- The first black female historians paved their way using the "Journal of Negro History."
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- It was for this project that he needed the black slaves.
- Many black slaves sided with the Loyalists.
- By 1650 the island had 6,000 black slaves and 24,000 whites.
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- By 2007, black players made up less than 9% of the major leagues.
- Brown later added other black players to the team, including Horace Gillom and Len Ford.
- The Browns, in fact, had roughly a third of the black players in the NFL on their roster.
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- The venter displays a checked black and yellow (or cream) pattern.
- Males are powdery blue, while females are black and yellow, resembling a wasp.
- They had to wear black and yellow dress to distinguish themselves from the Muslims.
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- There are long black hairs on the inner margin.
- The protagonist is given a long black sword.
- The inflorescence is covered in long black and white hairs.
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- The Bottom is a mostly black neighborhood in Ohio.
- It is mostly black with a slight green sheen.
- Aaron wants to get a mostly black jury and accuse the police of racism.
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- Lyrically, it has many black feminist themes.
- Gentrification has displaced many black residents in north and northeast Portland.
- Instead, many black metal songs contain lengthy and repetitive instrumental sections.
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- The AP rounds have a black band just under the bullet tip.
- Mine Head has a 22 m (72 ft.) white tower with a black band.
- On the back of the abdomen of the females there is a black band.
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- The club's colours are azure and black stripes.
- Thorax show a few black stripes, with a broader central stripe.
- The Afghan Kucchi is usually brindle grey and dark black stripes.
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- Country-western singer Johnny Cash always wore black on stage.
- Aguilera wore black lace thigh-high boots and a white bodysuit.
- The team wore black armbands for the last four games in 1978 in memory of Nelson.
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- Team colours are red shirt, black shorts and socks.
- Their kit is a red shirt, black shorts and red socks.
- The club colours are green, white and blue with black shorts.
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- In many countries judges and magistrates wear black robes.
- They all wear black and drive around in a menacing fashion.
- That’s why I always wear black."
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- Nearby Dresden and Buxton were home to thousands of land-owning black residents.
- Gentrification has displaced many black residents in north and northeast Portland.
- In a rural area dominated by cotton plantations, Fayette had a majority of black residents.
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- She was the first black woman admitted to the Painter's Union.
- Iyiola is the first black woman to play The Duchess in a major production.
- She is the first black woman to represent the United Kingdom as a high commissioner.
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- Vidali is shown staring over her shoulder and wearing a black hat.
- She is wearing a black mantilla, and a pink carnation on the left side of her head.
- With Minaj's first verse, she appears in front of a red and black wall wearing a black and white outfit.
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- Its ventral pelage is a dark brown to almost black.
- It has a dark blue flower that is almost black.
- His fur is very dark, almost black.
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- It is an eight-story concrete-frame structure, framed by black marble around the doors.
- The original black marble sarcophagus collapsed at Burg Hohenzollern—the current one is a copper copy.
- Made entirely of black marble, except for the base and cornice, the altar would have made a striking impression.
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- The player can choose between black or white chips.
- The keyboard can come in colors black or white.
- They wore white pants and either black or white jerseys.
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- In the males the thorax is grayish, with black lines.
- Hindwings also with black lines at medial and submarginal areas.
- Both sexes have mottled grey forewings with jagged black lines across them.
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- This appointment made him responsible for the black communities' housing.
- The film was screened in theaters in only about 20 mostly black communities.
- There autonomous black communities developed in Spanish Florida, though not simultaneously.
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- The player can choose between black or white chips.
- The terminal phase males have yellow between black bars.
- The income gap between black and white families is also significant.
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- They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings.
- They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings.
- Females are mostly pale brown to black, often with black scribble marks forming lined, zebra-like patterns.
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- If you're wearing black, you're on sure ground."
- The Falcons also started wearing black cleats with these uniforms.
- Tulisa then reappears wearing black sunglasses and white summer outfit.
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- Among her earliest works are from the 1920s and discuss black workers in the US economy.
- Although the pay scale was still inequitable, black workers received a pay increase in 1944.
- The company hired both white and black workers, who were segregated based upon the type of work.
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- Keckler was still wearing her new black dress and leather jacket.
- Other designers contributed to the trend of the little black dress.
- The sisters adopted a religious habit of a black dress and cape, with a white cap.
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- The college's endowment was transferred to Virginia Union University, a historically black college.
- In 1968, she joined the faculty at Jackson State College, a historically black college in Mississippi.
- The annual game matched Prairie View A&M against a team from another historically black college or university (HBCU).
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- A second black dot was moving toward the first one.
- The dorsal and anal fins are semitransparent with a black dot in front of it.
- The arrow into the Locked node from the black dot indicates it is the initial state.
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- Summer trousers are French gray with 1" black stripe.
- Winter trousers are charcoal gray with a 1" black stripe down the side.
- The male has a grey head with a black stripe through the eye and a white cheek patch.
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- "P. elata" also produces small black or dark blue berries.
- The larvae are broad and slug like and are hairy and either black or dark grey.
- The text is written in black or dark brown ink in two columns of a variable number of lines.
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- It is believed to have a supermassive black hole at its center.
- These results imply that NGC 5005 contains a supermassive black hole.
- There is believed to be a supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy.
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- On April 4, 1904 Walcott defended his title against black contender Dixie Kid.
- The Texas law was struck down because it was found to discriminate against black and Hispanic voters.
- She later wrote that "[she] was chilled by the discrimination [she] saw practised against black Americans...
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- Normal text is written in black ink, and the headings in red.
- The interior pages are printed in black ink, on 90 gsm matte art paper.
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- The black smoke would travel under the floor and exit the flue.
- However, any leaks in the floor would allow black smoke to seep into the room.
- Some protestors were lighting tires on fire, engulfing the area in thick black smoke.
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- The whole, along with its various portions, are framed in black granite.
- An important black granite quarry was located at Tombos in the pharaonic era.
- Only remnants of the black granite pyramidion, which topped the pyramid, have been found.
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- Willie O'Ree, the first black player in the NHL, is from Fredericton.
- By 1953, only six of the sixteen major league teams had a black player on the roster.
- Source: Ernie Davis was the first black player to be chosen first overall in the NFL Draft.
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- Black history was promoted very largely at black colleges.
- She attended several colleges and universities, including historically black colleges in the Jim Crow south.
- Her award supported research training for students from historically black colleges and universities to work in biochemistry.
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- It was released on opaque pink vinyl and black vinyl.
- First edition: 500 on black vinyl and live photo insert.
- Limited to 1,000 copies on black vinyl.