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Black SprucenounMWEsmall spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliageverified
Black SumacnounMWEcommon nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berriesverified
Black Tree FernnounMWEa showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia having a crown of pinnated fronds with whitish undersidesverified
Black WillownounMWENorth American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakesverified
Black-And-Tan CoonhoundnounMWEAmerican breed of large powerful hound dogs used for hunting raccoons and other gameverified
Black-And-Tan TerriernounMWEa breed of short-haired rat terrier with a black-and-tan coat that was developed in Manchester, Englandverified
Black-Body RadiationnounMWEthe electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black bodyverified
Black-Eyed PeanounMWEsprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manureverified
Black-Eyed SusannounMWEtropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple centerverified
Black-Eyed Susan VinenounMWEtropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple centerverified
Black-Necked StiltnounMWEstilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neckverified
Black-Stem SpleenwortnounMWEfern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazilverified
Black-Stemmed SpleenwortnounMWEfern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazilverified
Black-Winged StiltnounMWEstilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wingsverified
Blackberry BushnounMWEbramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacleverified
Blackcap RaspberrynounMWEraspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruitverified
Blackfoot DaisynounMWEbushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white raysverified
Blackjack OaknounMWEa common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leavesverified
Blacktail JackrabbitnounMWEthe common jackrabbit of grasslands and open areas of western United Statesverified
Blacktip SharknounMWEwidely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in inkverified
Blackwater FevernounMWEsevere and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urineverified
Bladder CampionnounMWEbluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyxverified
Bladder CherrynounMWEOld World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyxverified
Bladder FernnounMWEany fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the soriverified
Bladder SennanounMWEyellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife foodverified
Bladdernut FamilynounMWEa family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zoneverified
Bladderwort FamilynounMWEcarnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genliseaverified
Blade ApplenounMWEsmall yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jelliesverified
Blame GamenounMWEaccusations exchanged among people who refuse to accept sole responsibility for some undesirable eventverified
Blank EndorsementnounMWEan endorsement on commercial paper naming no payee and so payable to the bearerverified
Blanket FlowernounMWEannual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the centerverified
blanket jamverbMWEto jam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communicationscandidate
Blanket StitchnounMWEa strong reinforcing stitch for edges of blanket and other thick materialverified
Blastodermic VessiclenounMWEthe blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurredverified
Blazing StarnounMWEbiennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morningverified
Bleach LiquornounMWEa solution containing bleaching agents that is used to bleach textiles or paper pulpverified