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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
Blackamoornouna person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)verified
Blackbeetlenoundark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distributionverified
Blackberry BushnounMWEbramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacleverified
Blackberry-Lilynoungarden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberryverified
Blackcap RaspberrynounMWEraspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruitverified
Blackfacenounthe makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negroverified
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
blacklistnounA list of discrete entities, such as hosts or applications, that have been previously determined to be associated with malicious activity.Control
BlacklistingnounThe process of the system invalidating a user ID based on the user’s inappropriate actions. A blacklisted user ID cannot be used to log on to the system, even with the correct authenticator. Blacklisting and lifting of a blacklisting are both security-relevant events. Blacklisting also applies to blocks placed against IP addresses to prevent inappropriate or unauthorized use of Internet resources.ProcessRegulated
Blackmailernouna criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about themverified
Blacknessnounthe quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)verified
Blackseednoungrass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungusverified
Blacktail JackrabbitnounMWEthe common jackrabbit of grasslands and open areas of western United Statesverified
Blackthornnounerect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berriesverified
Blacktip SharknounMWEwidely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in inkverified
Blackwaternounany of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cellsverified
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
BladderpodnounNorth American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodicverified
Bladderwortnounany of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animalsverified
Bladderwort FamilynounMWEcarnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genliseaverified
Bladenouna cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guardverified
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