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black

   [blak]
adjective, -er, -est, noun, verb, adverb
–adjective
1. lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
2. characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness: a black night.
3. (sometimes initial capital letter)
a. pertaining or belonging to any of the various populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia.
b. African-American.
4. soiled or stained with dirt: That shirt was black within an hour.
5. gloomy; pessimistic; dismal: a black outlook.
6. deliberately; harmful; inexcusable: a black lie.
7. boding ill; sullen or hostile; threatening: black words; black looks.
8. (of coffee or tea) without milk or cream.
9. without any moral quality or goodness; evil; wicked: His black heart has concocted yet another black deed.
10. indicating censure, disgrace, or liability to punishment: a black mark on one's record.
11. marked by disaster or misfortune: black areas of drought; Black Friday.
12. wearing black or dark clothing or armor: the black prince.
13. based on the grotesque, morbid, or unpleasant aspects of life: black comedy; black humor.
14. (of a check mark, flag, etc.) done or written in black to indicate, as on a list, that which is undesirable, sub-standard, potentially dangerous, etc.: Pilots put a black flag next to the ten most dangerous airports.
15. illegal or underground: The black economy pays no taxes.
16. showing a profit; not showing any losses: the first black quarter in two years.
17. deliberately false or intentionally misleading: black propaganda.
18. British. boycotted, as certain goods or products by a trade union.
19. (of steel) in the form in which it comes from the rolling mill or forge; unfinished.
–noun
20. the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it. Compare white (def. 19).
21. (sometimes initial capital letter)
a. a member of any of various dark-skinned peoples, esp. those of Africa, Oceania, and Australia.
b. African-American.
22. black clothing, esp. as a sign of mourning: He wore black at the funeral.
23. Chess, Checkers. the dark-colored men or pieces or squares.
24. black pigment: lamp black.
25. Slang. black beauty.
26. a horse or other animal that is entirely black.
–verb (used with object)
27. to make black; put black on; blacken.
28. British. to boycott or ban.
29. to polish (shoes, boots, etc.) with blacking.
–verb (used without object)
30. to become black; take on a black color; blacken.
–adverb
31. (of coffee or tea) served without milk or cream.
—Verb phrase
32. black out,
a. to lose consciousness: He blacked out at the sight of blood.
b. to erase, obliterate, or suppress: News reports were blacked out.
c. to forget everything relating to a particular event, person, etc.: When it came to his war experiences he blacked out completely.
d. Theater. to extinguish all of the stage lights.
e. to make or become inoperable: to black out the radio broadcasts from the U.S.
f. Military. to obscure by concealing all light in defense against air raids.
g. Radio and Television. to impose a broadcast blackout on (an area).
h. to withdraw or cancel (a special fare, sale, discount, etc.) for a designated period: The special air fare discount will be blacked out by the airlines over the holiday weekend.
—Idioms
33. black and white,
a. print or writing: I want that agreement in black and white.
b. a monochromatic picture done with black and white only.
c. a chocolate soda containing vanilla ice cream.
34. black or white, completely either one way or another, without any intermediate state.
35. in the black, operating at a profit or being out of debt (opposed to in the red ): New production methods put the company in the black.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME blak, OE blæc; c. OHG blah-; akin to ON blakkr black, blek ink
Language Translation for : Black
Spanish: negro, German: schwarz, Japanese: 黒の
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Black

   [blak]
–noun
1. Hugo Lafayette, 1886–1971, U.S. political official: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1937–71.
2. (Sir) James Whyte [hwahyt, wahyt] , born 1924, English pharmacologist: Nobel prize 1988.
3. Joseph, 1728–99, Scottish physician and chemist.
4. Shirley Temple. Temple, Shirley.

Ba⋅bian Jiang

  [bah-byahn -jyahng]
–noun
a river in S China, flowing SE to the Red River in N Vietnam. 500 mi. (805 km) long.
Also called Song Da, Black River.
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black     (blāk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   black·er, black·est
  1. Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
  2. Having little or no light: a black, moonless night.
  3. often Black
    1. Of or belonging to a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin: the Black population of South Africa.
    2. Of or belonging to an American ethnic group descended from African peoples having dark skin; African-American.
  4. Very dark in color: rich black soil; black, wavy hair.
  5. Soiled, as from soot; dirty: feet black from playing outdoors.
  6. Evil; wicked: the pirates' black deeds.
  7. Cheerless and depressing; gloomy: black thoughts.
  8. Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor: a black comedy.
  9. Marked by anger or sullenness: gave me a black look.
  10. Attended with disaster; calamitous: a black day; the stock market crash on Black Friday.
  11. Deserving of, indicating, or incurring censure or dishonor: "Man ... has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands" (Rachel Carson).
  12. Wearing clothing of the darkest visual hue: the black knight.
  13. Served without milk or cream: black coffee.
  14. Appearing to emanate from a source other than the actual point of origin. Used chiefly of intelligence operations: black propaganda; black radio transmissions.
  15. Disclosed, for reasons of security, only to an extremely limited number of authorized persons; very highly classified: black programs in the Defense Department; the Pentagon's black budget.
  16. Chiefly British Boycotted as part of a labor union action.
n.  
    1. The achromatic color value of minimum lightness or maximum darkness; the color of objects that absorb nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; one extreme of the neutral gray series, the opposite being white. Although strictly a response to zero stimulation of the retina, the perception of black appears to depend on contrast with surrounding color stimuli.
    2. A pigment or dye having this color value.
    3. A member of a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin.
    4. An American descended from peoples of African origin having brown to black skin; an African American.
    5. The black-colored pieces, as in chess or checkers.
    6. The player using these pieces.
  2. Complete or almost complete absence of light; darkness.
  3. Clothing of the darkest hue, especially such clothing worn for mourning.
  4. often Black
    1. A member of a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin.
    2. An American descended from peoples of African origin having brown to black skin; an African American.
    3. The black-colored pieces, as in chess or checkers.
    4. The player using these pieces.
  5. Something that is colored black.
  6. Games
    1. The black-colored pieces, as in chess or checkers.
    2. The player using these pieces.
v.   blacked, black·ing, blacks

v.   tr.
  1. To make black: blacked their faces with charcoal.
  2. To apply blacking to: blacked the stove.
  3. Chiefly British To boycott as part of a labor union action.
v.   intr.
To become black.
Phrasal Verb(s):
black out
    1. To lose consciousness or memory temporarily: blacked out at the podium.
    2. To suppress (a fact or memory, for example) from conscious recognition: blacked out many of my wartime experiences.
    3. To withhold (a televised event or program) from a broadcast area: blacked out the football game on local stations.
    4. To withhold a televised event or program from: blacked out the entire state to increase ticket sales.
  2. To prohibit the dissemination of, especially by censorship: blacked out the news issuing from the rebel provinces.
  3. To extinguish or conceal all lights that might help enemy aircraft find a target during an air raid.
  4. To extinguish all the lights on (a stage).
  5. To cause a failure of electrical power in: Storm damage blacked out much of the region.
    1. To withhold (a televised event or program) from a broadcast area: blacked out the football game on local stations.
    2. To withhold a televised event or program from: blacked out the entire state to increase ticket sales.

Idiom(s):
in the black On the credit side of a ledger; prosperous.

[Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
black'ish adj., black'ly adv., black'ness n.
Usage Note: The Oxford English Dictionary contains evidence of the use of black with reference to African peoples as early as 1400, and certainly the word has been in wide use in racial and ethnic contexts ever since. However, it was not until the late 1960s that black (or Black) gained its present status as a self-chosen ethnonym with strong connotations of racial pride, replacing the then-current Negro among Blacks and non-Blacks alike with remarkable speed. Equally significant is the degree to which Negro became discredited in the process, reflecting the profound changes taking place in the Black community during the tumultuous years of the civil rights and Black Power movements. The recent success of African American offers an interesting contrast in this regard. Though by no means a modern coinage, African American achieved sudden prominence at the end of the 1980s when several Black leaders, including Jesse Jackson, championed it as an alternative ethnonym for Americans of African descent. The appeal of this term is obvious, alluding as it does not to skin color but to an ethnicity constructed of geography, history, and culture, and it won rapid acceptance in the media alongside similar forms such as Asian American, Hispanic American, and Italian American. But unlike what happened a generation earlier, African American has shown little sign of displacing or discrediting black, which remains both popular and positive. The difference may well lie in the fact that the campaign for African American came at a time of relative social and political stability, when Americans in general and Black Americans in particular were less caught up in issues involving radical change than they were in the 1960s. · Black is sometimes capitalized in its racial sense, especially in the African-American press, though the lowercase form is still widely used by authors of all races. The capitalization of Black does raise ancillary problems for the treatment of the term white. Orthographic evenhandedness would seem to require the use of uppercase White, but this form might be taken to imply that whites constitute a single ethnic group, an issue that is certainly debatable. Uppercase White is also sometimes associated with the writings of white supremacist groups, a sufficient reason of itself for many to dismiss it. On the other hand, the use of lowercase white in the same context as uppercase Black will obviously raise questions as to how and why the writer has distinguished between the two groups. There is no entirely happy solution to this problem. In all likelihood, uncertainty as to the mode of styling of white has dissuaded many publications from adopting the capitalized form Black.

Black     (blāk)  Pronunciation Key 
American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1937-1971). He was noted for his ardent support of civil rights.
Black, Sir James Whyte Born 1924.  
British pharmacologist. He shared a 1988 Nobel Prize for developing drugs to treat heart disease and stomach and duodenal ulcers.
Black, Joseph 1728-1799.  
British chemist who rediscovered carbon dioxide (1756) and formulated the concepts of latent heat and specific heat.
Black, Shirley Temple Born 1928.  
American actress and public official. As Shirley Temple she was an immensely popular child actress of the 1930s, starring in films such as Bright Eyes (1934). As an adult she has held several diplomatic positions, including ambassador to Ghana (1974-1976).
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black 
O.E. blæc "black," from P.Gmc. *blak- (cf. O.N. blakkr "dark," Du. blaken "to burn"), from PIE *bhleg- "burn, gleam" (cf. Gk. phlegein "to burn, scorch," L. flagrare "to blaze, glow, burn"). Same root produced O.E. blac "white, bright" (see bleach), the common notion being "lack of hue." The main O.E. word for "black" was sweart. "In ME. it is often doubtful whether blac, blak, blake, means 'black, dark,' or 'pale, colourless, wan, livid.' " Adjective used of dark-skinned people in O.E. The noun in this sense is first attested 1625 (blackamoor is from 1547; see moor). Of coffee, first attested 1796. Sense of "dark purposes, malignant" emerged 1583 (e.g. black art, 1590). Black list "list of persons who have incurred suspicion" is from 1692. Black market first attested 1931. Black eye in figurative sense of "bad reputation" is from 1880s. Blackberry was in O.E.; blackbird is from 1486. Black friar "Dominican" is first recorded 1500, so called from the color of their dress. black widow spider (1915) so called from the female's supposed habit of eating the male after mating (they are cannibalistic, but this particular behavior is rare in the wild). Black panther is from 1965, the movement an outgrowth of Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee. Black comedy first recorded 1963 (cf. Fr. pièce noire). To be in the black (1928) is from the accounting practice of recording credits and balances in black ink.

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black

adjective
1. being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil" [ant: white] 
2. of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr. [ant: white] 
3. marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words" 
4. offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things" 
5. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy 
6. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" 
7. (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury" 
8. extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the cellar" 
9. harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit" 
10. (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda" 
11. distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" [syn: bootleg] 
12. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" 
13. (of coffee) without cream or sugar 
14. soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour" 

noun
1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) [ant: white] 
2. total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night" [syn: total darkness] 
3. British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) 
4. popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) 
5. a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) 
6. (board games) the darker pieces [ant: white] 
7. black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black" 

verb
1. make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" [syn: blacken] [ant: white] 

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black

In addition to the idioms beginning with black, also see dirty (black) look; in the red (black); look black; paint black; pot calling the kettle black.


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Black   (blāk)  Pronunciation Key 
British pharmacologist who discovered the first beta-blocker, which led to the development of safer and more effective drugs to treat high blood pressure and heart disease. Black also developed a blocker for gastric acid production that revolutionized the treatment of stomach ulcers. He shared with Gertrude Elion and George Hitchings the 1988 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

Black, Joseph 1728-1799.  
British chemist who in 1756 discovered carbon dioxide, which he called "fixed air." In addition to further studies of carbon dioxide, Black formulated the concepts of latent heat and heat capacity.

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Black (blāk), Sir James Whyte. Born 1924.

British pharmacologist. He shared a 1988 Nobel Prize for developing drugs to treat heart disease and stomach and duodenal ulcers.

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Black

A description of a positive balance on a company's financial statements.

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The phrase "in the black" is widely used to refer to the condition of companies that have been profitable in their last accounting period. This term is derived from the color of ink used by accountants to enter a positive figure on a company's financial statements.

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black

Of or relating to the profitability of a firm or the operations of a firm. The term derives from the color of ink used to enter a profit figure on a financial statement. Compare red.

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Black Diamond, WA (city, FIPS 06330)
Location: (47.317802, -122.014793)
Population (2000): 3,970 (1,538 housing units)
Area: 5.368292 sq mi (land), 0.513915 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 98010

Black Creek, NC (town, FIPS 06080)
Location: (35.635976, -77.933252)
Population (2000): 714 (296 housing units)
Area: 0.672290 sq mi (land), 0.003925 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 27813

Black Lick, PA (CDP, FIPS 06744)
Location: (40.472381, -79.192900)
Population (2000): 1,438 (597 housing units)
Area: 2.557115 sq mi (land), 0.017932 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 15716

Black Earth, WI (village, FIPS 07800)
Location: (43.136769, -89.747418)
Population (2000): 1,320 (527 housing units)
Area: 0.662793 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 53515

Black Lick, PA (township, FIPS 06306752)
Location: (40.509424, -79.259272)
Population (2000): 1,317 (540 housing units)
Area: 27.437391 sq mi (land), 0.497752 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 15716

Black Oak, AR (township, FIPS 03190330)
Location: (35.768774, -90.344147)
Population (2000): 2,535 (1,111 housing units)
Area: 86.137776 sq mi (land), 0.117177 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 72414

Black Oak, AR (township, FIPS 03590333)
Location: (35.385174, -90.416478)
Population (2000): 489 (211 housing units)
Area: 64.142825 sq mi (land), 0.737493 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 72414

Black Oak, AR (township, FIPS 04790336)
Location: (35.639660, -93.985802)
Population (2000): 169 (77 housing units)
Area: 20.065217 sq mi (land), 0.052157 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 72414

Black Rock, AR (township, FIPS 07590345)
Location: (36.111730, -91.105977)
Population (2000): 1,244 (554 housing units)
Area: 23.052515 sq mi (land), 0.281516 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 72415

Black Creek, NC (township, FIPS 19590276)
Location: (35.640106, -77.937224)
Population (2000): 3,590 (1,459 housing units)
Area: 38.184845 sq mi (land), 0.405399 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 27813

Black River, NY (village, FIPS 06794)
Location: (44.011567, -75.794773)
Population (2000): 1,285 (556 housing units)
Area: 1.810417 sq mi (land), 0.039952 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 13612

Black Eagle, MT (CDP, FIPS 07150)
Location: (47.526385, -111.278459)
Population (2000): 914 (458 housing units)
Area: 1.548347 sq mi (land), 0.136034 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 59414

Black Earth, WI (village, FIPS 02507800)
Location: (43.136769, -89.747418)
Population (2000): 1,320 (527 housing units)
Area: 0.662793 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 53515

Black Oak, AR (town, FIPS 06610)
Location: (35.836510, -90.367504)
Population (2000): 286 (132 housing units)
Area: 0.445976 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 72414

Black Earth, WI (town, FIPS 02507825)
Location: (43.143870, -89.767795)
Population (2000): 449 (172 housing units)
Area: 17.279102 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 53515

Black Rock, AR (city, FIPS 06700)
Location: (36.107794, -91.098913)
Population (2000): 717 (334 housing units)
Area: 3.280465 sq mi (land), 0.150414 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 72415

Black Hawk, CO (city, FIPS 07025)
Location: (39.803149, -105.492265)
Population (2000): 118 (79 housing units)
Area: 1.457992 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 80422

Black Fork, WV (district, FIPS 09390192)
Location: (39.089147, -79.666865)
Population (2000): 3,574 (1,730 housing units)
Area: 77.187168 sq mi (land), 0.778261 sq mi (water)

Black River, NC (township, FIPS 05190288)
Location: (35.182254, -78.671332)
Population (2000): 2,343 (930 housing units)
Area: 36.881864 sq mi (land), 0.638678 sq mi (water)

Black River, NC (township, FIPS 08590292)
Location: (35.501385, -78.737230)
Population (2000): 8,085 (3,308 housing units)
Area: 28.986927 sq mi (land), 0.359645 sq mi (water)

Black Mountain, NC (township, FIPS 02190284)
Location: (35.618533, -82.343431)
Population (2000): 4,163 (1,836 housing units)
Area: 46.723162 sq mi (land), 0.589138 sq mi (water)

Black Mountain, NC (town, FIPS 02190282)
Location: (35.619208, -82.325434)
Population (2000): 7,511 (3,703 housing units)
Area: 6.443297 sq mi (land), 0.015991 sq mi (water)

Black Brook, NY (town, FIPS 01906761)
Location: (44.501797, -73.786462)
Population (2000): 1,660 (957 housing units)
Area: 130.202664 sq mi (land), 4.144974 sq mi (water)

Black River, MO (township, FIPS 22306112)
Location: (36.971990, -90.406168)
Population (2000): 606 (498 housing units)
Area: 56.386177 sq mi (land), 3.719638 sq mi (water)

Black Creek, MO (township, FIPS 20505968)
Location: (39.817813, -92.055144)
Population (2000): 998 (447 housing units)
Area: 71.920278 sq mi (land), 0.136085 sq mi (water)

Black River, MO (township, FIPS 17906094)
Location: (37.537437, -91.001640)
Population (2000): 663 (289 housing units)
Area: 88.976468 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Pond, MO (township, FIPS 14906058)
Location: (36.862869, -91.554803)
Population (2000): 204 (100 housing units)
Area: 43.469880 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Jack, NC (township, FIPS 15390280)
Location: (35.035122, -79.831187)
Population (2000): 449 (188 housing units)
Area: 27.387813 sq mi (land), 1.149014 sq mi (water)

Black Wolf, WI (town, FIPS 13908000)
Location: (43.937207, -88.503368)
Population (2000): 2,330 (1,010 housing units)
Area: 15.563885 sq mi (land), 26.301718 sq mi (water)

Black Lick, VA (district, FIPS 19790304)
Location: (36.919733, -81.245107)
Population (2000): 5,105 (2,339 housing units)
Area: 104.411175 sq mi (land), 0.167452 sq mi (water)

Black Dog, SD (UT, FIPS 08505740)
Location: (43.707485, -99.561674)
Population (2000): 10 (6 housing units)
Area: 34.938951 sq mi (land), 0.014800 sq mi (water)

Black Creek, PA (township, FIPS 07906672)
Location: (40.958507, -76.151941)
Population (2000): 2,132 (965 housing units)
Area: 24.454011 sq mi (land), 0.106314 sq mi (water)

Black Creek, WI (village, FIPS 08707725)
Location: (44.474517, -88.450125)
Population (2000): 1,192 (513 housing units)
Area: 1.040581 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Creek, OH (township, FIPS 10706586)
Location: (40.688594, -84.740659)
Population (2000): 631 (235 housing units)
Area: 35.763003 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Creek, WI (town, FIPS 08707750)
Location: (44.458255, -88.455889)
Population (2000): 1,268 (461 housing units)
Area: 35.052786 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Brook, WI (town, FIPS 09507700)
Location: (45.248945, -92.352357)
Population (2000): 1,208 (448 housing units)
Area: 34.245885 sq mi (land), 0.689984 sq mi (water)

Black Loam, ND (township, FIPS 04507420)
Location: (46.490734, -98.086295)
Population (2000): 65 (32 housing units)
Area: 35.863632 sq mi (land), 0.067131 sq mi (water)

Black Butte, ND (township, FIPS 04107380)
Location: (46.507020, -102.603359)
Population (2000): 46 (16 housing units)
Area: 35.810280 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black River, MO (township, FIPS 02306076)
Location: (36.872895, -90.451764)
Population (2000): 1,488 (589 housing units)
Area: 51.286938 sq mi (land), 0.062808 sq mi (water)

Black River, MN (township, FIPS 11306364)
Location: (48.006679, -96.302446)
Population (2000): 98 (41 housing units)
Area: 23.991304 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Rock, NM (CDP, FIPS 07670)
Location: (35.084625, -108.790095)
Population (2000): 1,252 (349 housing units)
Area: 1.691682 sq mi (land), 0.058163 sq mi (water)

Black Jack, MO (city, FIPS 06004)
Location: (38.790799, -90.261885)
Population (2000): 6,792 (2,587 housing units)
Area: 2.660066 sq mi (land), 0.007305 sq mi (water)

Black Creek, WI (village, FIPS 07725)
Location: (44.474517, -88.450125)
Population (2000): 1,192 (513 housing units)
Area: 1.040581 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Diamond, FL (CDP, FIPS 06667)
Location: (28.911262, -82.492608)
Population (2000): 694 (374 housing units)
Area: 3.779997 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Hawk, IA (County, FIPS 013)
Location: (42.487586, -92.344731)
Population (2000): 128,012 (51,759 housing units)
Area: 567.114372 sq mi (land), 4.795964 sq mi (water)

Black River, AR (township, FIPS 06390339)
Location: (35.811892, -91.296265)
Population (2000): 218 (105 housing units)
Area: 25.598388 sq mi (land), 0.536186 sq mi (water)

Black River, AR (township, FIPS 07590342)
Location: (36.065464, -91.147529)
Population (2000): 554 (302 housing units)
Area: 21.625964 sq mi (land), 1.320401 sq mi (water)

Black Fish, AR (township, FIPS 12390321)
Location: (34.943763, -90.554708)
Population (2000): 132 (54 housing units)
Area: 33.327241 sq mi (land), 1.146679 sq mi (water)

Black Fork, AR (township, FIPS 12790324)
Location: (34.762370, -94.402243)
Population (2000): 87 (44 housing units)
Area: 44.130233 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Forest, CO (CDP, FIPS 06970)
Location: (39.036632, -104.677697)
Population (2000): 13,247 (4,639 housing units)
Area: 127.457795 sq mi (land), 0.073176 sq mi (water)

Black Hammer, MN (township, FIPS 05506292)
Location: (43.652054, -91.672704)
Population (2000): 326 (132 housing units)
Area: 35.713790 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Wolf, KS (township, FIPS 05307025)
Location: (38.744469, -98.325709)
Population (2000): 87 (40 housing units)
Area: 36.346216 sq mi (land), 0.036661 sq mi (water)

Black Oak, IA (township, FIPS 12390255)
Location: (41.373724, -92.795037)
Population (2000): 637 (218 housing units)
Area: 33.335489 sq mi (land), 0.006360 sq mi (water)

Black Hawk, IA (township, FIPS 10190252)
Location: (41.126840, -91.999655)
Population (2000): 314 (135 housing units)
Area: 36.671766 sq mi (land), 0.021836 sq mi (water)

Black Hawk, IA (township, FIPS 07590249)
Location: (42.330089, -92.597120)
Population (2000): 2,020 (872 housing units)
Area: 36.312683 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Hawk, IA (township, FIPS 01390246)
Location: (42.417409, -92.467237)
Population (2000): 2,494 (958 housing units)
Area: 31.366009 sq mi (land), 0.006025 sq mi (water)

Black Springs, AR (town, FIPS 06730)
Location: (34.461611, -93.713732)
Population (2000): 114 (52 housing units)
Area: 0.433750 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black Mountain, NC (town, FIPS 06140)
Location: (35.619208, -82.325434)
Population (2000): 7,511 (3,703 housing units)
Area: 6.443297 sq mi (land), 0.015991 sq mi (water)

Black River Falls, WI (city, FIPS 05307900)
Location: (44.297166, -90.849263)
Population (2000): 3,618 (1,679 housing units)
Area: 3.156059 sq mi (land), 0.096435 sq mi (water)

Black Canyon City, AZ (CDP, FIPS 06610)
Location: (34.069719, -112.139466)
Population (2000): 2,697 (1,409 housing units)
Area: 19.967097 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)

Black River Falls, WI (city, FIPS 07900)
Location: (44.297166, -90.849263)
Population (2000): 3,618 (1,679 housing units)
Area: 3.156059 sq mi (land), 0.096435 sq mi (water)

Black, AL (town, FIPS 07120)
Location: (31.011112, -85.744365)
Population (2000): 202 (102 housing units)
Area: 3.080790 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 36314

Black, IN (township, FIPS 12905428)
Location: (37.942662, -87.906957)
Population (2000): 10,288 (4,406 housing units)
Area: 87.032402 sq mi (land), 1.914391 sq mi (water)

Black, SD (township, FIPS 12305700)
Location: (43.383757, -99.960190)
Population (2000): 188 (90 housing units)
Area: 35.705804 sq mi (land), 0.007421 sq mi (water)

Black, PA (township, FIPS 11106640)
Location: (39.910940, -79.130097)
Population (2000): 980 (400 housing units)
Area: 42.526529 sq mi (land), 0.014663 sq mi (water)

Black Point-Green Point, CA (CDP, FIPS 06982)
Location: (38.109837, -122.503561)
Population (2000): 1,143 (503 housing units)
Area: 1.844963 sq mi (land), 0.001241 sq mi (water)

Black Forest-Peyton, CO (CCD, FIPS 04190304)
Location: (39.049688, -104.612132)
Population (2000): 37,867 (13,366 housing units)
Area: 503.127095 sq mi (land), 0.465042 sq mi (water)

Little Black, AR (township, FIPS 12192220)
Location: (36.466418, -90.817809)
Population (2000): 620 (280 housing units)
Area: 32.918563 sq mi (land), 0.400904 sq mi (water)

Little Black, WI (town, FIPS 11944900)
Location: (45.083289, -90.365806)
Population (2000): 1,148 (414 housing units)
Area: 35.023966 sq mi (land), 0.009824 sq mi (water)

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Black

Black\, a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl["a]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k, OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. ?98.]

1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.

O night, with hue so black! --Shak.

2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.

I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud. --Shak.

3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black day." "Black despair." --Shak.

4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.

Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words; as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired, black-visaged.

Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been called black acts.

Black angel (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida (Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow, and the middle of the body black.

Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony, Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.

Black bear (Zo["o]l.), the common American bear (Ursus Americanus).

Black beast. See B[^e]te noire.

Black beetle (Zo["o]l.), the common large cockroach (Blatta orientalis).

Black and blue, the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. "To pinch the slatterns black and blue." --Hudibras.

Black bonnet (Zo["o]l.), the black-headed bunting (Embriza Sch[oe]niclus) of Europe.

Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a species of caterpillar.

Black cat (Zo["o]l.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.

Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]

Black cherry. See under Cherry.

Black cockatoo (Zo["o]l.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.

Black copper. Same as Melaconite.

Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.

Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.

Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of senna and magnesia.

Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.

Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.

Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.

Black flea (Zo["o]l.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum) injurious to turnips.

Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter. --Brande & C.

Black fly. (Zo["o]l.) (a) In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged fly of the genus Simulium of several species, exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern forests. The larv[ae] are aquatic. (b) A black plant louse, as the bean aphis (A. fab[ae]).

Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient Hercynian forest.

Black game, or Black grouse. (Zo["o]l.) See Blackcock, Grouse, and Heath grouse.

Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species Juncus Gerardi, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.

Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or pepperidge. See Tupelo.

Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of dark purple or "black" grape.

Black horse (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the Mississippi valley (Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the Missouri sucker.

Black lemur (Zo["o]l.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the acoumbo of the natives.

Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See Blacklist, v. t.

Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese, MnO2.

Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried to or from jail.

Black martin (Zo["o]l.), the chimney swift. See Swift.

Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the southern United States. See Tillandsia.

Black oak. See under Oak.

Black ocher. See Wad.

Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance, or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.

Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.

Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.

Black rat (Zo["o]l.), one of the species of rats (Mus rattus), commonly infesting houses.

Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.

Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.

Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the rest, and makes trouble.

Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.

Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of dogs.

Black tea. See under Tea.

Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed, stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.

Black walnut. See under Walnut.

Black warrior (Zo["o]l.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani).

Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart; Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.

Black

Black\, adv. Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.

Black

Black\, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.

Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. --Shak.

2. A black pigment or dye.

3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.

4. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. (Obs.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.

Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible. --Bacon.

That was the full time they used to wear blacks for the death of their fathers. --Sir T. North.

5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by bein