black bee dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin
black pea perennial of Europe and North Africa
black bile a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
block up render unsuitable for passage
black beech New Zealand forest tree
black bear brown to black North American bear
black bean black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried
black bead 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
black sheep sheep with a black coat
blackberry bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
black eye a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
black ice a thin coating of ice on a road or sidewalk
black tie a black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket
black tea fermented tea leaves
black-tie moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket
black book a list of people who are out of favor
black buck common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns
Black Sea a sea between Europe and Asia
black body a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
placate cause to be more favorably inclined