B Dictionary
Black box
any electronic instrument or part of an instrument whose function is defined but which is treated as a unit without consideration of the internal mechanisms broadly any device whose internal workings are considered as incomprehensible or mysterious by the user as to treat the meter as a black box and take its readings on faith...
Black browed
Having black eyebrows Hence Gloomy dismal threatening forbidding...
Black cap
Black cap. The head-dress worn by the judge in pronouncing sentence of death is not an emblem of the sentence. It is part of the judicial full dress, and is worn by the judges on occasions of especial state....
Black comedy
a comedy that treats of morbid tragic gloomy or grotesque situations as a major element of the plot...
Black death
A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century...
Black death
Black death, the great pestilence which visited England and other parts of Europe about the middle of the fourteenth century....
Black eyed
Having black eyes...
Black eyed Susan
The coneflower or yellow daisy Rudbeckia hirta...
Black faced
Having a black dark or gloomy face or aspect...
Black Flags
An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities with Anam 1873 85...