Word Meanings - SERVAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail.

BLACKSPANISH
One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.
Black-faced
Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
Black-jack
A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende.
Blackness
The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.
Blackwash
A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.
Colorist
One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.
Moderate
Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
BLACKEYED
Having black eyes. Dryden.
Black bass
An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the large-mouthed is M. salmoides.
BLACKVOMIT
A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.
Blackfeet
A tribe of North American Indians formerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers.
Black lead
Plumbago; graphite. It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.
Blackpoll
A warbler of the United States (Dendroica striata).
Blackwood
A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree Dalbergia latifolia.
Colorless
Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.
Moderated
of Moderate
BLACKFACED
Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
Blackberry
The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R. villosus and R. Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.
Blackbird
In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbir
BLACKWASHBLACKWASH
A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water. 2. A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny. To remove as far as he can the modern layers of black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen. C. Kingsley.

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Word Meanings - SERVAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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