1. Leaning forward; - said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent

Encyclopedia: Proclitic

• black-necked cobra
• black-necked grebe
• black-necked stilt
• black-necked stork
• black-seeded
• black-stem spleenwort
• black-stemmed spleenwort
• black-tailed deer
• black-tie
• black-winged stilt
• blackamoor
• blackback flounder
• blackball
• Blackbeard
• blackbeetle
• blackberry
• blackberry bush
• blackberry-lily
• blackbird
• blackboard
• blackboard eraser
• blackbody
• blackbody radiation
• blackbuck
• Blackburn