Anagrams of: SLATEBLACK__

• a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length)

• A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail.

• A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a load during transfer of personnel or materiel along the cable.

• A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat at the ends, to which a safety harness can be clipped to restrain falling in rough conditions and to prevent falling overboard.

• (underwater diving) A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the underwater work site, and as a means of controlling an underwater search.

• a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

• an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

• change by catalysis or cause to catalyze

• the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro

• (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position

• (American football) the position of a back on a football team, generally smaller in size than a fullback

• the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro

• in a hopeless resigned manner