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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

black-winged stilt
Himantopus himantopus noun stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings

blackberry
noun large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus

blackberry-like
adjective resembling blackberries

blackberry-lily
leopard lily noun garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry

blackbird
merle noun common black European thrush

blackboard
chalkboard noun sheet of slate; for writing with chalk

blackboard eraser
noun an eraser that removes chalk marks from blackboard

blackbuck
black buck noun common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns

Blackburn
Blackburnian warbler noun black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat

blackcap
noun small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown

blackcock
black cock noun male black grouse

blacken
melanize verb make or become black; `The smoke blackened the ceiling`; `The ceiling blackened`

blacken out
verb darken completely; `The dining room blackened out`

blackened
adjective darkened by smoke; `blackened rafters`

blackening
darkening noun changing to a darker color

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

blackfly
Aphis fabae noun blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets

Blackfoot
noun any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot

blackfoot daisy
Melampodium leucanthum noun bushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays; found in desert areas of Arizona east to Kansas and south to Mexico

blackhead
comedo noun a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin

blackheart
blackheart cherry noun heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry

blackish
adjective of something that is somewhat black; `blackish clouds`

blackish-brown
adjective of brown tinged with black

blackish-red
adjective of red tinged with black

blackjack
twenty-one noun a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the bank up to but not exceeding 21

blackjack oak
blackjack noun a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets

blacklead
verb cover with graphite

blacklist
black book noun a list of people who are out of favor

blackmail
noun extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information

blackmailer
extortioner noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them

blackmouth bass
Synagrops bellus noun small marine fish with black mouth and gill cavity

blackout
noun a momentary loss of consciousness

blackpoll
Dendroica striate noun North American warbler having a black-and-white head

Blackpool
noun a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower

Blacksburg
noun a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains

Blackshirt
noun a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II

blacksmith
noun a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil

blacksnake
Coluber constrictor noun blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet

blacktail jackrabbit
Lepus californicus noun the common jackrabbit of grasslands and open areas of western United States; has large black-tipped ears and black streak on the tail

blacktail prairie dog
Cynomys ludovicianus noun tail is black tipped

blackthorn
pear hawthorn noun erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries

blacktip shark
sandbar shark 2 Carcharhinus limbatus noun widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink

blacktop
blacktopping noun a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock

Blackwall hitch
noun a simple hitch used for temporarily attaching a line to a hook

blackwash
noun a wash that colors a surface black

blackwash
noun a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores

blackwater
noun any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells

blackwater fever
noun severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urine

blackwood
blackwood tree noun any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood

bladder
vesica noun a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)

bladder campion
Silene vulgaris noun perennial of arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx

bladder disorder
noun a disorder of the urinary bladder

bladder fern
noun any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori

bladder senna
Colutea arborescens noun yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food

bladder sphincter
musculus sphincter vesicae noun the sphincter muscle of the urinary bladder; made up of a thickened muscular layer of bladder around the urethral opening

bladder stone
cystolith noun a calculus formed in the bladder

bladder worm
noun encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm

bladderpod
noun North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic

bladderwort
noun any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals

bladderwrack
bladder fucus noun a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure

bladdery
bladderlike adjective resembling a bladder

blade
noun the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge

blade roast
noun a roast cut from the blade

bladed
adjective composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade; `bladed arsenopyrite`

blae
adjective of bluish-black or grey-blue

blahs
noun a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction

Blaia Zimondal
noun an artificial language

blain
noun an inflammatory swelling or sore

Blake
William Blake noun visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)

blame
rap noun a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; `he took the blame for it`; `it was a bum rap`

blameless
inculpable adjective free of guilt; not subject to blame; `has lived a blameless life`; `of irreproachable character`; `an unimpeachable reputation`

blamelessness
inculpability noun a state of innocence

blameworthiness
culpability noun a state of guilt

blameworthy
blamable adjective deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; `blameworthy if not criminal behavior`; `censurable misconduct`; `culpable negligence`

blanc
noun a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)

blanch
parboil verb cook (vegetables) briefly; `Parboil the beans before freezing them`

blancmange
noun sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded

bland
flat adjective lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; `a bland little drama`; `a flat joke`

bland diet
ulcer diet noun a diet of foods that are not irritating; `he ate a bland diet because of his colitis`

Blandfordia
genus Blandfordia noun small species of tuberous Australian perennial herbs

blandishment
wheedling noun the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery

blandly
adverb in a bland manner; `his blandly incompetent attempts`

blandness
insipidity noun lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property

blank
clean adjective (of a surface) not written or printed on; `blank pages`; `fill in the blank spaces`; `a clean page`; `wide white margins`

blank
adjective void of expression; `a blank stare`

blank check
blank cheque noun a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank

blank endorsement
endorsement in blank noun an endorsement on commercial paper naming no payee and so payable to the bearer

blank out
verb cut out, as for political reasons; `several line in the report were blanked out`

blank space
noun a blank area; `write your name in the space provided`

blank verse
noun unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)

blanket
noun bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; `he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep`

blanket flower
Indian blanket noun annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center

blanket jam
verb jam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communications

blanket stitch
noun strong reinforcing stitch for edges of blanket and other thick material; similar to buttonhole stitch

blanketed
adjective covered with (or as if with) a blanket

blankly
without expression adverb in a blank manner; `she stared at him blankly`

blankness
noun the state of being blank; void; emptiness

blanquillo
noun important marine food fishes

Blantyre
noun city in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi

blare
blaring noun a loud harsh or strident noise