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

blare out
blat out verb announce loudly

Blarina
genus Blarina noun shrews

blaring
blasting adjective unpleasantly loud and penetrating; `the blaring noise of trumpets`; `shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio`

blarney
coaxing noun flattery designed to gain favor

Blarney Stone
noun a stone in a castle in Ireland that is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it

blase
bored adjective uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; `his blase indifference`; `a petulant blase air`; `the bored gaze of the successful film star`

blasphemer
noun a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things

blasphemous
blue 2 profane adjective characterized by profanity or cursing; `foul-mouthed and blasphemous`; `blue language`; `profane words`

blasphemously
adverb in a blasphemous manner; `the sailors were cursing blasphemously`

blasphemy
noun blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

blast
noun a very long fly ball

blast furnace
noun a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air

blast off
verb launch with great force; `the rockets were blasted off`

blast trauma
noun injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces)

blasted
blame adjective expletives used informally as intensifiers; `he`s a blasted idiot`; `it`s a blamed shame`; `a blame cold winter`; `not a blessed dime`; `I`ll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I`ll do any such thing`; `he`s a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool`; `a deuced idiot`; `an infernal nuisance`

blastema
noun a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops

blastemal
blastematic adjective of or relating to blastemata

blaster
chargeman noun a workman employed to blast with explosives

blasting
ruinous adjective causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; `the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit`; `the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces`; `a ruinous war`

blasting cap
noun a small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives

blasting gelatin
noun mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin

Blastocladia
genus Blastocladia noun a genus of fungi of the family Blastodiaceae

Blastocladiales
order Blastocladiales noun fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes

blastocoel
blastocoele noun the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula

blastocoelic
adjective of or relating to a segmentation cavity

blastocyte
noun an undifferentiated embryonic cell

blastoderm
germinal disc noun a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula

blastodermatic
blastodermic adjective of or relating to a blastoderm

Blastodiaceae
family Blastodiaceae noun a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales

blastoff
noun the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

blastogenesis
noun theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm

blastogenetic
adjective of or relating to blastogenesis

blastoma
blastocytoma noun a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells

blastomere
noun any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg

blastomeric
adjective of or relating to a blastomere

Blastomyces
genus Blastomyces noun genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi

blastomycete
noun any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals

blastomycosis
noun any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces

blastomycotic
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of blastomycosis

blastoporal
blastoporic adjective of or relating to a blastopore

blastopore
noun the opening into the archenteron

blastosphere
blastocyst noun the blastula of mammals

blastospheric
blastular adjective of or relating to a blastula

blastula
blastodermic vesicle noun early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs

blatancy
noun the property of being both obvious and offensive; `the blatancy of his attempt to whitewash the crime was unforgivable`

blatant
blazing adjective without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; `blatant disregard of the law`; `a blatant appeal to vanity`; `a blazing indiscretion`

blatantly
adverb in a blatant manner; `they blatantly violated the laws`

blather
blatherskite noun foolish gibberish

blathering
blithering adjective talking idly or incoherently; `blithering (or blathering) idiot`; `jabbering children`; `gabbling housewives`; `a babbling hospital inmate`

Blatta
genus Blatta noun type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide

Blattella
genus Blattella noun small cockroaches

Blattidae
family Blattidae noun domestic cockroaches

Blattodea
suborder Blattodea noun cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order

blaze
blazing noun a strong flame that burns brightly; `the blaze spread rapidly`

blaze away
blaze verb shoot rapidly and repeatedly; `He blazed away at the men`

blazer
sport jacket noun lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school

blazing
blinding adjective shining intensely; `the blazing sun`; `blinding headlights`; `dazzling snow`; `fulgent patterns of sunlight`; `the glaring sun`

blazing star
gay-feather noun any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

blazon out
verb proclaim or announce in public; `before we had newspapers, a town crier would cry the news`; `He cried his merchandise in the market square`

bleach
noun the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)

bleach
decolor verb remove color from; `The sun bleached the red shirt`

bleach liquor
noun a solution containing bleaching agents that is used to bleach textiles or paper pulp

bleach out
decolor verb remove color from; `The sun bleached the red shirt`

bleached
colored adjective (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; `a bleached blonde`

bleacher
noun a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)

bleachers
noun an outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached

bleaching agent
bleach noun an agent that makes things white or colorless

bleaching clay
bleaching earth noun an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils

bleaching powder
chlorinated lime noun a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect

bleak
cutting adjective unpleasantly cold and damp; `bleak winds of the North Atlantic`

bleakly
adverb without hope; `he wondered bleakly`

blear
verb make dim or indistinct; `The drug blurs my vision`

bleary
blear adjective tired to the point of exhaustion

bleat
noun the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)

blebbed
blebby adjective (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material

blebby
blistery adjective covered with small blisters

Blechnaceae
family Blechnaceae noun one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia

Blechnum
genus Blechnum noun in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns

bleed
verb drain of liquid or steam; `bleed the radiators`; `the mechanic bled the engine`

bleed
phlebotomize verb draw blood; `In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment`

bleeding
hemorrhage noun flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels

bleeding heart
lyreflower noun garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers

bleeding tooth
Nerita peloronta noun gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area

bleep
verb emit a single short high-pitched signal; `The computer bleeped away`

blemish
defect noun a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person`s body); `a facial blemish`

blemished
flawed adjective having a blemish or flaw; `a flawed diamond`

blend
portmanteau word noun a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; ``smog` is a blend of `smoke` and `fog``; ``motel` is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor` and `hotel``; ``brunch` is a well-known portmanteau`

blend in
mix in verb cause (something) to be mixed with (something else); `At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts`

blended
adjective combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable

blended whiskey
blended whisky noun mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral spirits

blender
liquidizer noun an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods

blending
merging adjective combining or mixing

Blenheim
noun the First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession

Blenheim spaniel
noun red-and-white variety of English toy spaniel

Blenniidae
family Blenniidae noun a family of fish including: combtooth blennies

blennioid fish
blennioid noun elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins

Blennioidea
suborder Blennioidea noun blennies; butterfishes; gunnels

Blennius
genus Blennius noun type genus of the Blenniidae

blenny
combtooth blenny noun small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks

blepharism
noun condition in which a person blinks continuously