| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| blind | adjective | Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight., Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects., Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate., Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch., Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced., Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut., Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing., Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers., To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment., To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle., To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive., To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled., Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse., Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge., A blindage. See Blindage., A halting place., Alt. of Blinde |
| blink | verb i. | To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye., To see with the eyes half shut, or indistinctly and with frequent winking, as a person with weak eyes., To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp., To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc., To shut out of sight; to avoid, or purposely evade; to shirk; as, to blink the question., To trick; to deceive., A glimpse or glance., Gleam; glimmer; sparkle., The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; ice blink., Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them. |
| blirt | noun | A gust of wind and rain. |
| bliss | noun | Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy. |
| blite | noun | A genus of herbs (Blitum) with a fleshy calyx. Blitum capitatum is the strawberry blite. |
| blive | adverb | Quickly; forthwith. |