| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| blabbed | imp. & past participle | of Blab |
| blabber | noun | A tattler; a telltale. |
| blacked | imp. & past participle | of Black |
| blacken | verb t. | To make or render black., To make dark; to darken; to cloud., To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character., To grow black or dark. |
| blackly | adverb | In a black manner; darkly, in color; gloomily; threateningly; atrociously. |
| bladder | noun | A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; — applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air., Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid., A distended, membranaceous pericarp., Anything inflated, empty, or unsound., To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate., To put up in bladders; as, bladdered lard. |
| blaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Blame |
| blandly | adverb | In a bland manner; mildly; suavely. |
| blanked | imp. & past participle | of Blank |
| blanket | adjective | A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse., A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic., A streak or layer of blubber in whales., To cover with a blanket., To toss in a blanket by way of punishment., To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her. |
| blankly | adverb | In a blank manner; without expression; vacuously; as, to stare blankly., Directly; flatly; point blank. |
| blaring | present participle & vb. noun | of Blare |
| blarney | noun | Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery., To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. |
| blasted | imp. & past participle | of Blast, Blighted; withered., Confounded; accursed; detestable., Rent open by an explosive. |
| blaster | noun | One who, or that which, blasts or destroys. |
| blatant | adjective | Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. |
| blatter | verb i. | To prate; to babble; to rail; to make a senseless noise; to patter. |
| blaubok | noun | The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue. |
| blazing | present participle & vb. noun | of Blaze, Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. |
| bleared | imp. & past participle | of Blear, Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum. |
| bleated | imp. & past participle | of Bleat |
| bleater | noun | One who bleats; a sheep. |
| bleeder | noun | One who, or that which, draws blood., One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding. |
| blemish | verb t. | To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind., To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame., Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation. |
| blended | imp. & past participle | of Blend |
| blender | noun | One who, or that which, blends; an instrument, as a brush, used in blending. |
| blesbok | noun | A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead. |
| blessed | imp. & past participle | of Bless, Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy., Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored., Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful., Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven., Beatified., Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively. |
| blesser | noun | One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing. |
| bleynte | imp. of Blench. | |
| blickey | noun | A tin dinner pail. |
| blinded | imp. & past participle | of Blind |
| blinder | noun | One who, or that which, blinds., One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker. |
| blindly | adverb | Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one’s own. |
| blinked | imp. & past participle | of Blink |
| blinker | noun | One who, or that which, blinks., A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse’s bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment., A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc. |
| blisses | plural | of Bliss |
| blissom | verb i. | To be lustful; to be lascivious., Lascivious; also, in heat; — said of ewes. |
| blister | noun | A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle., Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel., A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister., To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on., To raise a blister or blisters upon., To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister. |
| bloated | imp. & past participle | of Bloat, Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous. |
| bloater | noun | The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; — called also bloat herring. |
| blobber | noun | A bubble; blubber. |
| blocage | noun | The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry. |
| blocked | imp. & past participle | of Block |
| blomary | noun | See Bloomery. |
| blonket | adjective | Gray; bluish gray. |
| blooded | imp. & past participle | of Blood, Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock. |
| bloomed | imp. & past participle | of Bloom |
| bloomer | noun | A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat., A woman who wears a Bloomer costume. |
| blossom | noun | The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom., A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise., The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; — otherwise called peach color., To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower., To flourish and prosper. |
| blotted | imp. & past participle | of Blot |
| blotchy | adjective | Having blotches. |
| bloting | present participle & vb. noun | of Blote |
| blotter | noun | One who, or that which, blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink., A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place. |
| blowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Blow, of Blow |
| blowess | noun | A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. |
| blowfly | noun | Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvae (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products. |
| blowgun | noun | A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; — called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See Sumpitan. |
| blowzed | adjective | Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered. |
| blubber | noun | A bubble., The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh., A large sea nettle or medusa., To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner., To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears., To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); — with forth or out. |
| blucher | noun | A kind of half boot, named from the Prussian general Blucher. |
| bluecap | noun | The bluepoll., The blue bonnet or blue titmouse., A Scot; a Scotchman; — so named from wearing a blue bonnet. |
| bluefin | noun | A species of whitefish (Coregonus nigripinnis) found in Lake Michigan. |
| bluffed | imp. & past participle | of Bluff |
| bluffer | noun | One who bluffs. |
| blunder | verb i. | To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription., To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble., To cause to blunder., To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse., Confusion; disturbance., A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance. |
| blunger | noun | A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for mi/ing the clay in potteries; a plunger. |
| blunted | imp. & past participle | of Blunt |
| bluntly | adverb | In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. |
| blurred | imp. & past participle | of Blur |
| blurted | imp. & past participle | of Blurt |
| blushed | imp. & past participle | of Blush |
| blusher | noun | One that blushes. |
| blushet | noun | A modest girl. |
| bluster | verb i. | To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather., To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage., To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully., Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness., Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. |