blight | (noun) a state or condition being blighted | - |
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(noun) any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting | - |
blighter | (noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: cuss, gadfly, pest, pesterer |
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(noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
blimp | (noun) a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon | Synonyms: sausage, sausage balloon |
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blind | (noun) a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight | Synonyms: screen |
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(noun) a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters) | - |
(noun) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity | Synonyms: subterfuge |
(noun) people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group | - |
blinder | (noun) blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | Synonyms: blinker, winker |
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blindfold | (noun) a cloth used to cover the eyes | - |
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blindness | (noun) the state of being blind or lacking sight | Synonyms: cecity, sightlessness |
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blindworm | (noun) small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind | Synonyms: Anguis fragilis, slowworm |
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(noun) any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions | Synonyms: caecilian |
bling | (noun) flashy, ostentatious jewelry | Synonyms: bling bling |
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blini | (noun) Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream | Synonyms: bliny |
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blink | (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink, winking |
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blinker | (noun) a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages | Synonyms: flasher |
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(noun) blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | Synonyms: blinder, winker |
(noun) a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn | Synonyms: trafficator, turn indicator, turn signal |
blinking | (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blink, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink, winking |
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blinks | (noun) small Indian lettuce of northern regions | Synonyms: blinking chickweed, Montia lamprosperma, water chickweed |
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blintz | (noun) (Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked | Synonyms: blintze |
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blintze | (noun) (Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked | Synonyms: blintz |
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bliny | (noun) Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream | Synonyms: blini |
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blip | (noun) a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface | Synonyms: pip, radar target |
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(noun) a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption | - |
bliss | (noun) a state of extreme happiness | Synonyms: blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air |
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blissfulness | (noun) a state of extreme happiness | Synonyms: bliss, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air |
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blister | (noun) (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid | Synonyms: bleb, bulla |
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(noun) (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin | - |
(noun) a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint) | - |
blistering | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: vesication, vesiculation |
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blitheness | (noun) a feeling of spontaneous good spirits | Synonyms: cheerfulness |
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blitz | (noun) a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment | Synonyms: blitzkrieg |
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(noun) (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line | Synonyms: linebacker blitzing, safety blitz |
blitzkrieg | (noun) a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment | Synonyms: blitz |
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blizzard | (noun) a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences | Synonyms: rash |
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(noun) a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds | Synonyms: snowstorm |