blanc | (noun) a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat) | - |
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blanch | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blench, pale |
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(verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: parboil |
blanched | (adjective) anemic looking from illness or emotion | Synonyms: ashen, bloodless, livid, white |
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(adjective) (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light | Synonyms: etiolate, etiolated |
blancmange | (noun) sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded | - |
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bland | (adjective) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication | Synonyms: politic, smooth, suave |
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(adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
(adjective) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting | Synonyms: flat |
blandish | (verb) praise somewhat dishonestly | Synonyms: flatter |
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blandishment | (noun) the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery | Synonyms: wheedling |
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(noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: cajolery, palaver |
blandly | (adverb) in a bland manner | - |
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blandness | (noun) lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property | Synonyms: insipidity, insipidness |
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(noun) the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner | Synonyms: smoothness, suaveness, suavity |
(noun) the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern | - |
blank | (adjective) (of a surface) not written or printed on | Synonyms: clean, white |
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(adjective) not charged with a bullet | - |
(adjective) complete and absolute | Synonyms: utter |
(adjective) without comprehension | - |
(noun) a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet | Synonyms: blank shell, dummy |
(noun) a piece of material ready to be made into something | - |
(noun) a blank gap or missing part | Synonyms: lacuna |
(noun) a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing | Synonyms: space |
(verb) keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning | - |
blanket | (adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide |
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(noun) bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | Synonyms: cover |
(noun) a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor | - |
(noun) anything that covers | Synonyms: mantle |
(verb) cover as if with a blanket | - |
(verb) form a blanket-like cover (over) | - |
blanketed | (adjective) covered with (or as if with) a blanket | - |
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blankly | (adverb) in a blank and uncomprehending manner | - |
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blankness | (noun) the state of being blank; void; emptiness | - |
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blanquillo | (noun) important marine food fishes | Synonyms: tilefish |
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