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blow out to stop the burning of (something) with the movement of air. [2 definitions]
blow over to subside; let up.
blowpipe a metal tube through which air or gas is forced in a controlled flow into a flame to concentrate and intensify its heat. [3 definitions]
blow (someone) a kiss to kiss the palm of one's hand or the back of one's fingers and then blow over the palm toward (someone), symbolically giving that person a kiss.
blowtorch a portable oil-burning or gas-burning device producing an intense, localized flame suitable for melting or cutting metal.
blowup an explosion. [3 definitions]
blow up to explode. [6 definitions]
blowy characterized by blowing; breezy or windy. [2 definitions]
blowzy coarse and ruddy-faced. [2 definitions]
BLT a toasted sandwich made with fried bacon, strips of lettuce, and sliced tomato.
blubber the layer of fat beneath the skin of whales, seals, and other large sea mammals. [5 definitions]
blubbery fat or swollen. [3 definitions]
blucher a low sturdy leather boot. [2 definitions]
bludgeon a short stick with one end thicker and heavier than the other, used as a weapon; club. [3 definitions]
blue the color of a cloudless sky; the color between green and violet on the spectrum. [8 definitions]
blue baby an infant born with blue-tinged skin from insufficient oxygen in the blood, caused by a congenital heart or lung defect.
Bluebeard in folklore, a man who married and then killed six wives.
bluebell any of various plants with blue, bell-shaped flowers.
blueberry a small, round, edible berry that is blue or blue-black in color. [2 definitions]
bluebird a small North American songbird having blue plumage, and, in the male, a reddish breast.
blue blood noble, aristocratic, or socially prominent lineage. [2 definitions]