| 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] |
| bluebonnet |
the cornflower. [3 definitions] |