| bluebottle |
a cornflower. [2 definitions] |
| blue cheese |
a rich strong-flavored semisoft cheese made of cow's milk and veined with blue mold. |
| blue-chip |
denoting common stock that commands a high price because of its record of steady earnings. [2 definitions] |
| blue chip |
in poker, a blue playing chip having the highest value. [3 definitions] |
| bluecoat |
one who wears a blue coat or uniform, esp. a police officer or a Union soldier in the U.S. Civil War. |
| blue-collar |
of or pertaining to industrial workers or the class of workers who earn wages rather than salaries. (Cf. white-collar.) |
| bluefish |
a blue-colored game and food fish found in temperate Atlantic waters of the North and South American coast. [2 definitions] |
| blue flag |
any of several North American wild irises that bear blue flowers. |
| blue fox |
the arctic fox during its summer bluish gray phase, or a mutant of the arctic fox that is this color throughout the year. [2 definitions] |
| bluegill |
a common edible North American sunfish of freshwater lakes and streams. |
| bluegrass |
a grass having a blue-green color and much used in pastures and lawns, found esp. in Kentucky. [2 definitions] |
| blue gum |
a tall eucalyptus tree native to Australia and widely cultivated in California, with aromatic leaves and a smooth bark that peels off in shreds. |
| blueing |
variant of bluing. |
| blue in the face |
exhausted from excessive effort or activity. |
| bluejacket |
a sailor, esp. one enlisted in the U.S. Navy. |
| blue jay |
a common jay of eastern North America, with a crest, a bright blue upper body and head, and distinctive white and black markings. |
| blue law |
any law prohibiting drinking, dancing, working, or doing business on Sunday. |
| Blue Man Group |
a creative organization that provides performance-art theater in the form of a trio of blue-painted entertainers who incorporate such elements as food, odd props, rock music, and audience participation into their show. |
| bluenose |
a person with puritanical ways and attitudes; prude. |
| blue-pencil |
to edit or strike out with or as with a blue pencil. |
| blue point |
a variety of Siamese cat with a pale body and dark bluish gray points. |