blackamoor - n. archaic a dark-skinned person, esp. a Negro. [BLACK + MOOR(2)]... [more]

blackcap - n. a small warbler, Sylvia atricapilla, the male of which has a black-topped head.... [more]

blackcock - n. the male of the black grouse (cf. grey-hen). ... [more]

blackcurrant - n. 1 a widely cultivated shrub, Ribes nigrum, bearing flowers in racemes. 2 the... [more]

blackfellow - n. hist. an Australian Aboriginal. ... [more]

blackfish - n. 1 any of several species of dark-coloured fish. 2 a salmon at spawning. ... [more]

blackfly - n. (pl. -flies) any of various thrips or aphids, esp. Aphis fabae, infesting plants.... [more]

blackish - also called COLLAPSAR. 2 a place of confinement for punishment, esp. in the armed... [more]

blackleg - n. & v. (often attrib.) Brit. derog. a person who fails or declines to take [more]

blackly - also called COLLAPSAR. 2 a place of confinement for punishment, esp. in the armed... [more]

blackmailer - n. & v. 1 a an extortion of payment in return for not disclosing discreditable information,... [more]

blackness - also called COLLAPSAR. 2 a place of confinement for punishment, esp. in the armed... [more]

blag - orig. unkn.]... [more]

blagger - orig. unkn.]... [more]

blague - n. humbug, claptrap. [F]... [more]

blameable - v. & n. tr. 1 assign fault or responsibility to.... [more]

blameful - adj. deserving blame; guilty. blamefully adv.... [more]

blamefully - adj. deserving blame; guilty. blamefully adv.... [more]

blameless - adj. innocent; free from blame. blamelessly adv. blamelessness n.... [more]

blamelessly - adj. innocent; free from blame. blamelessly adv. blamelessness n.... [more]

blamelessness - adj. innocent; free from blame. blamelessly adv. blamelessness n.... [more]

blameworthiness - adj. deserving blame. blameworthiness n.... [more]

BLANK - adj. & n. (also blanky) Brit. colloq. = BLANK adj. 5. ... [more]

blankly - adj., n., & v. 1 a (of paper) not written or printed on. b (of a document) with... [more]

blankness - adj., n., & v. 1 a (of paper) not written or printed on. b (of a document) with... [more]

blanky - var. of BLANKETY. ... [more]

blarney - n. & v. 1 cajoling talk; flattery. 2 nonsense. (-eys, -eyed) 1 tr. flatter (a... [more]

blasphemer - cf. BLAME]... [more]

blasphemous - n. (pl. -ies) 1 profane talk. 2 an instance of this .... [more]

blasphemously - n. (pl. -ies) 1 profane talk. 2 an instance of this .... [more]

BLAST - n. 1 in senses of BLAST v. 2 Golf a heavy lofted club for playing from a bunker.... [more]

blaster - n. & v. (pl. -os) 1 a part of a city, esp. a slum ... [more]

blastula - n. (pl. blastulae or US blastulas) Biol. an animal embryo at an early stage of [more]

blas - adj. 1 unimpressed or indifferent because of over-familiarity. 2 tired of pleasure;... [more]

blatancy - adj. 1 flagrant, unashamed (blatant attempt to... [more]

blatantly - adj. 1 flagrant, unashamed (blatant attempt to... [more]

BLATHER - (also bletherskate) n. 1 a person who blathers. 2 = BLATHER n. [BLATHER + skite,... [more]

blatherskite - (also bletherskate) n. 1 a person who blathers. 2 = BLATHER n. [BLATHER + skite,... [more]

blazes - ult. rel. to BLAZE(2)]... [more]

blazing - n. & v. 1 a a track left by a thing, person, etc., moving over a surface (left a... [more]

blazingly - ult. rel. to BLAZE(2)]... [more]

blazon - v. & n. tr. 1 proclaim (esp. blazon abroad). 2 Heraldry a describe ... [more]

blazoner - v. & n. tr. 1 proclaim (esp. blazon abroad). 2 Heraldry a describe ... [more]

blazonment - v. & n. tr. 1 proclaim (esp. blazon abroad). 2 Heraldry a describe ... [more]

bleakly - cf. BLEACH]... [more]

bleakness - cf. BLEACH]... [more]

blear - adj. & v. archaic 1 (of the eyes or the mind) dim, dull ,... [more]

blearily - adj. (blearier, bleariest) 1 (of the eyes or mind) dim; blurred. 2 indistinct .... [more]

bleariness - adj. (blearier, bleariest) 1 (of the eyes or mind) dim; blurred. 2 indistinct .... [more]

bleary - adj. (blearier, bleariest) 1 (of the eyes or mind) dim; blurred. 2 indistinct .... [more]

bleater - v. & n. 1 intr. (of a sheep, goat, or calf) make a weak, wavering cry. 2 intr.... [more]

bleatingly - v. & n. 1 intr. (of a sheep, goat, or calf) make a weak, wavering cry. 2 intr.... [more]

blest - poet. var. of BLESSED. ... [more]

blewits - n. any fungus of the genus Tricholoma, with edible lilac-stemmed mushrooms. [prob.... [more]

BLIMP - n. 1 an army officer in command of a regiment, immediately below a brigadier in... [more]

blimpery - in sense 1, a pompous, obese, elderly character... [more]

blimpish - in sense 1, a pompous, obese, elderly character... [more]

blissfully - adj. perfectly happy; joyful. blissful ignorance fortunate unawareness of something... [more]

blissfulness - adj. perfectly happy; joyful. blissful ignorance fortunate unawareness of something... [more]

blistery - n. & v. 1 a small bubble on the skin filled with serum and ... [more]

blithely - adj. 1 poet. gay, joyous. 2 careless, casual (with blithe indifference). blithely... [more]

blitheness - adj. 1 poet. gay, joyous. 2 careless, casual (with blithe indifference). blithely... [more]

blithesome - adj. 1 poet. gay, joyous. 2 careless, casual (with blithe indifference). blithely... [more]

bloat - v. 1 tr. & intr. inflate, swell (wind bloated the sheets; bloated with [more]

blocker - n., v., & adj. 1 a solid hewn or unhewn piece of hard material ,... [more]

blockhouse - n. 1 a reinforced concrete shelter used as an observation ... [more]

blockish - adj. 1 resembling a block. 2 excessively dull; stupid, obtuse. 3 clumsy, rude, roughly... [more]

blockishly - adj. 1 resembling a block. 2 excessively dull; stupid, obtuse. 3 clumsy, rude, roughly... [more]

blockishness - adj. 1 resembling a block. 2 excessively dull; stupid, obtuse. 3 clumsy, rude, roughly... [more]

bloomery - n. (pl. -ies) a factory that makes puddled iron into blooms. ... [more]