Blue (superl.) Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker |
Blue (superl.) Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame |
Blue (superl.) Low in spirits |
Blue (superl.) Suited to produce low spirits |
Blue (superl.) Severe or over strict in morals |
Blue (superl.) Literary |
Blue (n.) One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism |
Blue (n.) A pedantic woman |
Blue (pl.) Low spirits |
Blue (v. t.) To make blue |
Blue bonnet (n.) Alt. of Blue-bonnet |
Blue-bonnet (n.) A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one wearing such cap |
Blue-bonnet (n.) A plant. Same as Bluebottle. |
Blue-bonnet (n.) The European blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus) |
Blue book () A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers. |
Blue book () The United States official "Biennial Register." |
Blue-eye (n.) The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia. |
Blue-eyed (a.) Having blue eyes. |
Blue-eyed grass () a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color. |
Blue grass () A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils |
Blue jay () The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue. |
Blue-john (n.) A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes. |
Blue-veined (a.) Having blue veins or blue streaks. |
Bulb (n.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid. |
Bulb (n.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots |
Bulb (n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. |
Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb |
Coated (imp. & p. p.) of Coat |
Flash (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light |
Flash (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light |
Flash (v. i.) To burst forth like a sudden flame |
Flash (v. t.) To send out in flashes |
Flash (v. t.) To convey as by a flash |
Flash (v. t.) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b). |
Flash (n.) To trick up in a showy manner. |
Flash (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface |
Flash (n.) A sudden burst of light |
Flash (n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius |
Flash (n.) The time during which a flash is visible |
Flash (n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors. |
Flash (a.) Showy, but counterfeit |
Flash (a.) Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments |
Flash (n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes. |
Flash (n.) A pool. |
Flash (n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal. |
Party-coated (a.) Having a motley coat, or coat of divers colors. |
Pseudo-bulb (n.) An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants. |
Sanders-blue (n.) See Saunders-blue. |
Saunders-blue (n.) A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli |
Sevres blue () A very light blue. |
flash welding flash butt welding | butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them, used for joining segments of metal pipe |
blue wall of silence blue wall wall of silence | the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers, the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up |
cyanobacteria blue-green algae | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll, occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats, important as phytoplankton |
bonito shark blue pointed Isurus glaucus | common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific, sport and food fish |
blue shark great blue shark Prionace glauca | slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark, blue body shades to white belly, dangerous especially during maritime disasters |
blue jay jaybird Cyanocitta cristata | common jay of eastern North America, bright blue with grey breast |
blue mockingbird Melanotis caerulescens | mockingbird of Mexico |
blue tit tomtit Parus caeruleus | widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head |
blue-headed vireo Vireo solitarius solitarius | common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head |
Cooper's hawk blue darter Accipiter cooperii | bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight |
western fence lizard swift blue-belly Sceloporus occidentalis | common western lizard, seen on logs or rocks |
blue racer Coluber constrictor flaviventris | bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas |
blue peafowl Pavo cristatus | peafowl of India and Ceylon |
bluewing blue-winged teal Anas discors | American teal |
blue goose Chen caerulescens | North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter |
bluepoint blue point | small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island |
blue crab Callinectes sapidus | bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America |
great blue heron Ardea herodius | large American heron having bluish-grey plumage |
little blue heron Egretta caerulea | small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere |
blue whale sulfur bottom Balaenoptera musculus | largest mammal ever known, bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere |
Kerry blue terrier | an Irish breed of medium-sized terriers with a silky blue-grey coat |
blue fox | a variety of Arctic fox having a pale grey winter coat |
blue point Siamese | Siamese cat having a bluish creamolored body and dark grey points |
blue | any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae |
nilgai nylghai nylghau blue bull Boselaphus tragocamelus | large Indian antelope, male is blue-grey with white markings, female is brownish with no horns |
blue catfish blue cat blue channel catfish blue channel cat | a large catfish of the Mississippi valley |
coho cohoe coho salmon blue jack silver salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch | small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes |
blue pike blue pickerel blue pikeperch blue walleye Strizostedion vitreum glaucum | variety inhabiting the Great Lakes |
runner blue runner Caranx crysos | fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil |
blue marlin Makaira nigricans | largest marlin, may reach pounds, found worldwide in warm seas |
amobarbital sodium blue blue angel blue devil Amytal | the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate, used as a sedative and a hypnotic |
Big Blue BLU- | a reliable and deadly ,-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius, the largest conventional bomb in existence, used in Afghanistan |
blue | blue clothing, she was wearing blue |
blue chip | a blue poker chip with the highest value |
bulb | a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end), the bulb of a syringe |
dry-bulb thermometer | an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb, used to measure the air temperature |
flash photoflash flash lamp flashgun flashbulb flash bulb | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
flash | a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification, red flashes adorned the airplane, a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to |
flash camera | a camera with a photoflash attachment |
flash memory | nonvolatile storage that can be electrically erased and programmed anew |
jean blue jean denim | (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear |
light bulb lightbulb bulb incandescent lamp electric light electric-light bulb | electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity |
wet-bulb thermometer | a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin, used in a psychrometer to measure humidity |
flash | a momentary brightness |
bluish green blue green teal | a blue-green color or pigment, they painted it a light shade of bluish green |
blue blueness | blue color or pigment, resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime, he had eyes of bright blue |
azure cerulean sapphire lazuline sky-blue | a light shade of blue |
powder blue | a pale blue color with grey in it |
steel blue | a greyish blue color |
Prussian blue | a dark greenish-blue color |