Bay leaf () See under 3d Bay. |
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. |
Carbon (n.) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen |
Five-leaf (n.) Cinquefoil |
Leaf (n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light |
Leaf (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril. |
Leaf (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end |
Leaf (v. i.) To shoot out leaves |
Leaf-footed (a.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs |
Leaf-nosed (n.) Having a leaflike membrane on the nose |
Lion's leaf () A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap. |
Sanders-blue (n.) See Saunders-blue. |
Saunders-blue (n.) A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli |
Sevres blue () A very light blue. |
Sky-blue (a.) Having the blue color of the sky |
Smalt-blue (a.) Deep blue, like smalt. |
Strip-leaf (n.) Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing. |
True-blue (a.) Of inflexible honesty and fidelity |
True-blue (n.) A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity. |
Turnbull's blue () The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian. |
radiocarbon dating carbon dating carbon- dating | a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-, believed to be reliable up to , years |
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 |
leaf-nosed snake | any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America |
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 |
leafnose bat leaf-nosed bat | bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose, especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae |
leaf beetle chrysomelid | brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves, larvae infest roots and stems |
leaf miner leaf-miner | any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae |
birch leaf miner Fenusa pusilla | small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States, larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation |
walking leaf leaf insect | tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body, common in southern Asia and the East Indies |
leaf bug plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug four-lined leaf bug Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
leaf-footed bug leaf-foot bug | large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs |
pine leaf aphid Pineus pinifoliae | a variety of adelgid |
blue | any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae |
leaf roller leafoller | moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk |
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 |
carbon carbon copy | a copy made with carbon paper |
carbon arc lamp carbon arc | has carbon electrodes |
drop-leaf | a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket |
drop-leaf table | a table that has a drop-leaf to enlarge its surface |
fig leaf | a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful |