blind alley | (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement, all the clues led the police into blind alleys, so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
blind flying blind landing | using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. |
Braxton-Hicks contraction false labor | painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency |
blind stitching | stitching that is not easily seen or noticed |
false pretense false pretence | (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation |
perjury bearing false witness lying under oath | criminal offense of making false statements under oath |
double blind | a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed, designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results |
false imprisonment | (law) confinement without legal authority |
false verdict | a manifestly unjust verdict, not true to the evidence |
amphiuma congo snake congo eel blind eel | aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet, of still muddy waters in the southern United States |
false gavial Tomistoma schlegeli | crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial |
blind snake worm snake | wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes |
western blind snake Leptotyphlops humilis | burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States |
false scorpion pseudoscorpion | small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion |
false saber-toothed tiger | North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene, much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon |
false vampire false vampire bat | any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects |
bell gable | an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote |
blind screen | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight, they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet |
blind | a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters), he waited impatiently in the blind |
blind alley cul de sac dead-end street impasse | a street with only one way in or out |
blind corner | a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving |
blind curve blind bend | a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving |
corbie gable | (architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps |
false bottom | a horizontal structure that partitions a ship or box (especially one built close to the actual bottom) |
false face | a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume |
false teeth | a removable denture |
gable gable end gable wall | the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof |
gable roof saddle roof saddleback saddleback roof | a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end |
hairpiece false hair postiche | a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment |
roller blind | a window shade that rolls up out of the way |
Venetian blind | a window blind made of horizontal strips that overlap when closed |
window blind | a blind for privacy or to keep out light |
blind spot optic disc optic disk | the point where the optic nerve enters the retina, not sensitive to light |
false vocal cord false vocal fold superior vocal cord ventricular fold vestibular fold | either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization |
cecum caecum blind gut | the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens, the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum |
rima vestibuli rima respiratoria false glottis glottis spuria | the opening between the false vocal folds |
blind spot | a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment, golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it |
fallacy false belief | a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning |
alias assumed name false name | a name that has been assumed temporarily |
false return | an incorrect income tax return |
subterfuge blind | something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity, he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge, the holding company was just a blind |
false alarm | a warning that is given about something that fails to occur |
blind | people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group, he spent hours reading to the blind |
blind date | a date with a stranger, she never goes on blind dates |
blind side | the side on which your vision is limited or obstructed |
color-blind person | a person unable to distinguish differences in hue |
blind date | a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them) |
blind person | a person with a severe visual impairment |
perjurer false witness | a person who deliberately gives false testimony |