-blast () A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation |
Blast (n.) A violent gust of wind. |
Blast (n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace |
Blast (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire |
Blast (n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument |
Blast (n.) A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants |
Blast (n.) The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc. |
Blast (n.) A flatulent disease of sheep. |
Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind |
Blast (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail |
Blast (v. t.) To confound by a loud blast or din. |
Blast (v. t.) To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc. |
Blast (v. i.) To be blighted or withered |
Blast (v. i.) To blow |
Blast pipe () The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast. |
Blow (v. i.) To flower |
Blow (v. t.) To cause to blossom |
Blow (n.) A blossom |
Blow (n.) A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword. |
Blow (n.) A sudden or forcible act or effort |
Blow (n.) The infliction of evil |
Blow (v. i.) To produce a current of air |
Blow (v. i.) To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows. |
Blow (v. i.) To breathe hard or quick |
Blow (v. i.) To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet. |
Blow (v. i.) To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale. |
Blow (v. i.) To be carried or moved by the wind |
Blow (v. i.) To talk loudly |
Blow (v. t.) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means |
Blow (v. t.) To drive by a current air |
Blow (v. t.) To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise |
Blow (v. t.) To clear of contents by forcing air through |
Blow (v. t.) To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion |
Blow (v. t.) To spread by report |
Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation |
Blow (v. t.) To inflate, as with pride |
Blow (v. t.) To put out of breath |
Blow (v. t.) To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.). |
Blow (n.) A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind |
Blow (n.) The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument |
Blow (n.) The spouting of a whale. |
Blow (n.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. |
Blow (n.) An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. |
Blow-off (n.) A blowing off steam, water, etc. |
Blow-off (adj.) as, a blow-off cock or pipe. |
Blow-off (adj.) An outburst of temper or excitement. |
Blow-out (n.) The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam. |
Blow valve () See Snifting valve. |
Burst (imp. & p. p.) of Burst |
Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces |
hit smash smasher strike bang | a conspicuous success, that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career, that new Broadway show is a real smasher, the party went with a bang |
mine disposal | the disposal of explosive mines |
strike | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders, this pitcher throws more strikes than balls |
leap leaping spring saltation bound bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
blast | a very long fly ball |
solo homer solo blast | a home run with no runners on base |
strike ten-strike | a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball, he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame |
explosion burst | the act of exploding or bursting, the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children, the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft |
burst fit | a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason), a burst of applause, a fit of housecleaning |
treadmill salt mine | a job involving drudgery and confinement |
blow puff | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth, he gave his nose a loud blow, he blew out all the candles with a single puff |
strike | an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective, the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn |
first strike | the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons, considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate, the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India |
surgical strike | an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target |
preventive strike preventive attack | a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces |
fusillade salvo volley burst | rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms, our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise |
spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon, a blow on the head |
hunger strike | a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest |
strike work stoppage | a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions, the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled |
sit-down sit-down strike | a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached |
sympathy strike sympathetic strike | a strike in support of other workers who are on strike, a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer |
wildcat strike | a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union |
pre-emptive strike | a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you |
leopard frog spring frog Rana pipiens | common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots |
green frog spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
spring peeper Hyla crucifer | a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring |
spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
blowfly blow fly | large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly, lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds |
powder-post termite Cryptotermes brevis | extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions |
spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
araroba Goa powder chrysarobin | a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases |
aspirin powder headache powder | a powdered form of aspirin |
baby powder | powder used to prevent a baby's diaper from chafing |
blast furnace | a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores, combustion is intensified by a blast of air |
blowgun blowpipe blowtube blow tube | a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing |
blowtube blow tube blowpipe | a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat |
box spring | a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth |
claymore mine claymore | an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy |
coal mine coalpit | a mine where coal is dug from the ground |
coil spring volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
coke blow nose candy snow C | street names for cocaine |
compact powder compact | a small cosmetics case with a mirror, to be carried in a woman's purse |
copper mine | a mine where copper is dug from the ground |
Dover's powder | a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium, formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration |
face powder | cosmetic powder for the face |
floating mine marine mine | an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
goldmine gold mine | a mine where gold ore is found |
goldmine gold mine | a good source of something that is desired |