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. |
Collar
(n.) Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification |
Collar
(n.) A ring or cincture. |
Collar
(n.) A collar beam. |
Collar
(n.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem. |
Collar
(n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order. |
Collar
(n.) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus. |
Collar
(n.) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. |
Collar
(n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object |
Collar
(n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead |
Collar
(n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft. |
Collar
(v. t.) To seize by the collar. |
Collar
(v. t.) To put a collar on. |
Collar bone
() The clavicle. |
Employee
(n.) One employed by another. |
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. |
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. |
apprehension
arrest
catch collar
pinch taking into custody | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal), the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar |
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 |
employee-owned enterprise
employee-owned business | a commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it |
| collar leash | a figurative restraint, asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market, kept a tight leash on his emotions, he's always gotten a long leash |
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 |
choanocyte
collar cell | any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum, they maintain a flow of water through the body |
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 |
| choker collar dog collar neckband | necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck |
clerical collar
Roman collar
dog collar | a stiff white collar with no opening in the front, a distinctive symbol of the clergy |
collar
neckband | a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over |
| collar | a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it |
| collar shoe collar | the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot |
| collar | a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part |
| collar | anything worn or placed about the neck, the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar, a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse |
| dog collar | a collar for a dog |
| Eton collar | broad white collar worn over the lapels of a jacket |
garrote
garotte
garrotte
iron collar | an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation |
jean blue jean
denim | (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear |
| Peter Pan collar | a flat collar with rounded ends that meet in front |
turtleneck collar
polo-neck collar | a high close-fitting turnover collar |