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 |
jean blue jean denim | (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear |
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 |
dark blue navy navy blue | a dark shade of blue |
greenish blue aqua aquamarine turquoise cobalt blue peacock blue | a shade of blue tinged with green |
purplish blue royal blue | a shade of blue tinged with purple |
violet reddish blue | a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum |
luminescence glow | light from nonthermal sources |
blue book | a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations |
blue book | a register of persons who are socially prominent |
blue law | a statute regulating work on Sundays |
blue sky law | a state law regulating the sale of securities in an attempt to control the sale of securities in fraudulent enterprises |
dirty joke dirty story blue joke blue story | an indelicate joke |