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bizonal

adjective · relating to or concerned with the combined affairs of two administrative zones

Example: Bizonal currency was used in occupied Germany after World War II

black

adjective · marked by anger or resentment or hostility

Example: black looks

black margate

noun · dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward

black out

verb · lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example

black-haired

adjective · having hair of a dark color

Example: a dark-haired beauty

blackcap raspberry

noun · raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit

blamelessly

adverb · in an irreproachable and blameless manner

Example: she had lived blamelessly until she met this man

blandly

adverb · in a bland manner

Example: his blandly incompetent attempts

blankly

adverb · without expression; in a blank manner

Example: she stared at him blankly

blasphemously

adverb · in a blasphemous manner

Example: the sailors were cursing blasphemously

blastemic

adjective · of or relating to blastemata

blat

verb · cry plaintively

Example: The lambs were bleating

blatantly

adverb · in a blatant manner

Example: they blatantly violated the laws

blate

adjective · disposed to avoid notice; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)

Example: they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it

bleakly

adverb · without hope

Example: he wondered bleakly

blephilia

noun · small genus of North American herbs: wood mints

blind

adjective · unable or unwilling to perceive or understand

Example: blind to a lover's faults

blindly

adverb · without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis

Example: they bought the car blindly

blissfully

adverb · in a blissful manner

Example: he was blissfully unaware of the danger

blistering

adjective · very fast; capable of quick response and great speed

Example: a hot sports car

blithely

adverb · in a joyous manner

Example: they shouted happily

blitzkrieg

noun · a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment

blood heat

noun · temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

blood-filled

adjective · containing blood

Example: the blood-filled centers of arteries and veins

bloodlessly

adverb · without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood

Example: the coup disposed of the dictator bloodlessly

bloodletting

noun · indiscriminate slaughter

Example: a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered

bloodstained

adjective · covered with blood

Example: a bloodstained shirt

bloodstream

noun · the blood flowing through the circulatory system

bloody

adjective · having or covered with or accompanied by blood

Example: a bloody nose

blooming

adjective · informal intensifiers

Example: what a bally (or blinking) nuisance

blow over

verb · disappear gradually

Example: The pain eventually passed off

blow-by-blow

adjective · providing great detail

Example: a blow-by-blow account of the movie

blowy

adjective · abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes

Example: blowy weather

blue catfish

noun · a large catfish of the Mississippi valley

blue cohosh

noun · tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally

blue fleabane

noun · widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers

blue sky

noun · the sky as viewed during daylight

Example: he shot an arrow into the blue

bluenose

noun · a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia

bluff out

verb · deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

bluffly

adverb · in a blunt direct manner

Example: he spoke bluntly

blunder out

verb · utter impulsively

Example: He blurted out the secret

bluntly

adverb · in a blunt direct manner

Example: he spoke bluntly

blurt out

verb · utter impulsively

Example: He blurted out the secret

blushing

adjective · having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset

Example: the blushing boy was brought before the Principal

boastfully

adverb · in a boastful manner

Example: he talked big all evening

bob up

verb · originate or come into being

Example: a question arose

bobtailed

adjective · having a short or shortened tail

Example: bobtail mare

bodiless

adjective · having no trunk or main part

Example: a bodiless head

body waste

noun · waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

bog down

verb · get stuck while doing something

Example: She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation