| blow one's top |
(informal) to lose emotional control; become angry. |
| blow over |
to subside; let up. |
| blowtorch |
a portable oil-burning or gas-burning device producing an intense, localized flame suitable for melting or cutting metal. |
| blow up |
to explode. [6 definitions] |
| BLT |
a toasted sandwich made with fried bacon, strips of lettuce, and sliced tomato. |
| blubber |
the layer of fat beneath the skin of whales, seals, and other large sea mammals. [5 definitions] |
| blue |
the color of a cloudless sky; the color between green and violet on the spectrum. [8 definitions] |
| blueberry |
a small, round, edible berry that is blue or blue-black in color. [2 definitions] |
| bluebird |
a small North American songbird having blue plumage, and, in the male, a reddish breast. |
| bluefish |
a blue-colored game and food fish found in temperate Atlantic waters of the North and South American coast. [2 definitions] |
| bluegrass |
a grass having a blue-green color and much used in pastures and lawns, found esp. in Kentucky. [2 definitions] |
| blue in the face |
exhausted from excessive effort or activity. |
| blue jay |
a common jay of eastern North America, with a crest, a bright blue upper body and head, and distinctive white and black markings. |
| blueprint |
a photographic print of architectural or mechanical drawings, usu. done with white lines on a blue background. [3 definitions] |
| blues |
(used with a pl. verb) a state of melancholy or depression. [2 definitions] |
| blue whale |
the largest whale, as much as one hundred feet long, with a bluish gray back, yellow undersides, and grooves running lengthwise on the throat and abdomen. |
| bluff1 |
a hill or shoreline with a steep face. [3 definitions] |
| bluff2 |
to mislead someone by using false pretenses. [6 definitions] |
| blunder |
a careless or thoughtless mistake. [5 definitions] |
| blunt |
having a dull edge or point; not sharp. [5 definitions] |
| blur |
to cause to run together or become obscure or confused, as by smearing. [7 definitions] |