| acid |
a chemical substance that dissolves in water, has a sour taste, and turns blue litmus paper red. [1/4 definitions] |
| anemone |
a type of plant related to the buttercup that has large white, blue, purple, or red flowers. |
| aqua |
the color that comes from mixing blue, green, and a small amount of white paint. |
| aster |
a plant with white, pink, blue, or purple flowers. The flowers are made up of many narrow petals around a yellow center. |
| azure |
the color of a clear blue sky. [1/2 definitions] |
| blue |
having the color blue. [1/3 definitions] |
| blueberry |
a small round berry that is blue in color and can be eaten. [1/2 definitions] |
| bluebird |
a small, blue North American songbird. Males usually have a reddish breast. |
| bluefish |
a fish that lives in mild Atlantic waters of the North and South American coast. Bluefish are blue and are caught for sport or food. |
| bluegrass |
a grass with a blue-green color that is grown in pastures and on lawns. Kentucky is famous for bluegrass. [1/2 definitions] |
| blue jay |
a common jay bird of eastern North America. A blue jay has a crest on its head and a bright blue upper body with white and black markings on its wings and tail. |
| blueprint |
a print of a drawing that shows a building plan. Blueprints usually have white lines on a blue background. [1/2 definitions] |
| blue whale |
a mammal that lives in the ocean. Blue whales are the largest kind of animal that has ever lived. They can grow up to 100 feet long and weigh up to 150 tons. Their large mouths have baleen instead of teeth. Blue whales use baleen to filter lots of very small food such as shrimp from ocean water. |
| bruise |
an injury that does not cause a break in the skin or bone but usually causes a dark blue or purple mark to appear on the skin. [1/3 definitions] |
| Bunsen burner |
a burner that has holes at the bottom where air enters, mixes with gas, and makes a hot blue flame. Bunsen burners are used in laboratory experiments. |
| color |
a quality of light as our eyes see it. Light is made up of waves, which hit objects and are reflected from their surfaces. The colors we see, such as red, blue, and yellow, depend on how these light waves are reflected. Objects of different colors reflect different kinds of light waves. [1/5 definitions] |
| dungaree |
a heavy cotton fabric; blue denim. [2/3 definitions] |
| flax |
a plant with tiny blue flowers and with seeds from which an oil is pressed. [1/2 definitions] |
| forget-me-not |
a kind of plant with clusters of blue flowers. The flowers are considered to be symbols of faithfulness in friendship or love. |
| green |
the color of grass or of young, growing leaves; the color between yellow and blue on the color spectrum. [1/11 definitions] |
| huckleberry |
the dark blue fruit of this plant. [1/2 definitions] |