(of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
(of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
(particle physics) Having a color charge of blue.
(slang, dated) Drunk.
Having blue as its color.
Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
noun
(Australia, colloquial) An argument or brawl.
(Britain) A type of firecracker.
(UK) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
(baseball, slang) An umpire, in reference to the typical dark blue color of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
(countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and purple in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
(entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
(in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
(now historical) A bluestocking.
(slang) A member of law enforcement.
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
(uncountable) Blue clothing.
A blue dye or pigment.
A bluefish.
A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
A person who has received such sporting colours.
Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
The far distance; a remote or distant place.
The ocean; deep waters.
The sky, literally or figuratively.
verb
(ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.
(intransitive, Australia, slang) To fight, brawl, or argue.
(transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
(transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
(transitive, slang, dated) To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
bluh
bluh
intj
(colloquial, rare) Expressing disgust or discontent; blah.
When repeated or combined with blah, used to denote tedious talking; blah.
blum
blum
Proper noun
A town in Texas.
blup
blur
blur
adj
(Malaysia, Singapore, informal) In a state of doubt or confusion.
noun
(obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
A smear, smudge or blot
Something that appears hazy or indistinct
verb
(graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
(intransitive) To become indistinct.
(obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
To smear, stain or smudge.
blus
boul
boul
noun
A curved handle.
bual
bual
noun
A variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey
buhl
buhl
noun
(woodworking) A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.
Furniture having ornamentation of this kind.
bula
bulb
bulb
noun
(dated, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata.
(nautical) A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
(obsolete) An onion.
A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape).
Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
verb
(intransitive) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
bulg
bulk
bulk
adj
being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.)
total
noun
(bodybuilding) A period where one tries to gain muscle.
(bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.
(brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.
(countable) a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.
(obsolete) The body.
(uncountable, transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.
Any huge body or structure.
Dietary fibre.
Size, specifically, volume.
The major part of something.
verb
(intransitive) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent.
(intransitive) To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc.
(intransitive) To grow in size; to swell or expand.
(transitive) To put or hold in bulk.
(transitive, obsolete) To add bulk to, to bulk out.
bull
bull
adj
(finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear).
(of large mammals) Adult male.
Large and strong, like a bull.
Stupid.
noun
(LGBT, slang) An elderly lesbian.
(Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy (derived from the Philadelphia English pronunciation of “boy”, which is practically a homophone of “bull”)
(UK) Clipping of bullseye.
(UK, historical, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
(US) Specifically, a policeman employed in a railroad yard.
(euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
(finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
(military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
(obsolete) A bubble.
(obsolete) A drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.
(slang) A policeman.
(slang, uncountable) Beef.
(uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
A large, strong man.
A lie.
A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
A man who has sex with another man's wife or girlfriend with the consent of both.
A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
Any adult male bovine.
Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
verb
(UK, military) To polish boots to a high shine.
(agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
(agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
(dated, 17th century) to publish in a Papal bull
(finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
(finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
(intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
(intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
To mock; to cheat.
bult
bult
noun
(South Africa) A ridge or small hill.
burl
burl
noun
A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
verb
To remove the knots in cloth.
club
club
noun
(archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
(humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
A club sandwich.
A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.
A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
A playing card marked with such a symbol.
An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
verb
(intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
(intransitive) To join together to form a group.
(intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
(intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
(military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
(nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
(transitive) To hit with a club.
(transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
(transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
(transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
We went clubbing in Ibiza.
flub
flub
noun
(informal) An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
verb
(transitive) To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action.
glub
glub
noun
(informal) The sound of underwater bubbles, or of water bubbling (often used repetitively).
verb
(informal) To make a sound like underwater bubbling; to glug.
luba
lube
lube
adj
(colloquial) Lubricating.
noun
(informal) Lubricant.
verb
(transitive, informal) To lubricate.
luby
publ
slub
slub
noun
(countable) A small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.
Fabric fiber produced by slubbing.
verb
To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.