5 Letter Words That Start With BL

black

Adjective : (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.

Adjective : (of a place, etc) Without light.

Adjective : (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)

block

Noun : A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

Noun : A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.

Noun : A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.

bleed

Verb : (intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.

Verb : (transitive) To let or draw blood from.

Verb : (transitive) To take large amounts of money from.

blind

Adjective : (not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

Adjective : (comparable) Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.

Adjective : (not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility.

bleak

Adjective : Without color; pale; pallid.

Adjective : Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

Adjective : Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.

blood

Noun : A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.

Noun : A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. (See blood relative, blood relation.)

Noun : (historical) One of the four humours in the human body.

bliss

Noun : Perfect happiness.

Noun : An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.

Noun : (rare) A unisex given name from English.

blunt

Adjective : Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

Adjective : Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.

Adjective : Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

blast

Noun : A violent gust of wind.

Noun : A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.

Noun : A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.

blade

Noun : The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

Noun : (metonymically) A sword or knife.

Noun : The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.

bloom

Noun : A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.

Noun : (collective) Flowers.

Noun : (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.

bluff

Noun : An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.

Noun : (poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.

Noun : (US, dated) The card game poker.

blaze

Noun : A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

Noun : Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.

Noun : The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.

blank

Adjective : (archaic) White or pale; without colour.

Adjective : Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in

Adjective : (figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.

blend

Noun : A mixture of two or more things.

Noun : (linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.

Verb : (transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.

blame

Noun : Censure.

Noun : Culpability for something negative or undesirable.

Noun : Responsibility for something meriting censure.

bland

Adjective : Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.

Adjective : Lacking in taste or flavor.

Adjective : Lacking in vigor.

blase

Noun : A male given name from Latin.

Adjective : Alternative spelling of blasé [Unimpressed with something because of over-familiarity.]

blink

Verb : (intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

Verb : (transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.

Verb : To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

blitz

Noun : (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.

Noun : (countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.

Noun : (countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.

bless

Verb : To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.

Verb : To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.

Verb : To invoke divine favor upon.

blurb

Noun : A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

Verb : (transitive) To write or quote in a blurb.

Verb : (transitive) To supply with a blurb.

bling

Noun : Ostentatious display of richness or style.

Noun : Alternative form of bling bling [(slang) Shiny jewelry that displays wealth, such as a diamond ring or a stylish gold necklace or bracelet.]

blush

Noun : An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, modesty, etc.

Noun : A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.

Noun : (figuratively) Feeling or appearance of optimism.

blues

Noun : (usually in the plural, informal) A feeling of sadness or depression.

Noun : (singular or plural, informal) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.

Noun : (singular or plural, informal) The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience or idea.

blond

Adjective : Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.

Adjective : (of a person) Having blond hair.

Noun : (color) A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.

blimp

Noun : (aviation) An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.

Noun : (by extension) Any large airborne inflatable.

Noun : (slang) An obese person.

bloke

Noun : (Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.

Noun : (Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Ireland, informal) A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.

Noun : (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.

bleek

bloat

Verb : To cause to become distended.

Verb : (intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.

Verb : To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.

bleat

Noun : The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

Verb : Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound.

Verb : (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain.

blanc

Noun : A white cosmetic.

Noun : A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used especially for braised meat.

Noun : A surname from French.

bleam

blown

Adjective : Distended, swollen, or inflated.

Adjective : Panting and out of breath.

Adjective : (of glass) Formed by blowing.

blini

Noun : A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.

blurt

Verb : To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.

Noun : An abrupt outburst.

blest

Verb : Archaic spelling of blessed

Adjective : Archaic spelling of blessed [Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.]

blate

Adjective : (Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish.

Adjective : (Scotland, Northern England) Dull, stupid.

Verb : Archaic form of bleat. [Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound.]

blear

Adjective : (of eyes or vision) Dim, unclear from water or rheum.

Adjective : Causing or caused by dimness of sight.

Verb : (intransitive) To be blear; to have blear eyes; to look or gaze with blear eyes.

blare

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : Often followed by out: of a device such as a loudspeaker or a radio: to produce (music, a sound, etc.) loudly and piercingly.

Verb : (figuratively) To express (ideas, words, etc.) loudly; to proclaim.

blair

Noun : (countable) A surname.

Noun : (countable) A unisex given name

Noun : A male given name

blake

Adjective : Pale, pallid; wan; sallow; of a sickly hue.

Adjective : Yellow, as butter or cheese.

Adjective : Bleak, cold; bare, naked.

blite

Noun : The plant Amaranthus blitum, purple amaranth.

Noun : Any of various plants in the genus Chenopodium.

Noun : Any of various plants in the genus Atriplex.

blume

Noun : A surname from German.

blive

Verb : (obsolete) quickly; forthwith

Verb : (intransitive) Alternative form of belive ("to remain"). [(intransitive, obsolete outside dialects) To remain, stay.]

bleep

Noun : A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.

Noun : (euphemistic) Something named by an explicit noun in the original, unedited version of the containing sentence.

Noun : (music, slang, uncountable) A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock.

bloop

Verb : (onomatopoeia, especially of a fish) To blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water.

Verb : (baseball) To make a hit just beyond the infield.

Verb : (informal) To produce a low-pitched beeping sound.

blain

Noun : A skin swelling or sore; a blister; a blotch.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

blype

Noun : (Scotland) A thin membrane or small piece of skin.

bligh

Noun : A surname from Irish.

bluet

Noun : Any of several different plants, from several genera, having bluish flowers.

Noun : Centaurea, a plant genus in the family Asteraceae

Noun : Several plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, notably Houstonia and Oldenlandiopsis.

blirt

Noun : (nautical) A gust, as of wind and rain.

Noun : (Scotland) A fit of crying.

Verb : (Scotland) To burst into tears.

blice

blued

Adjective : Having the property of having been chemically passivated.

bluer

Noun : (UK, school slang) A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.

Noun : (rare) Synonym of blue (“blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing”)

blows

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Obsolete form of blue. [(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.]

Adjective : Obsolete form of blue. [Having blue as its color.]

blote

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To cure (herrings, etc.) by salting and smoking them; to bloat.

blent

Noun : A mixture of two or more things.

Noun : (linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.

Verb : (transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.

bloch

Noun : A surname.

bluey

Noun : (Australia, slang) A nickname commonly given to a red-headed person.

Adjective : Having a colour similar to blue.

Noun : (slang) The metal lead.

blass

Noun : (computing) Acronym of Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms.

blyth

Noun : A town and river in Northumberland, England.

Noun : A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6286).

Noun : A river in Suffolk, England, which flows into the North Sea.

blane

Noun : A surname.

blick

Verb : (transitive) To shine, gleam.

Verb : (nonce word, transitive, intransitive) To make, or cause to make, a soft, crisp sound.

Noun : The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refinishing process.

blart

Verb : (Northern England, Midlands, Scotland) To sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.

Verb : (Northern England, Midlands, Scotland, of sheep or cattle) To bleat, bellow, low.

Noun : (Northern England, Midlands, Scotland) A loud noise or cry.

blasé

Adjective : Unimpressed with something because of over-familiarity.

blunk

Verb : (intransitive) To blench, blink; turn aside.

Verb : (transitive, Scotland) To spoil, mismanage.

Noun : A surname.

blatt

Noun : (humorous) A unit of odor approximately equal to the strength of Richard Greenblatt's odor.

blowy

Adjective : Windy or breezy.

Adjective : Billowy, blowing or waving in the wind. (of fabric, hair, etc.)

Adjective : Susceptible to drifting. (of soil)

blois

Noun : A city and commune, the prefecture of the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

blaff

Verb : (obsolete) to bark

blobs

Noun : A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.

Noun : (astronomy) A large cloud of gas.

Noun : (dialect) A bubble; a bleb.

blech

Verb : (slang) To have the vomiting reflex triggered.

Noun : (Judaism) A metal sheet used to cover stovetop burners on Shabbat to allow food to be kept warm without violating the prohibition against cooking.

blash

Noun : A surname from German.

blagg

Noun : A surname.

blint

blonk

bliny

Noun : Alternative form of blini [A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.]

blida

Noun : A city and province of Algeria

blust

Noun : A surname.

blisk

Noun : (aviation, mechanical engineering) An aircraft turbine engine rotor that has integral blades.

blahs

Noun : (with the) A feeling of boredom and no motivation; depression.

bluto

Noun : A man who is large and muscular in top-heavy proportions, often combined with a comically brutish and aggressive personality.

blore

Verb : (archaic, dialectal) To cry; cry out; weep.

Verb : (archaic, dialectal) To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.

Noun : (obsolete) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.

blert

blinn

Noun : A surname.

blitt

Noun : A surname.

blocs

Noun : A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.

Noun : A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union.

Noun : (Canada, politics) Bloc Québécois

bloss

bloor

Noun : A surname.

blots

Noun : A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.

Noun : (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.

Noun : (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.

blats

Verb : (intransitive) To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a senseless noise.

Verb : To talk inconsiderately; blab.

blurs

Verb : To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

Verb : To smear, stain or smudge.

Verb : (intransitive) To become indistinct.

blips

Noun : (electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.

Noun : A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.

Noun : (by extension) A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.

blute

blogs

Noun : (Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)

Noun : (Internet) An individual post to a blog.

Verb : (blogging, transitive, intransitive) To contribute to a blog.

bleck

Noun : Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease.

Noun : Soot, smut.

Noun : (obsolete) A black man.

blebs

Noun : A bubble, such as in paint or glass.

Noun : (pathology) A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid.

Noun : (cytology) An irregular bulge in the plasma membrane of a cell undergoing apoptosis.

bleve

Noun : Acronym of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion.

Verb : Alternative form of belive [(intransitive, obsolete outside dialects) To remain, stay.]

blook

Noun : A book serialized on a blog (weblog) platform.

Noun : A book about blogging.

Noun : A printed book containing content which first appeared on a blog.

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