Index of English words, starting with "bl"

(1) - Bloat (v. t.) To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.
(2) - Bloat (n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.
(3) - Bloat (a.) Bloated.
(4) - Bloat (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
(5) - Bloat (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
(6) - Bloat (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.

(1) - Bloated (p. a.) Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.
(2) - Bloated (imp. & p. p.) of Bloat

(1) - Bloater (n.) The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring.

(1) - Blob (n.) A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller's thumb.
(2) - Blob (n.) Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister.