Blizzard: Definition and part of speech

Blizzard

  1. n. A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bloat: Definition and part of speech

Bloat

  1. v. t. To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.
  2. 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.
  3. v. t. To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
  4. v. i. To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
  5. a. Bloated.
  6. n. A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bloater: Definition and part of speech

Bloater

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

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blob: Definition and part of speech

Blob

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

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.