Helen Fenton

Bleak: Definition and part of speech

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Bleak

  1. a. A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay.
  2. a. Without color; pale; pallid.
  3. a. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
  4. a. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak 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.

Blastosphere: Definition and part of speech

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Blastosphere

  1. n. The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.

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.

Blastostyle: Definition and part of speech

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Blastostyle

  1. n. In certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid, whose special function is to produce medusoid buds. See Hydroidea, and Athecata.

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.

Blast pipe: Definition and part of speech

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Blast pipe

  1. The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a 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.

Blastula: Definition and part of speech

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Blastula

  1. n. That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm.

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.