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Bleaching PowdernounMWEa white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfectverified
Bleeding HeartnounMWEsomeone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivilegedverified
Bleeding ToothnounMWEgastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell openingverified
Blennioid FishnounMWEelongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic finsverified
Blessed ThistlenounMWEannual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowersverified
Blighty WoundnounMWEa wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroadverified
Blind AlleynounMWE(figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvementverified
Blind DatenounMWEa participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them)verified
Blind FlyingnounMWEusing only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.verified
Blind GentiannounMWEgentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at allverified
Blind GutnounMWEthe cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opensverified
Blind LandingnounMWEusing only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.verified
Blind SpotnounMWEa subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgmentverified
Blind StaggersnounMWEa disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattleverified
Blind TrustnounMWEa trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciaryverified
Blindman's BluffnounMWEa children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other playersverified
Blindman's BuffnounMWEa children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other playersverified
Blink of an EyenounMWEa very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)verified
Blister PacknounMWEpackaging in which a product is sealed between a cardboard backing and clear plastic coververified
Blister RustnounMWEany of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externallyverified
Blistering AgentnounMWEa toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungsverified
Block ciphernounMWEA symmetric key cryptographic algorithm that transforms a block of information at a time using a cryptographic key. For a block cipher algorithm, the length of the input block is the same as the length of the output block.verified
Block Cipher AlgorithmnounMWEA family of functions and their inverses that is parameterized by a cryptographic key; the function maps bit strings of a fixed length to bit strings of the same length.verified
Block DiagramnounMWEa diagram showing the interconnections between the components of system (especially an electronic system)verified
Block GrantnounMWEa grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programsverified
block outverbMWEto plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in generalverified
Block VotenounMWEa vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate representsverified
Blonde LiliannounMWENorth American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriorsverified
Blood BerrynounMWEbushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berriesverified
Blood BrothernounMWEa male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brotherverified
Blood CellnounMWEeither of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including plateletsverified
Blood ClottingnounMWEa process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)verified
Blood CoagulationnounMWEa process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)verified
Blood CorpusclenounMWEeither of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including plateletsverified
Blood CountnounMWEthe act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sampleverified
Blood FlowernounMWEtropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wingsverified
Blood GroupnounMWEhuman blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigensverified
Blood PlasmanounMWEthe colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspendedverified
Blood PoisoningnounMWEinvasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infectionverified
Blood PressurenounMWEthe pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vesselsverified
Blood ProfilenounMWEcounting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of bloodverified