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a. Soft, mild, gentle, not harsh.Blandishment, n. Caressing, caresses, endearment, soft words, expression of affection, billing and cooing.Blank, a. 1. Void, empty.2. White, of a white color.3. Astonished, confounded, confused, dumfounded, disconcerted, nonplussed, struck dumb.Blank verse, Unrhymed verse (especially the heroic verse of five feet).Blare, n. Noise, sound, roar, peal, blast, clang, clamor, uproar.Blarney, n. 1. Flattery, adulation.2. Unmeaning talk, smooth phrases.Blase, a. [Fr.] Surfeited, cloyed, satiated, palled, incapable of enjoyment (in consequence of excesses).Blaspheme, v. a. 1. Speak irreverently or impiously of.2. [Rare.] Revile, calumniate, defame, traduce, malign, speak evil of.Blaspheme, v. n. Utter blasphemy, speak irreverently of God or of sacred things.Blasphemous, a. Impious, irreverent, profane.Blasphemy, n. Impiety, irreverence, profanity.Blast, n. 1. Gust, squall, sudden breeze.2. Peal, blare, clang.3. Explosion, outbreak, burst, discharge.4. Blight, pestilential influence.Blast, v. a. 1. Blight, kill, destroy, ruin, annihilate, wither, shrivel.2. Rend by explosion.Blatant, a. 1. Bellowing, braying.2. Clamorous, obstreperous, vociferous, noisy.Blatherskite, n. [Colloquial, U. S.] 1. Blusterer, swaggerer, bully, boaster, vaunter, braggart, braggadocio, roisterer, huff, drawcansir, noisy fellow.2. Bluster, boasting.Blattering, a. Blustering, swaggering, noisy.Blattering, n. Bluster.Blaze, n. Flame.Blaze, v. n. Flame, burn with a flame.Blaze, v. a. Publish, proclaim, blazon, make known, noise abroad, spread abroad, blaze abroad.Blaze abroad, Blaze.Blazing star, Comet.Blazon, v. a. 1. Emblazon, emblaze, adorn with ensigns armorial.2. Display, exhibit, set forth, make a show of, show off.3. Proclaim, publish, blaze, make known, noise, spread or blaze abroad.Blazon, n. 1. Blazonry.2. Publication, proclamation.3. Exhibition, show, pompous display.Blazonry, n. Emblazonry, heraldry.Bleach, v. a. Whiten, blanch, etiolate, make or render white.Bleach, v. n. Whiten, etiolate, grow or become white.Bleaching powder, Chloride of lime.Bleak, a. 1. Cold, chill, chilly, raw, biting, piercing.2. Unsheltered, exposed to cold, exposed to wind.Blearedness, n. Lippitude, dim-sightedness.Blear-eyed, a. Dim-sighted.Bleb, n. 1. Blister, vesicle, little tumor.2. Air-bubble.Bleed, v. n. 1. Lose blood.2. Lose sap or juice.3. Be slaughtered.Bleeding, n. Phlebotomy, venesection, blood-letting.Blemish, v. a. 1. Stain, sully, blur, spot, tarnish, mar, injure, taint.2. Defame, vilify, traduce, ASPERSE, calumniate, slander, malign, revile, run down, speak ill of.Blemish, n. 1. Stain, spot, defect, speck, blur, soil, tarnish, flaw, fault.2. Disgrace, dishonor, reproach, taint.Blench, v. n. Shrink, flinch, start back, give way, lack courage or resolution.Blend, v. a. Mingle, mix, intermingle, commingle, amalgamate.Blende, n. (Min.) Black-jack, sulphuret of zinc, mock lead, false galena.Bless, v. a. 1. Ask or implore a blessing upon.2. Delight, gladden, make happy.3. Wish happiness to.4. Glorify, exalt, celebrate, magnify, praise.Blessed, a. 1. Happy.2. Holy, hallowed, sacred.Blessedness, n. Bliss, blissfulness, happiness, felicity, beatitude, joy.Blessing, n. 1. Benediction, benison, invocation of happiness.2. Good, benefit, advantage, profit, gain, boon, service.Blight, n. Pestilence (among plants), mildew, blast.Blight, v. a. Blast, wither, shrivel, kill, destroy, taint with mildew, cause to decay.Blind, a. 1. Sightless, eyeless, unseeing, stone-blind, stark-blind, unable to see.2. Ignorant, undiscerning, unaware, unmindful, inattentive, heedless, incapable of judging.Blind, v. a. 1. Make blind, deprive of sight.2. Hoodwink, blindfold.Blind, n. Screen, cover.Blind alley, Cul-de-sac.Blind-coal, n. Anthracite, glance-coal, hard-coal, stone-coal.Blindfold, v. a. Blind, hoodwink, cover the eyes of, hinder from seeing (by a bandage over the eyes).Blindfold, a. Blinded (by a bandage over the eyes), blindfolded.Blindside, n. Weakness, foible, failing, defect, weak side, weak part.Blink, v. n. Wink, NICTATE, see obscurely.Blink, v. a. Overlook (purposely), disregard, avoid, evade, pass over, gloss over, shut out of sight, make no account of, not take into account, not mind, not trouble one's self with, pretend not to see.Bliss, n. Happiness, felicity, blessedness, blissfulness, beatitude, beatification, transport, rapture, ecstasy, heavenly joy.Blissful, a. Transported, enraptured, in raptures, in ecstasies, very happy, full of joy, highly blessed.Blister, n. 1. Vesicle, pustule, blain.2. Vesicatory, blistering plaster.Blister, v. a. Raise blisters on.Blister, v. n. Rise in blisters.Blithe, a. Cheerful, gay, sprightly, lively, animated, elated, vivacious, joyous, joyful, merry, mirthful, jocund, sportive, airy, buoyant, debonair, blithesome, of good cheer, in high spirits, in good spirits, full of life, full of spirit.Blithesome, a. Cheerful, gay, BLITHE.Bloat, v. a. Swell, inflate, distend, puff up, blow up, make turgid.Bloat, v. n. Swell, be swollen, be inflated or distended, be puffed or blown up, become turgid.Bloating, n. Swelling, dilatation, DILATION, expanding, expansion.Blobber-lip, n. Thick lip.Blobber-lipped, a. Thick-lipped.Block, v. a. Obstruct, close, BLOCKADE, shut up, stop up, block up.Block, n. 1. Thick and heavy piece (as of wood or stone).2. Wooden mould (on which hats are made).3. Simpleton, fool, blockhead, DUNCE.4. [U. S.] Mass of houses (in a square or a continuous row).5. (Naut.) Pulley.Blockade, v. a. Close (as ports, so as to prevent egress or ingress), block, shut up, stop up.Blockade, n. Closure (as of a port), shutting up, blocking up.Blockhead, n. Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.Blockish, a. Stupid, stolid, heavy, doltish, unintelligent, dull, stockish.Block up, Obstruct, BLOCK.Blonde, a. Fair, light, flaxen.Blood, n. 1. Vital fluid, vital current, life blood.2. Kindred, relation, family, consanguinity.3. Royal lineage, royal line.4. High birth, noble extraction.5. Hotspur, madcap, fiery fellow.Bloodroot, n. Bloodwort.Bloodshed, n. Slaughter, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder.Bloodstone, n. 1. Hematite.2. Heliotrope.Blood-sucker, n. Leech.Blood-thirsty, a. Cruel, savage, ferocious, inhuman, barbarous, barbarian, fell, truculent, ruthless, bloody, murderous, bloody-minded.Bloodwort, n. Bloodroot, red root, red puccoon (Sanguinarea Canadensis).Bloody, a. 1. Sanguinary, ensanguined, gory.2. Murderous, cruel, BLOOD-THIRSTY.Bloody-flux, n. Dysentery.Bloody-minded, a. Blood-thirsty.Bloom, n. 1. Efflorescence, flower, blossom, blow.2. Flush, freshness, vigor.Bloom, v. n. Flower, blossom, put forth blossoms.Bloomy, a. Flowery.Blossom, n. Flower, bloom, blow.Blossom, v. n. Flower, bloom, blow.Blot, v. a. 1. Efface, obliterate, erase, cancel, expunge, rub out, blot out, scratch out, strike out.2. Spot, stain, blur, disfigure.3. Tarnish, sully, disgrace.Blot, n. 1. Obliteration, erasure, blotting.2. Blur, spot, stain, blemish.3. Disgrace, cause of reproach.Blotch, n. Pustule, eruption, pimple, blain.Blow, n. 1. Stroke, knock, rap, pat, thump, dab, beat.2. Calamity, disaster, misfortune, affliction.3. Bloom, blossom,

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