English words starting with bli

Meanings of Blight:

noun

A plant disease, typically one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts.

Usage examples:

The vines suffered blight and disease

verb

Have a severely detrimental effect on.

Usage examples:

The scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians

Meanings of Blighted:

verb

Have a severely detrimental effect on.

Usage examples:

The scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians

noun

A plant disease, typically one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts.

Usage examples:

The vines suffered blight and disease

Meanings of Blighter:

noun

A person who is regarded with contempt, irritation, or pity.

Usage examples:

You little blighter!

Meanings of Blighters:

noun

A person who is regarded with contempt, irritation, or pity.

Usage examples:

You little blighter!

Meanings of Blighties:

noun

An informal term for britain or england, used by soldiers of the first and second world wars.

Usage examples:

He had copped a blighty and was on his way home

Meanings of Blighting:

verb

Have a severely detrimental effect on.

Usage examples:

The scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians

noun

A plant disease, typically one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts.

Usage examples:

The vines suffered blight and disease

Meanings of Blights:

noun

A plant disease, typically one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts.

Usage examples:

The vines suffered blight and disease

verb

Have a severely detrimental effect on.

Usage examples:

The scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians

Meanings of Blighty:

noun

An informal term for britain or england, used by soldiers of the first and second world wars.

Usage examples:

He had copped a blighty and was on his way home

Meanings of Blimey:

exclamation

Used to express surprise, excitement, or alarm.

Usage examples:

Already on the bill were the sex pistols, the clash, siouxsie & the banshees, buzzcocks and the vib…

Meanings of Blimp:

noun

A pompous, reactionary type of person.

Usage examples:

You'll still find colonel blimps at local party level

Meanings of Blimpish:

adjective

Someone, especially an old man, who is blimpish has old-fashioned military principles and is too proud of his country

Usage examples:

A blimpish old colonel

Meanings of Blimpishness:

noun

The fact or quality of being blimpish.

Meanings of Blimps:

noun

A pompous, reactionary type of person.

Usage examples:

You'll still find colonel blimps at local party level

Meanings of Blin:

noun

Singular form of blini.

Meanings of Blind:

adjective

Unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition.

Usage examples:

A blind man with a stick

verb

Cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily.

Usage examples:

The injury temporarily blinded him

noun

A screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats.

Usage examples:

She pulled down the blinds

adverb

Without being able to see clearly.

Usage examples:

He was the first pilot in history to fly blind

Meanings of Blind date:

noun

A social engagement with a person one has not previously met, arranged with a view to the development of a romantic or sexual relationship.

Usage examples:

She met her husband on a blind date

Meanings of Blind-bend:

idiom

A curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving

Meanings of Blind-drunk:

adjective

Extremely drunk

Meanings of Blind-to:

adjective

Not able to see

Usage examples:

He began to go blind a year ago., fig. she is completely blind to his faults., he declared that the…

Meanings of Blinded:

verb

Cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily.

Usage examples:

The injury temporarily blinded him

adjective

Unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition.

Usage examples:

A blind man

noun

A screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats.

Usage examples:

She pulled down the blinds

adverb

Without being able to see clearly.

Usage examples:

He was the first pilot in history to fly blind

Meanings of Blinder:

noun

An excellent performance in a game or race.

Usage examples:

Marinello played a blinder in his first game

adjective

Unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition.

Usage examples:

A blind man with a stick

Meanings of Blinders:

noun

An excellent performance in a game or race.

Usage examples:

Marinello played a blinder in his first game

phrase

Two pieces of leather that are put at the side of a horse's eyes so that it can only see forward

Usage examples:

Blinders prevent a horse seeing behind it., so why are blinders so common on the racetrack?, blinde…

Meanings of Blindest:

adjective

Unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition.

Usage examples:

A blind man with a stick

Meanings of Blindfold:

noun

A piece of cloth tied round the head to cover someone's eyes.

Usage examples:

Other journalists have witnessed detainees ‘wearing only underwear and blindfolds, handcuffed and l…

verb

Deprive (someone) of sight by tying a piece of cloth round the head so as to cover the eyes.

Usage examples:

He was blindfolded and trussed up in a cupboard

adjective

Wearing a blindfold.

Usage examples:

In the utut-zhu game, the victory avenged zhu's sunday defeat when utut overpowered her in two game…

adverb

With a blindfold covering the eyes.

Usage examples:

The reporter was driven blindfold to meet the gangster

Meanings of Blindfolded:

verb

Deprive (someone) of sight by tying a piece of cloth round the head so as to cover the eyes.

Usage examples:

He was blindfolded and trussed up in a cupboard

noun

A piece of cloth tied round the head to cover someone's eyes.

Usage examples:

Other journalists have witnessed detainees ‘wearing only underwear and blindfolds, handcuffed and l…

adjective

Wearing a blindfold.

Usage examples:

In the utut-zhu game, the victory avenged zhu's sunday defeat when utut overpowered her in two game…

adverb

With a blindfold covering the eyes.

Usage examples:

The reporter was driven blindfold to meet the gangster