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- English Word Blueness Definition The quality of being blue; a blue color.
- English Word Bluenose Definition A nickname for a Nova Scotian.
- English Word Bluepoll Definition A kind of salmon (Salmo Cambricus) found in Wales.
- English Word Blueprint Definition See under Print.
- English Word Bluestocking Definition A literary lady; a female pedant.
- English Word Bluestocking Definition The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).
- English Word Bluestockingism Definition The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
- English Word Bluestone Definition Blue vitriol.
- English Word Bluestone Definition A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States.
- English Word Bluethroat Definition A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.
- English Word Bluets Definition A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia coerulea, the Centaurea cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.
- English Word Bluewing Definition The blue-winged teal. See Teal.
- English Word Bluey Definition Bluish.
- English Word Bluff Definition Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.
- English Word Bluff Definition Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
- English Word Bluff Definition Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
- English Word Bluff Definition Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.
- English Word Bluff Definition A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
- English Word Bluff Definition An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff.
- English Word Bluff Definition A game at cards; poker.