English words: blepharectomy to blink-and-you-miss-it

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English words blepharectomy to blink-and-you-miss-it

blepharectomy noun: Removal of the eyelids
blepharedema noun: edema of the eyelids
blepharicerid noun: Any member of the Blephariceridae, or net-winged midges.
blepharipodid noun: Any sand crab in the family Blepharipodidae
blepharismin noun: A red pigment found in Blepharisma.
blepharitic adjective: Relating to blepharitis.
blepharitis noun /blɛfəɹˈaɪtɪs/: An inflammation of the eyelid.
blepharo- prefix: Eyelid.
blepharoadenitis noun: Alternative form of blepharadenitis.
blepharochalasis noun: An inflammation of the eyelid, characterized by exacerbations and remissions of eyelid edema, which results in a stretching and subsequent atrophy of the...
blepharoclonus noun: An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
blepharoconjunctivitis noun: The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blepharocorythid noun: Any protozoan of the family Blepharocorythidae
blepharoedema noun: Alternative form of blepharedema.
blepharogel noun: A preparation used to prevent or to treat inflammation of the eyelids
blepharokeratoconjunctivitis noun: A chronic inflammation of the eyelids, conjunctiva, and cornea caused mainly by long-term eyelid gland dysfunction and bacterial overgrowth.
blepharon noun: eyelid.
blepharonasofacial adjective: Of or relating to the eyelids, nose, and face; applied to Pashayan syndrome.
blepharophimosis noun: A condition involving bilateral ptosis with reduced eyelid size, vertically and horizontally, a flat nasal bridge, and hypoplastic orbital rim.
blepharophimosis-ptosis-intellectual disability syndrome noun: Synonym of Kaufman oculocerebrofacial syndrome.
blepharophyma noun: Chronic swelling of eyelids, mainly due to sebaceous gland hyperplasia.
blepharoplast noun: A basal body.
blepharoplastic adjective: relating to blepharoplasty
blepharoplastoid noun: In nuclear division, either of two bodies appearing between the two- and four-celled stage at each pole of the two spindles, disappearing into the cytoplasm...
blepharoplasty noun: Plastic surgery on the eyelids to improve vision or for cosmetic reasons.
blepharoplegia noun: paralysis of an eyelid
blepharoptosis noun: The drooping of the upper eyelid.
blepharospasm noun /ˈblɛfəɹəʊˌspæzəm/: A physiological condition characterized by recurring involuntary twitches or closing of the eyelids.
blepharospastic adjective: Relating to blepharospasm.
blepharostat noun: An instrument used to keep the eyelids apart during an operation
blepharotomy noun: The removal of a slice of eyelid tissue for examination
blerd noun /blɜːd/: A black person who is a nerd.
blerg interjection: Alternative spelling of blarg.
blergh interjection: Alternative form of bleurgh.
blerrie adjective: bloody (intensifier)
blerry adjective: Bloody.
blesbok noun: Alternative form of blesbuck.
blesbuck noun: A type of damalisk (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), an African antelope closely related to the hartebeest.
Blesh proper noun: A surname.
blesmol noun: Any sub-Saharan African rodent in the family Bathyergidae.
bless interjection, verb /blɛs/: To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
bless'd adjective: blessed
bless me interjection: Exclamation of surprise.
bless my cotton socks interjection: An exclamation of surprise or astonishment.
bless my soul interjection: Exclamation of surprise.
bless oneself verb: To make the sign of the cross.
bless out verb: To vehemently insult or verbally attack (someone); to curse out (someone).
bless someone's cotton socks phrase: Used to express affection toward someone.
bless someone's heart phrase: Used to express gratitude. (Compare bless you, God bless you.)
bless someone's little cotton socks phrase: Alternative form of bless someone's cotton socks
bless someone with verb: To give or bestow, as a gift from God.
bless up interjection: A greeting or farewell.
bless us interjection: Exclamation of surprise.
bless you interjection /ˈblɛs juː/: Short for (may) God bless you: said as a short prayer for the recipient.
blessability noun: The ability to be blessed.
blessable adjective: Capable or worthy of being blessed.
blessed adjective, verb /ˈblɛsɪd/: Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
blessed assurance noun /ˈblɛsɪd əˈʃʊɹəns/: buttocks, ass.
blessed event noun: The birth of a baby.
blessed thistle noun: Centaurea benedicta (formerly usually called Cnicus benedictus), a thistle-like plant native to the Mediterranean.
blessedfull adjective: Full of blessing.
blessedly adverb: In a blessed or holy manner.
blessedness noun /ˈblɛsɪdnɪs/: The condition or state of being blessed; holy.
blessee noun: The one who receives a blessing.
blesser noun: One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.
blessin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of blessing.
blessing noun, verb /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/: Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
blessing in disguise noun: A seeming misfortune that turns out to be for the best.
blessing loom noun: A form of pyramid scheme scam.
Blessing Way noun: A Navajo ritual concerned with healing, creation, harmony and peace, and including a ceremony for a girl's transition to womanhood upon her menarche.
blessingly adverb: In a way that blesses, or gives a blessing.
Blessington proper noun: A town in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref N9714).
blessure noun /ˈblɛsjʊɚ/: injury
blessworthy adjective: Worthy of receiving blessing, worthy of being blessed.
blet noun, verb /blɛt/: To undergo or cause to undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
bletch noun, verb /blɛt͡ʃ/: To blacken; to dirty or soil.
bletcherous adjective: Having an unaesthetic design or functionality; ugly.
Bletchley proper noun: A town in Bletchley and Fenny Stratford parish and West Bletchley parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8733).
bletherer noun: Alternative spelling of blatherer.
blethering noun, verb: Alternative form of blathering.
bletherskate noun: Alternative form of blatherskite.
bletherskite noun: Alternative form of blatherskite.
bletting noun, verb: A fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening.
bleu celeste noun: A rarely-occurring sky-blue tincture, lighter than azure.
bleu cheese noun /blu ˈtʃiz/: Alternative spelling of blue cheese.
bleu d'Auvergne noun: A French blue cheese made from cow's milk.
bleugh interjection: Alternative form of bleurgh.
Bleulerian adjective: Of or relating to Paul Eugen Bleuler (1857–1939), Swiss psychiatrist who studied mental illness and coined the term schizophrenia.
bleurgh interjection: Expressing a sick or sickened feeling, or vomiting.
bleve noun, verb: Acronym of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion.
blevey noun, verb: A BLEVE
Blevins proper noun: A surname from Welsh.
blewart noun: Alternative form of blawort.
blewed adjective, verb: Drunk.
Blewett proper noun: A surname.
Blewish adjective: Of black and Jewish descent.
blewit noun /ˈbluːɪt/: The wood blewit (Clitocybe nuda)
blewits noun /ˈbluːɪts/: A type of edible mushroom.
Blexican noun: Alternative spelling of Blaxican.
bley noun: Alternative form of blay (“a fish, the bleak”).
bleyme noun: An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone.
BLI adjective, noun: Initialism of boundary layer ingestion.
bli neder adverb: A qualification of an undertaking to do something, such that the commitment does not include the strength of a vow.
bliaus noun: Synonym of bliaut.
bliaut noun /ˈbliːˌoʊ/: A unisex overgarment worn in 12th-century Western Europe, featuring voluminous skirts and horizontal puckering or sometimes pleating across a snugly fitted...
blicant adjective: shining; bright
blick noun, verb /blɪk/: To shine, gleam.
blicked adjective, verb: Out of it; intoxicated or not thinking clearly.
blicked up adjective /blɪkt ˈəp/: Equipped with a firearm.
blicker noun, verb: To flicker, to shine or reflect light intermittently.
blicket noun: A type of novel object with certain properties that may be categorized by a human in certain experiments relating to causality and perception, e.g.,...
blickey noun: A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
Blickling proper noun: A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1728).
blicky noun [ˈblɪki]: Alternative spelling of blickey (“A small tin canister or cylindrical pail.”).
Blida proper noun: A city and province of Algeria.
bliddy adjective: bloody; accursed
blidget noun: In the context of blogging, a widget featuring a blog feed, which can be installed on another blog or website.
blige interjection: blimey
Bligh proper noun: A surname from Irish.
blight noun, verb /blaɪt/: A diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves,...
blightbird noun: Any of various silvereyes.
blighted adjective, verb /ˈblaɪtɪd/: Having caused to suffer a blight.
blightedly adverb: In a blighted manner.
blighten verb: To affect or infect with blight; (by extension) to hinder or impede the growth or development of; stunt.
blighter noun /ˈblaɪtə/: One who blights.
blighting adjective, noun, verb /ˈblaɪtɪŋ/: Damned; pesky.
blightingly adverb: So as to blight.
blightscape noun: A vulgar, decaying, or ruined place.
blighty noun /ˈblaɪti/: Synonym of Blighty one.
Blighty bag noun: A small bag that holds a wounded soldier's personal effects and accompanies him to hospital.
Blighty one noun: A wound that is relatively minor, but sufficiently severe that one will be sent to the hospital in England.
Blighty wound noun: Synonym of Blighty one.
blik noun: An unfalsifiable belief underpinning a worldview.
blikanasaurid noun: Any dinosaur of the sauropodomorph family Blikanasauridae.
blike verb /blaɪk/: To shine; gleam.
bliksem noun, verb: bastard, arsehole, sod.
blim noun: A small piece of cannabis resin.
blime interjection /ˈblaɪmi/: Alternative form of blimey.
blimey interjection /ˈblaɪmi/: Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.
blimey Charlie interjection: Synonym of blimey.
blimey O'Reilly interjection: Alternative form of blimey O'Riley.
blimey O'Riley interjection: An expression of surprise or frustration.
blimmin adjective: Variation of blimming.
blimming adjective, adverb /ˈblɪmɪŋ/: Blooming (as an intensifier).
blimp noun, verb /ˈblɪmp/: An airship constructed with a nonrigid lifting agent container.
blimp out verb: To become fat or fatter, especially as a result of excessive eating.
blimp up verb: Synonym of blimp out.
blimpish adjective: Blimp-like in appearance or size.
blimpishly adverb: In a blimpish manner.
blimpishness noun: The quality of being blimpish.
blimplike adjective: Resembling a blimp.
blimpy adjective: Resembling a blimp; bloated
blimy interjection: Alternative spelling of blimey.
blin noun, verb /blɪn/: To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
blinatumomab noun /ˈblɪn.əˌtu.məˌmæb/: A particular fusion protein with anticancer properties.
blinchik noun: A thin Russian pancake, served stuffed with a sweet or savory filling.
Blincoe proper noun: A surname.
blind adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈblaɪ̯nd/: Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
blind abscess noun /blaɪnd ˈæbˌsɛs/: An abscess with no external opening.
blind alley noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blind, alley. A street or passageway that leads nowhere.
blind as a bat adjective: Nearly totally blind; having a very poor sense of vision.
blind as a beetle adjective: Synonym of blind as a bat.
blind as a mole adjective: Synonym of blind as a bat.
blind as an owl adjective: Synonym of blind as a bat.
blind axle noun: An axle that turns but does not communicate motion.
blind bag noun: Synonym of mystery bag.
blind baking noun: The process of baking a pie crust or other pastry without the filling.
blind bit noun: The slightest bit; any amount at all.
blind boil noun: A boil under or on the skin that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head.
blind box noun: A box containing a collectible, which is one of a set; one does not know which collectible is in the box until opening the box.
blind carbon copy noun, verb: A copy of an email message that is sent to a person (often one of many) other than the primary recipient without the express knowledge of the other recipients.
blind coal noun: Coal that burns without a flame; anthracite coal.
blind-copy verb: To send a blind carbon copy to (a person).
blind curve noun: A dangerous curve on a roadway, around which drivers cannot see approaching traffic.
blind date noun: A date (romantic meeting) between two people who have never met before.
blind drunk adjective: So intoxicated as to appear to have difficulty seeing.
blind ecash noun: A form of ecash that gives the customer ability to spend money without the sender bank tracking where it goes.
blind envelope noun: A plain envelope with no window showing the contents, used to make junk mail resemble legitimate correspondence.
blind excuse noun: A poor or insufficient reason or explanation or one that makes little sense.
blind faith noun: Uncritical faith, unquestioning faith.
blind-fly noun: Any of several medium-sized blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidae, usually species in the genus Haematopota.
blind folio noun: A page number that is counted but not printed on the page.
blind goby noun: A fish of species Typhlogobius californiensis, native to parts of California and Baja California.
blind grass noun: Stypandra glauca, the nodding blue lily (not a true grass).
blind gut noun: The caecum of the intestines.
blind hockey noun: An adapted form of ice hockey played by people with little to no vision, or with blindfolds. Forwards are typically low-vision, while the goalie is...
blind hole noun: A hole that does not extend completely through the wall; a dead end hole.
Blind Hookey noun: A simple game of chance using playing cards.
blind item noun: A news story in which the identities of the persons involved are not revealed.
blind lantern noun: A dark lantern.
blind leading the blind phrase: A situation in which an unqualified person is attempting to guide, advise, or train others.
blind level noun: A level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon.
blind loop syndrome noun: The situation where the normal bacterial flora of the small intestine proliferates to numbers that cause significant derangement to digestion and absorption.
blind man's bluff noun: Alternative form of blind man's buff.
blind man's buff noun: A game where one person is blindfolded and tries to catch the other players.
blind man's holiday noun: Alternative form of blindman's holiday.
blind map noun: A map with political boundaries and major geographical features shown, but without names. Sometimes used for testing or training purposes.
blind massage noun: A massage given by a blind masseur.
blind mole rat noun: Alternative spelling of blind mole-rat; Spalacinae.
blind nailing noun: the use of nails that are not exposed to the weather.
blind passenger noun: A person who travels without paying the expected fare.
blind pig noun: A blind tiger or speakeasy.
blind pigger noun: The operator of a blind pig or speakeasy.
blind piles noun: Haemorrhoids that do not bleed.
blind pocket noun: A pocket that is not in the player's line of sight as he or she is cueing to pot a ball into that pocket.
blind pool noun: Collective investment (such as a company or syndicate) where the investors have little or no idea what is being done.
blind quote noun: A statement from an anonymous or unattributed source.
blind rage noun: Uncontrollable, psychologically-blinding anger.
blind rat noun: mole rat
blind reader noun: A post office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses.
blind rivet noun: A rivet which can be fixed with access only to the factory head end; most commonly a pop rivet fitted by passing the bucktail through the sheets to be...
blind scouse noun: A vegetarian variant of the scouse stew.
blind shark noun: Either of two bottom-dwelling sharks constituting the family Brachaeluridae.
blind shell noun: A shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode.
blind side noun: Alternative form of blindside.
blind site verb: Eggcorn of blindside.
blind snake noun: Any snake of the infraorder Scolecophidia
blind spot noun: The place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina, and so where the retina cannot detect light; the portion of the visual field that corresponds to...
blind stamp noun: A colorless, inkless impression that is embossed onto paper, leather, or other material.
blind stitch noun: A zigzag stitch with the zigzag pairs separated by straight stitches, so as to create a nearly invisible hem.
blind summit noun: A summit on a road which prevents the driver of a vehicle from having line of sight of beyond it; commonly considered a potential hazard when overtaking on...
Blind Swine Mate noun: A checkmate pattern in which the king is confined to two squares at an edge of the board and then mated by two doubled rooks.
blind swipe noun, verb: A quick, defensive tagging motion or sweeping attempt made by a player without directly looking at the runner or the ball.
blind test noun: A method for testing human response, in which the testee is given little or no specific information about the object under test; used e.g. for testing...
blind thrust fault noun: A type of thrust fault, which does not appear on the surface, being completely hidden underneath ductile surface rock layers
blind tiger noun: A speakeasy.
blind tooling noun: A bookbinding technique in which decorations to the cover of a book are made by making impressions into the surface with a variety of heated tools.
blind trust noun: A trust set up so that the beneficiaries have no knowledge of the holdings of the trust, and no right to intervene in their handling.
blind typewriter noun: Synonym of upstrike (“a kind of typewriter”).
blind with science verb: To overwhelm someone with details in order to influence or mislead them.
blindability noun: The quality of being blindable.
blindable adjective: Of a clinical trial: able to be carried out with information withheld from experimenter and/or participants to avoid influencing the outcome.
blindage noun /ˈblaɪn.dɪd͡ʒ/: A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework.
blindcat noun: Any of various North American freshwater catfishes (Ictaluridae spp.), living in underground waters in Texas and Mexico, lacking externally visible eyes.
blinded adjective, verb /ˈblaɪn.dɪd/: Deprived of sight in a way that is or may be permanent, by damage to the eyes or brain.
blinded by nostalgia phrase: To believe experiences and objects in popular culture (often TV shows, video games etc) from one's past outweigh modern counterparts in terms of quality.
blindedly adverb: While blinded
blindedness noun: The state or condition of being blinded.
blinden verb: To make or render blind.
blinder adjective, noun, verb /ˈblaɪndə/: A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.
blindered adjective: Synonym of blinkered.
blindfish noun: Any of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.
blindfold adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈblaɪndfəʊld/: A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.
blindfold chess noun: A form of chess in which players do not see or touch the pieces, and rely only on their memory and mental image.
blindfolded adjective, verb: Wearing a blindfold
blindfoldedly adverb: In a blindfolded manner; blindly.
blindfoldedness noun: The state or quality of being blindfolded.
blindfoldee noun: A person who is blindfolded.
blindfolder noun: One who, or an object which, blindfolds someone.
blindfolding noun, verb: The act of covering with a blindfold.
blindfoldly adverb: Synonym of blindfold (“blindly; without due thought or caution”)
blindful adjective: Blind, blinded.
blindfully adverb: In a blind manner; blindly.
blindgrass noun: Alternative form of blind grass.
blindhood noun, verb: The condition or state of being blind.
Blindian adjective, noun: A person of mixed black and Indian heritage.
blinding adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/: Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
blindingly adverb /ˈblaɪndɪŋli/: In a blinding manner.
blindingness noun: The quality of being blinding.
blindish adjective: As if blind; characteristic of blindness.
blindism noun: An idiosyncratic behaviour associated with blind people.
blindless adjective: Without blinds.
blindling noun: A blind person.
blindly adverb /ˈblaɪndli/: In a blind manner; without sight.
blindman noun: A man who is blind.
blindman's buff noun: Alternative form of blind man's buff.
blindman's holiday noun: The twilight (time of day between daylight and when candles were lit).
blindness noun /ˈblaɪndnəs/: The condition of being blind; unable to see.
blindside noun, verb /ˈblaɪndˌsaɪd/: A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.
blindside flanker noun: a forward in rugby union, usually number 6, who binds to the scrum on the side closest to the side line.
blindsider noun: One who or that which blindsides.
blindsiding noun, verb: The act by which a person is blindsided, or caught off guard.
blindsight noun: The responsivity shown by some blind or partially blind people to visual stimuli of which they are not consciously aware.
blindsighted adjective: That exhibits blindsight
blindsighter noun: A person who exhibits blindsight
blindsnake noun: Alternative form of blind snake.
blindspot noun: Alternative form of blind spot.
blindstitch noun, verb: Alternative form of blind stitch.
blindstory noun: The triforium
blindswipe verb: Alternative form of blind swipe.
blindworm noun: Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
bling noun /blɪŋ/: An ostentatious display of richness or style.
bling bling noun /ˌblɪŋ ˈblɪŋ/: Shiny jewelry that displays wealth, such as a diamond ring or a stylish gold necklace or bracelet.
bling-less adjective: Alternative form of blingless.
bling out verb: To make more attractive in a superficial way, typically by adding flashy ornaments or jewelry.
bling up verb: Synonym of bling out
blingage noun: Synonym of bling bling.
blinged adjective: Showing a great deal of shiny jewelry.
blinged out adjective, verb: Adorned with a lot of bling (expensive jewelry).
blinger noun: A person who makes an ostentatious display of wealth or style.
blinginess noun: The state, quality, or condition of being blingy.
blinging adjective: Synonym of blingy
blingish adjective: Characteristic of bling; showy; ostentatious
blingless adjective: Without bling.
blingmobile noun: A luxury vehicle, or any vehicle outfitted with expensive accessories or detailing.
blingy adjective: Extravagantly showy; shiny, glittery.
blini noun: A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.
blink noun, verb /ˈblɪŋk/: To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
blink-and-you'll-miss-it adjective: Alternative form of blink-and-you-miss-it.
blink-and-you-miss-it adjective: Brief, fleeting, or subtle; so quick or small that it is easy to overlook if one is not paying close attention.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under B: 42,566 words, in 142 parts.