Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z blandish To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole. blandisher Flatterer. blandishing Tending to charm and flatter; smooth and flattering, especially when disingenuous. blandishingly So as to blandish. blandishment Often in the plural form blandishments: a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade. blandly In a bland manner. blandmobile An unaesthetic and highly generic motor vehicle. blandness Mildness, gentleness. Blando A surname. blandoid A bland, uninteresting person. Blandon A surname. blandscape A bland-looking landscape. blandsome Good-looking, yet also boring and average. Blandtown A neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, former African-American community, mostly rezoned as industrial post-founding, and latterly experiencing gentrification urban renewal. Blane A surname. Blanefield A suburban village west of Strathblane, Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5579). Blanes A town and municipality in the comarca of Selva in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. blanet A planet that orbits a black hole. Blaney A surname from Welsh. Blanford A surname. Blang A particular ethnic group of China and nearby regions. blanid Any member of the Blanidae family of worm lizards. blank White or pale; without colour. blankable Capable of being blanked. blankbook A book of blank pages ready to be filled in. blanke A surname. blanked damned; accursed (from the euphemistic printed form d—d) blanken To make or become blank Blankenburg A surname from German. Blankenese A suburban quarter in Altona borough, Hamburg, Germany. Blankenloch A village in Stutensee, Karlsruhe district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Blankenship A surname. blanker An early form of screensaver that blanked out the screen display when it was not in use. blanket A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting. Blanketeer A protester taking part in the Blanket March, a demonstration organized in Manchester, England in March 1817, mainly by Lancashire weavers, with the intention of marching to London to petition the Prince Regent over the desperate state of the textile industry in Lancashire, and to protest over the recent suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. Blanketeering The protest activities of the Blanketeers. blanketflower Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia. blanketful As much as fits on or can be carried in a blanket. blanketing Cloth for making blankets. blanketless Without a blanket or blankets. blanketlessness Absence of blankets. blanketlike Resembling or characteristic of a blanket. blanketly In a blanket manner: in a manner that covers or encompasses all of the things under consideration (sometimes despite differences among the various things). blanketmaker A manufacturer of blankets. blanketmaking The manufacture of blankets. blanketman One of the prisoners who took part in the blanket protest. blanketry Blanket-making; blankets collectively. blanketweed a filamentous alga often found in ponds blankety damnable, damned Blankfein A surname. blankholder A plate that holds a metal blank in position in a hydraulic press. blankie A blanket, especially one used as a security blanket. blanking An instance of something being blanked out. Blankinship A surname. blankish Somewhat blank; more or less blank. blankless Not having any blanks. Blankley An English surname, thought to be habitational from Blankney in Lincolnshire. blankly in a blank manner, especially showing no emotion or expression. blankness The characteristic of being blank. Blankney A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0660). blankout A temporary loss of memory. Blankshire Used as an anonymous placeholder for the name of a British county. Blanktown Used as an anonymous placeholder for the name of a town. Blankville Used as an anonymous placeholder for the name of a town. blanky A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. Blann A surname. Blanpain A surname from French. blanqueamiento The process of becoming or making (racially) white, such as increasing the white population of a region, encouraging interracial marriage with white people, or enforcing white cultural norms on a population. blanquette A white meat stew in which neither the meat nor the sauce is browned. blanquillo The tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.). Blanquism A conception of revolution generally attributed to Louis Auguste Blanqui, which holds that socialist revolution should be carried out by a relatively small group of highly organised and secretive conspirators. Blanquist A proponent of Blanquism. Blanquistic Of or relating to Blanquism. blanscue a misfortune, an unforeseen accident Blansett A surname. Blanshard A surname, variant of Blanchard. Blanton A surname. Blantyre A town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6857). blaow A sudden explosion, gunshot, or similar sound. blaps A blunder, a mistake. blare To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels. blarg Expressing frustration or disappointment. Blargies A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France. blargon The jargon of the blogosphere. blaring Any loud noise, such as from an elephant. Blaris A civil parish of County Antrim and County Down, Northern Ireland. blarmed euphemism of bloody (intensifier). blarney Mindless chatter. blarneyer One who blarneys. blart To sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament. Blaschke A surname. Blaschko A surname from German. Blasdell A surname. blase A male given name from Latin. Blaser A surname. blash A heavy fall of rain. Blashill A surname. blashy Rainy and windy. Blasi A surname from Italian. blasian Encompassing both black (particularly sub-Saharan African) and Asian (particularly East/South and Southeast Asian) ancestry. Blasingame A surname. Blasius A male given name from Latin. Blasko A surname from Slovak. blaspheme To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine. blasphemer One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God. blasphemeress A female blasphemer. blaspheming An act of blasphemy. blasphemingly In blasphemous manner. blasphemist A blasphemer. blasphemous Lacking piety or respect for the sacred; resembling blasphemy. blasphemously In blasphemous manner. blasphemousness The state or quality of being blasphemous. blasphemy An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc. Blassingame A surname. blast A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle). blastable Suitable for blasting. Blastaway A cocktail of Castaway (an alcopop) and Diamond White (a brand of cider). blasted Subjected to an explosion. blastedly In a blasted way; damnably, confoundedly. blastema A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part. blastemal Relating to the blastema. blastematic Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal. blastematous Synonym of blastematic. blastemic Relating to a blastema. blaster Anything that, or anyone who blasts. blastesis Budding or growth of new mineral crystals in solid rock. blastful Full of blasts. blasthole The hole created by an explosion, for example, in mining. blastic Having formative elements such as buds, germs, cells, or cell layers blasticidin Any of a class of antibiotics used to select transformed cells in genetic engineering blasticotomid Any sawfly of the family Blasticotomidae. blastine An explosive containing ammonium perchlorate, sodium nitrate, trinitrotoluene, and paraffin wax. blasting A planned explosion, as in mining. blastingly In a blasting manner; loudly; vociferously. blastissimo Played extremely loudly; fortississimo. blastment A sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing. blasto Blastomyces. blastobasid Any moth of the family Blastobasidae. blastochyle The clear or shiny colorless fluid in the blastodermic vesicles. blastoclad Any fungus of the genus Blastocladia blastocladiaceous Belonging to the family Blastocladiaceae of fungi. blastocladiomycete Any fungus of the division Blastocladiomycota or the class Blastocladiomycetes. blastocoel The fluid-filled cavity in a blastula. blastocoelar Relating to a blastocoel blastocoelic Relating to a blastocoel blastocoelomate Synonym of pseudocoelomate. blastocolla The balsam produced on buds by glandular hairs. blastoconidial Of or relating to blastoconidia. blastoconidium A holoblastic conidium that is produced singly or in chains, and detached at maturity leaving a bud scar blastocyst The mammalian blastula.