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billowing |
swelling out in waves; surging |
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biting |
sharply painful to the body or mind; Ex. biting wind/remarks |
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bitter |
having a sharp biting taste; 敬; causing sharp pain to the body or mind; filled with resentment, disappointment, or other unpleasant feelings; Ex. bitter wind/sorrow/tears |
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bivouac |
temporary encampment; camp without tents; V. |
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bizarre |
fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional |
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blackball |
vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote |
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blanch |
bleach; whiten; make white or pale |
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bland |
soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence |
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blandishment |
flattery |
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blare |
loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light |
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blase |
bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored |
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blasphemy |
irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege |
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blatant |
extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy |
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bleak |
cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing |
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blemish |
mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect (that spoils perfection); Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished |
