blanch

bleach; whiten; make white or pale

bland

soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence

blandishment

flattery

blare

loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light

blase

bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored

blasphemy

irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege

blatant

extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy

bleak

cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing

blemish

mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect (that spoils perfection); Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished

blight

plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy

blighted

suffering from a disease; destroyed

bliss

complete happiness; ADJ. blissful

blithe(blithesome)

gay; joyous

bloated

(unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air

blotch

spot; blot; CF. blot botch

blowhard

talkative boaster; braggart

bludgeon

club; heavy-headed weapon; V.

blue

gloomy; depressed