Words that start with B

Bis forBlend

You blend things together when you mix them so well you cannot tell what went into making the blend. The picture is of a fruit smoothie, which is made by blending lots of different fruits together.

Verbs

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A blimp is very similar to a zeppelin, but a blimp does not have a supporting structure inside the big, bullet-shaped balloon that holds it up. Blimps have a compartment under them for people to ride in, and are moved forward by propellors.

Vehicles

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Bis forBlind

A person or animal is blind if they cannot see. People who are blind can still live very full lives. They can read books written in braille and can travel around with the help of a white cane or a seeing eye dog.

Medical, Adjectives

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Bis forBlindfold

A blindfold is a piece of cloth that someone else ties over your eyes so you can't see. People are often blindfolded so they can be lead to a surprise without knowing where they are going. Some games require you to be blindfolded, like pin the tail on the donkey. The person in the picture is playing a video game blindfolded.

Clothing

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Bis forBlink

Video: view

You blink when you briefly close both of your eyes at the same time. You blink to keep your eyes wet with tears and to keep them clean. Quite often people blink when a camera flash goes off, so they look like they have their eyes closed in the photo.

Motion, Verbs

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Bis forBliss

Bliss is a state of extreme happiness, joy and contentment.

Emotions

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Bis forBlister

A blister is a kind of fluid-filled bubble under your skin. You get blisters from shoes that rub and from being burnt. Anything that looks like a blister can be described the same way, for example tablets that are sold in blister packs.

Medical

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Bis forBloat (hippos)

A group of hippopotami is called a bloat. If you are looking for the swollen sensation, try bloated.

Collective

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Bis forBloated

Bloated is another word for swollen. If you've had too much to eat, your stomach might get bloated.

Adjectives

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Bis forBlob

A blob is like a globule. It is something with no particular shape, used to describe a lump of something soft and squishy or something you can't quite make out, for example "at this distance, Harry was just a blob".

Shapes