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billow
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large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in billows
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swell
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long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking; V.
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surge
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powerful movement of or like a wave; V.
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bivouac
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temporary encampment; camp without tents; V.
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bizarre
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fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional
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blanch
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bleach; whiten; make white or pale
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bland
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soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence
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blandishment
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flattery
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blare
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loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light
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screech
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unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V.
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dazzle
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make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder
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blas\'e
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bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored
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blasphemy
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irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege
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blatant
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extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy
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bleak
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cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing
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blighted
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suffering from a disease; destroyed
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blight
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plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy
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blithe(blithesome)
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gay; joyous
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bloated
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(unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air
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blowhard
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talkative boaster; braggart
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bludgeon
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club; heavy-headed weapon; V.
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bluff
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pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured
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