n. [ Prov. E. bleb, bleib, blob, bubble, blister. This word belongs to the root of blub, blubber, blabber, and perh. blow to puff. ] A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arsenic abounds with air blebs. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

blebbed

adj. marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material; -- of glass or quartzite.
Syn. -- blebby. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Blebby

a. Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass.
Syn. -- blebbed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bumblebee

n. [ OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee. ] (Zool.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out. [ 1913 Webster ]

cuckoo-bumblebee

n. 1. a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Hobblebush

n. (Bot.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Humblebee

n. [ OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh. akin to hum. √15. Cf. Bumblebee. ] (Zool.) The bumblebee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stableman

{ } n. A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tablebook

n. A tablet; a notebook. [ 1913 Webster ]

Put into your tablebook whatever you judge worthy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thimbleberry

n. (Bot.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tumblebug

n. See Tumbledung. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

blebbed

(adj) (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material, Syn. blebby

blebby

(adj) covered with small blisters, Syn. blistery

bumblebee

(n) robust hairy social bee of temperate regions, Syn. humblebee

cuckoo-bumblebee

(n) a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees

stumblebum

(n) a second-rate prize fighter, Syn. palooka

tumblebug

(n) any of various dung beetles

black raspberry

(n) raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit, Syn. Rubus occidentalis, thimbleberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry

blister

(n) (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid, Syn. bulla, bleb

flowering raspberry

(n) shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit, Syn. thimbleberry, Rubus odoratus, purple-flowering raspberry

lout

(n) an awkward stupid person, Syn. lump, clod, goon, stumblebum, oaf, gawk, lummox, lubber

salmonberry

(n) white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries, Syn. salmon berry, Rubus parviflorus, thimbleberry

stableman

(n) someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses, Syn. groom, hostler, ostler, stableboy

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

疱疹

[疱疹 / 皰疹, pào zhěn] blister; bleb (watery blister); herpes (med.) #23306

大黄蜂

[大黄蜂 / 大黃蜂, dà huáng fēng] bumblebee #43312

熊蜂

[熊蜂, xióng fēng] bumblebee #136016

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

オヨギイソハゼ

[oyogiisohaze] (n) twostripe pygmy goby (Eviota bifasciata); doublebar goby

タマカイ

[tamakai] (n) giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus); brindle bass; bumblebee grouper; Queensland grouper

ダブルバークロミス;ジャイアントクロミス

[daburuba-kuromisu ; jaiantokuromisu] (n) doublebar chromis (Chromis opercularis)

ダブルバンドサージョンフィッシュ;ダブルバンドサージャンフィッシュ

[daburubandosa-jonfisshu ; daburubandosa-janfisshu] (n) doubleband surgeonfish (Acanthurus tennentii, species of Indian Ocean tang); lieutenant surgeon; lieutenant surgeonfish; lieutenant tang

フタスジヒメジ

[futasujihimeji] (n) doublebar goatfish (Parupeneus trifasciatus, was Parupeneus bifasciatus); Indian Ocean member of the Parupeneus trifasciatus complex

花蜂

[はなばち, hanabachi] (n) bumblebee

丸花蜂;円花蜂

[まるはなばち;マルハナバチ, maruhanabachi ; maruhanabachi] (n) (uk) bumblebee

黒丸花蜂

[くろまるはなばち;クロマルハナバチ, kuromaruhanabachi ; kuromaruhanabachi] (n) (uk) Bombus ignitus (species of bumblebee)

糞転がし

[ふんころがし;フンコロガシ, funkorogashi ; funkorogashi] (n) (uk) (col) (See 玉押金亀子) dung beetle; tumblebug

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Ableben { n }

decease; demise; death

Bläschen { n } | Bläschen { pl }