Word Meanings - BLOBBER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A bubble; blubber. T. Carew. Blobber lip, a thick, protruding lip. His blobber lips and beetle brows commend. Dryden.

Related words: (words related to BLOBBER)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• THICKENING
  Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
• THICK WIND
  A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• BLOBBER-LIPPED
  Having thick lips. "A blobber-lipped shell." Grew.
• THICK
  1. Frequently; fast; quick. 2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown. 3. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure. Thick and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. L'Estrange.
• BEETLESTOCK
  The handle of a beetle.
• PROTRUDE
  1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. Locke. 2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. Thomson.
• THICK-SKINNED
  Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse. Holland.
• THICKNESS
  The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
• THICKSET
  1. A close or thick hedge. 2. A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen. McElrath.
• BEETLE
  1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc. 2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine. Knight.
• THICK-WINDED
  Affected with thick wind.
• THICKBILL
  The bullfinch.
• COMMENDATARY
  One who holds a living in commendam.
• PROTRUDABLE
  That may be protruded; protrusile. Darwin.
• BEETLEHEAD
  The black-bellied plover, or bullhead . See Plover. (more info) 1. A stupid fellow; a blockhead. Sir W. Scott.
• BLUBBERY
  1. Swollen; protuberant. 2. Like blubber; gelatinous and quivering; as, a blubbery mass.
• THICK-SKULLED
  Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.
• COMMENDATION
  A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king Shak. (more info) 1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. Need we . . . epistles of
• BARK BEETLE
  A small beetle of many species , which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage.
• CLICK BEETLE
  See ELATER
• WATER BEETLE
  Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidæ, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidæ. These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like
• TAPESTRY BEETLE
  A small black dermestoid beetle whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods.
• AMBROSIA BEETLE
  A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia.
• RECOMMENDATORY
  Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.