5-Letter Words Starting: BL

• a strong flame that burns brightly

• a cause of difficulty and suffering

• noisy and unrestrained mischief

• a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

• a light-colored marking

• shine brightly and intensively

• shoot rapidly and repeatedly

• burn brightly and intensely

• move rapidly and as if blazing

• indicate by marking trees with blazes

• (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line

• a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment

• attack suddenly and without warning

• being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

• of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin

• the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

• British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

• popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

• total absence of light

• (board games) the darker pieces

• a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today

• black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)

• marked by anger or resentment or hostility

• offering little or no hope

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

• (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood

• extremely dark

• harshly ironic or sinister

• (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading

• distributed or sold illicitly

• (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

• (of coffee) without cream or sugar

• soiled with dirt or soot

• make or become black

• a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)

• a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings

• a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

• a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit

• housing in a large building that is divided into separate units

• (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted

• an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension

• a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope

• a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• a platform from which an auctioneer sells

• the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements

• render unsuitable for passage

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• stop from happening or developing

• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

• run on a block system

• interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia

• shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

• stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block

• obstruct

• block passage through

• support, secure, or raise with a block

• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

• be unable to remember

• shape by using a block

• shape into a block or blocks

• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

• a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

• pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

• the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

• very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

• bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

• deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

• frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

• abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes

• a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing

• a blank gap or missing part

• a piece of material ready to be made into something

• a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

• (of a surface) not written or printed on

• without comprehension

• not charged with a bullet

• complete and absolute

• keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning