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/blis"teuh ree/, adj.having blisters, as paint or glass.[1735-45; BLISTER + -Y1]
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Blistery — Blis ter*y, a. Full of blisters. Hooker. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blistery — adjective see blister I … New Collegiate Dictionary
blistery — adjective Having blisters … Wiktionary
blistery — Synonyms and related words: beaten, blebby, blistered, blistering, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, carbonated, chiffon, ebullient, effervescent, fizzy, puffed, souffle, souffleed, sparkling, spumescent, vesicant, vesicated, vesicatory,… … Moby Thesaurus
blistery — blis·tery … English syllables
blistery — adjective 1. covered with small blisters • Syn: ↑blebby • Similar to: ↑unhealthy • Derivationally related forms: ↑blister, ↑bleb (for: ↑blebby) … Useful english dictionary
blebby — adjective 1. covered with small blisters • Syn: ↑blistery • Similar to: ↑unhealthy • Derivationally related forms: ↑blister (for: ↑blistery), ↑bleb … Useful english dictionary
blistering — listering adj. 1. harshly or corrosively critical in tone; of comments about people or their actions. blistering criticism Syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, caustic, scathing, venomous, virulent, vitriolic. [WordNet 1.5] 2. intensely hot.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blister — I. noun Etymology: Middle English blister, blester, probably from Old English *blýster, *blǣster; akin to Old Norse blāstr swelling, Old English blǣst blast Date: 14th century 1. an elevation of the epidermis containing watery liquid 2. an… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Galen — Claude Galien . Lithograph by Pierre Roche Vigneron. (Paris: Lith de Gregoire et Deneux, ca. 1865) Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (September AD 129 – 199/217; Greek: Γαληνός, Galēnos, from adjective γαληνός , calm [1]), better known as Galen… … Wikipedia
