Crossword clues for blister
blister
- Marathoner's concern
- Skin swelling
- Sore from walking
- Runner's problem
- Glassware flaw
- You might get one on a hike
- Violent Femmes "___ in the Sun"
- Thin bubble on the skin
- Skin burn bubble
- Skin bubble
- Marathoner's problem
- Marathoner's misfortune
- Jogger's bane
- It may be prevented by thick socks
- Hiker's problem
- Burn result
- Bubble on the skin filled with fluid
- Bubble on skin
- Scorch
- Really rebuke
- Criticize harshly
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
- Lash with words
- Paint bubble
- This could bog down a jogger
- Jogger's woe
- Minor celeb's sore?
- One not that famous in a painful spot
- Someone of less than stellar status, a continuing irritation?
- Skin problem requiring British surgeon
- Serum-filled skin bubble
- Footsore person of second celebrity group?
- Bubble-like swelling
- Bubble that irritates second-rate movie star?
- Bubble raised on the skin
- Criticize severely
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blister \Blis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blistered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blistering.] To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.
Let my tongue blister.
--Shak.
Blister \Blis"ter\, v. t.
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To raise a blister or blisters upon.
My hands were blistered.
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To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.
This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue.
--Shak.
Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
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A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel.
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A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister.
--Dunglison.Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis.
Blister fly, a blister beetle.
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies.
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel.
Blood blister. See under Blood.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, perhaps via Old French blestre "blister, lump, bump," from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse blastr "a blowing," dative blæstri "swelling"), or from Middle Dutch blyster "swelling;" perhaps from PIE *bhlei- "to blow, swell," extension of root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell;" see bole.
"to become covered in blisters," late 15c.; "to raise blisters on," 1540s, from blister (n.). Related: Blistered; blistering.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection. 2 A swelling on a plant. 3 (context medicine English) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine. 4 A bubble, as on a painted surface. 5 (context roofing English) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate. 6 A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities vb. 1 To cause blisters to form. 2 (context transitive English) To criticise severely. 3 (context intransitive English) To break out in blisters.
WordNet
v. get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" [syn: vesicate]
subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" [syn: scald, whip]
cause blisters to from on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"
Wikipedia
Blister is a television show that aired on G4 in the United States from 2002 to 2004. Hosted by Bill Sindelar, the series featured action/adventure video game previews, reviews, and interviews with game designers and players.
Blister is a Norwegian rock band consisting of Håvard Hernes, Lars Lundevall, Aslak Dørum, Atle Karlsen and Rune Lindstrøm. They have recorded one album with the name Brand New Antiques in 2003
Blister is a Rock band from Portugal. They were in first position for two weeks on a national Portuguese radio station, RDP Antena 3.
A blister is a small pocket of fluid within the upper layers of the skin, typically caused by forceful rubbing ( friction), burning, freezing, chemical exposure or infection. Most blisters are filled with a clear fluid, either serum or plasma. However, blisters can be filled with blood (known as blood blisters) or with pus (if they become infected).
The word "blister" entered English in the 14th century. It came from the Middle Dutch "bluyster", and was a modification of the Old French "blostre" which meant a leprous nodule—a rise in the skin due to leprosy. In dermatology today, the words vesicle and bulla refer to blisters of smaller or greater size, respectively.
A blister is a small pocket of fluid in the upper layer of the skin.
Blister may also refer to:
- Anti-torpedo bulge, also known as an anti-torpedo blister
- Gun blister, a gun pod in "blister"
- Blister in Space Opera - semi-spherical extension of the hull
- Blister (TV series)
- Blister (band), a Norwegian band
- Blister (Portuguese band)
- Blister pack, a type of packaging
- Blistering, an online heavy metal and hard rock magazine
- Blister (song)
- "Blisters", a song by War from the album Deliver the Word
- An asymmetrical spinnaker
Usage examples of "blister".
I twisted the descendeur and abseiled down for what had to be the last time, wet blisters rising and bursting on my ungloved hand.
Venerian lives upon the bottom of an everlasting sea of fog and his thin epidermis, utterly without pigmentation, burns and blisters as frightfully at the least exposure to actinic light as does ours at the touch of a red-hot iron.
Looking at it rising across the valley, the straight high walls and towers adazzle in the blinding light, it seemed less a city than an enormous jewel: a monstrous ornament carved of whitest ivory and nestled against the black surrounding mountains, or a colossal milk-coloured moonstone set upon the dusty green of the valley to shimmer gently in the heat haze of a blistering summer day.
Grinning fiercely and showering each other with blistering insults, they battled around the confines of the cave, leaping over the fire pit and threatening to trample Alec underfoot until he wisely retreated to the narrow crevice at the back.
Celeste watched him with restless activity, made him take physic, applied blisters to him, went back and forth in the house, while old Amable remained at the edge of his loft, watching at a distance the gloomy cavern where his son lay dying.
The two heads, one hoary and aged and the other young and bright, leaned together as the duke of Avaria and the duchess of Fesse bent close in intimate conversation The door closed, cutting them off, and Hanna felt rushed along as Hugh led his retinue at a brisk pace under shaded porticos and out across the blistering hot courtyard that separated the regnal palace from the one where the skopos dwelled.
The leaves of the Buttercup, when bruised and applied to the skin, produce a blistering of the outer cuticle, with a discharge of a watery fluid, and with heat, redness, and swelling.
The leaves of the common white Cabbage, when gently bruised and applied to a blistered surface, will promote a free discharge, as also when laid next the skin in dropsy of the ankles.
If bruised, and applied externally, it reddens the skin, and will sometimes even blister it.
Externally, Rue is an active irritant to the skin, the bruised leaves blistering the hands, and causing a pustular eruption.
He could feel the skin of his chest and face blistering, bubbling like the sulphurous ground.
Rubbed together with cerate, or lard, powdered Savin is used for maintaining the sores of blisters, and of issues, open when it is desired to keep up their derivative action.
Unnoticed by either of the women in the observation blister, Cilantro had quietly passed the responsibility of reporting back to Tethys to his first officer.
He held the woman as Cissy smeared some of the oint- ment on the worst of the blisters on her scalp, forehead, ears, and shoulders.
Massive forest trees splintered and snapped, and ragged sections of mountains were torn free and crumbled into dust as the blistering force of wind and earthquake gripped the four lands.