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blochet: railroad tie, sleeper
blockbuster: blockbuster (film or book that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
blockchain: synonym of chaîne de blocs (“blockchain”)
blockhaus: log cabin; blockhouse
blocus: blockade; siege; Holiday period in higher education allowing students preparation time for their exams; revision break
blog: blog
blogosphère: blogosphere
blogue: blog
bloguer: to blog
blogueur: blogger
bloke: anglophone Canadian
blond: blond (all senses)
blond: blond (of a pale golden colour); blond (having blond hair)
blond platine: platinum blond
blond platine: platinum blond
blond vénitien: strawberry blonde
blondasse: blonde, dumb blonde
blonde: blonde, female with blonde hair; light beer; girlfriend
blondeur: blondness
blondin: young fair-haired man or child
blondine: a blond (fair haired) female
blondinet: blond boy; fair-haired boy
blondinette: blonde (fair-haired girl)
blondir: to dye blond; to brown (cook slightly to give some color)
blondisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of blondir
blongios: bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae and genus Botaurus, specifically those species formerly in the genus Ixobrychus)
bloody mary: bloody mary
bloomer: bloomers
bloquant: blocking
bloquer: to block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct; to jam, to wedge, to fix in place; to freeze (e.g. prices); to defeat; to block, to impede, to hinder
bloqueur: blocker
bloquiste: a member of the Bloc Québécois, a Bloquiste
bloquiste: of the Bloc Québécois, Bloquiste
bloqué: blocked
blottir: to snuggle, to huddle
blottisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of blottir
blousant: loose-fitting
blouse: any one of the holes on a billiards table
blouse: uniform or coat with buttons down the front
blouser: to bilk; to con; to blouse, to billow like a blouse; to transfer into the billiards hole (blouse)
blouses blanches: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blouse, blanc.; medical workers; doctors and nurses collectively
blouson: blouson
blue-jean: a pair of jeans
bluejean: blue jeans (denim trousers)
blues: blues (depression); blues (musical genre of African American origin); blues (a blues composition)
bluette: scintilla (small spark); trifle (unimportant thing, especially a small, unpretentious book or story)
bluff: bluff
bluffant: impressive
bluffer: to bluff; to surprise
bluffeur: bluffer (one who bluffs)
blush: blush (makeup used to redden the cheeks)
blutage: sifting, sieving (especially, separating flour from bran)
bluter: to sift, to sieve, especially the flour from the bran
blutoir: sifter, sieve (especially for separating flour from bran)
blâmable: blameworthy; reprehensible
blâme: criticism, censure; official warning, reprimand
blâmer: criticize, pass censure on; reprimand
blèche: soft, pliable; ugly; bad
blème: problem, worry, trouble
blé: wheat, corn; dough, cash