blister

blister is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister.
4. intransitive verb. To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.
5. transitive verb. To raise a blister or blisters upon.
6. transitive verb. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.
7. noun. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

   Synonyms: bleb, bulla

8. noun. (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
9. noun. a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
10. verb. get blistered

    "Her feet blistered during the long hike"

    Synonyms: vesicate

11. verb. cause blisters to form on

    "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"

12. verb. subject to harsh criticism

    "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"

    "the professor scaled the students"

    Synonyms: scald, whip

Synonyms

bleb, bulla, vesicate, scald, whip

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in blister:

bristle, riblets

Common word forms

blisters, blistered, blistering, blisterous

Words from these letters

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