blister

blister has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister.
• v. i.. To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.
• v. t.. To raise a blister or blisters upon.
• v. t.. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.
• n.. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
• n.. (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
• n.. a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
• v.. get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"
• v.. cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"
• v.. subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"