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   Bill Haley
         n 1: United States rock singer who was one of the first to
               popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981) [syn: {Haley},
               {Bill Haley}, {William John Clifton Haley Jr.}]

English Dictionary: blue walleye by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blolly
n
  1. evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries
    Synonym(s): blolly, West Indian snowberry, Chiococca alba
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blowhole
n
  1. the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull
  2. a hole for the escape of gas or air
    Synonym(s): vent, venthole, vent-hole, blowhole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue law
n
  1. a statute regulating work on Sundays
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue wall
n
  1. the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers; "the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up"
    Synonym(s): blue wall of silence, blue wall, wall of silence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue walleye
n
  1. variety inhabiting the Great Lakes [syn: blue pike, {blue pickerel}, blue pikeperch, blue walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blue whale
n
  1. largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
    Synonym(s): blue whale, sulfur bottom, Balaenoptera musculus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Belial \Be"li*al\, n. [Heb. beli ya'al; beli without + ya'al
      profit.]
      An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the
      personification of evil.
  
               What concord hath Christ with Belia ?      --2 Cor. vi.
                                                                              15.
  
      {A son} (or man) {of Belial}, a worthless, wicked, or
            thoroughly depraved person. --1 Sam. ii. 12.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blolly \Blol"ly\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) A shrub or small tree of southern Florida and the West
            Indies ({Pisonia obtusata}) with smooth oval leaves and a
            hard, 10-ribbed fruit.
      (b) The rubiaceous shrub {Chicocca racemosa}, of the same
            region.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blowhole \Blow"hole`\, n.
      1. A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the
            air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in
            with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the
            extremity.
  
      2. A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or
            other cetacean.
  
      Note: There are two spiracles or blowholes in the common
               whales, but only one in sperm whales, porpoises, etc.
  
      3. A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to
            breathe.
  
      4. (Founding) An air hole in a casting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bluely \Blue"ly\, adv.
      With a blue color. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bull \Bull\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large;
      fierce.
  
      {Bull bat} (Zo[94]l.), the night hawk; -- so called from the
            loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the
            evening.
  
      {Bull calf}.
      (a) A stupid fellow.
  
      {Bull mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the chub mackerel.
  
      {Bull pump} (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine,
            in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.
  
      {Bull snake} (Zo[94]l.), the pine snake of the United States.
           
  
      {Bull stag}, a castrated bull. See {Stag}.
  
      {Bull wheel}, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for
            lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring,
            etc.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Blue Hill, ME
      Zip code(s): 04614
   Blue Hill, NE (city, FIPS 5560)
      Location: 40.33303 N, 98.44764 W
      Population (1990): 810 (365 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68930

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bluewell, WV
      Zip code(s): 24701

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Belial
      worthlessness, frequently used in the Old Testament as a proper
      name. It is first used in Deut. 13:13. In the New Testament it
      is found only in 2 Cor. 6:15, where it is used as a name of
      Satan, the personification of all that is evil. It is translated
      "wicked" in Deut. 15:9; Ps. 41:8 (R.V. marg.); 101:3; Prov.
      6:12, etc. The expression "son" or "man of Belial" means simply
      a worthless, lawless person (Judg. 19:22; 20:13; 1 Sam. 1:16;
      2:12).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Belial, wicked, worthless
  
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