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vesicle
A small sac or cyst, especially one containing liquid.
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  1. A small sac or cyst, especially one containing liquid.
  2. (--- Geology) A cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
  3. (--- Anat., Med.) A small cavity or sac filled with fluid; esp., a small, round elevation of the skin containing a serous fluid; blister
bleb
(Geology) A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another
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  1. (Geology) A bubble-like inclusion of one mineral within another
  2. A small swelling under the skin; a blister or vesicle
  3. (Medicine) A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid
sac
A pouchlike part in a plant or animal, esp. one filled with fluid
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  1. A pouchlike part in a plant or animal, esp. one filled with fluid
  2. A pouch or pouchlike structure in an organism, sometimes filled with fluid.
  3. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
bulla
(Medicine) A large blister or vesicle.
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  1. (Medicine) A large blister or vesicle.
  2. A round seal affixed to a papal bull.
  3. A round lead seal attached to an official document from the pope
wheal
(Obs.) A pustule; pimple
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  1. (Obs.) A pustule; pimple
  2. A raised stripe or ridge on the skin, as from a lash of a whip
  3. A small swelling on the skin, as from an insect bite, that usually itches or burns.
wale
A band or ridge woven around the body of a basket to brace it
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  1. A band or ridge woven around the body of a basket to brace it
  2. A raised line or streak made on the skin by the slash of a stick or whip; welt; weal
  3. (Naut.) Any of several heavy planks fastened in a horizontal row along the outside of the hull of a wooden ship
weal
A ridge on the flesh raised by a blow; a welt.
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  1. A ridge on the flesh raised by a blow; a welt.
  2. The body politic
  3. A mark, line, or ridge raised on the skin, as by a blow; welt; wale
welt
A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction.
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  1. A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction.
  2. A strip, as of leather or other material, stitched into a shoe between the sole and the upper.
  3. A strip of material, often folded over a cord, placed at the edge or seam of a garment, cushion, etc. to reinforce or trim it
blood-blister
A blister filled with blood, usually caused by a sharp pinch to the skin.
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  1. A blister filled with blood, usually caused by a sharp pinch to the skin.
water blister
A blister containing a clear, watery fluid without pus or blood
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  1. A blister containing a clear, watery fluid without pus or blood
second-degree-burn
A burn that blisters the skin and is more severe than a first-degree burn.
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  1. A burn that blisters the skin and is more severe than a first-degree burn.
scald
To cause great emotional pain to:
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  1. To cause great emotional pain to:
  2. To burn (a person, for example) with hot liquid or steam.
  3. To loosen the skin of (fruit, etc.), the feathers of (poultry), or the like, by the use of boiling water
irritate
(Physiology) To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
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  1. (Physiology) To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
  2. To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
  3. (Physiol.) To excite (an organ, muscle, etc.) to a characteristic action or function by a stimulus
mark
To single out or indicate by or as if by a mark:
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  1. To single out or indicate by or as if by a mark:
  2. To show or indicate by a mark or marks
  3. To give attention to; notice:
drub
To defeat soundly in a fight, contest, etc.
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  1. To defeat soundly in a fight, contest, etc.
  2. To beat as with a stick or club; cudgel; thrash
  3. To beat the ground; stamp.
excoriate
To censure strongly; denounce:
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  1. To censure strongly; denounce:
  2. To criticize (something) harshly:
  3. To tear, scrape, or wear off (the skin).
flay
To strip off the skin or outer covering of.
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  1. To strip off the skin or outer covering of.
  2. To strip of money or goods; fleece.
  3. To whip or lash.
lash
To drive or goad; sting:
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  1. To drive or goad; sting:
  2. To swing or move quickly or angrily; switch
  3. To move quickly or violently; switch
scarify
To frighten
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  1. To frighten
  2. To create a design on the skin by means of shallow cuts that are sometimes rubbed with a colorant or irritant to enhance the resulting scar tissue.
  3. (Botany) To slit or soften the outer coat of (seeds) in order to speed germination.
scathe
To wither; sear
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  1. To wither; sear
  2. (Now Chiefly Dial.) To injure
  3. To harm or injure, especially by fire.
scorch
To destroy (land and buildings) by fire or military action so as to leave nothing salvageable to an enemy army.
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  1. To destroy (land and buildings) by fire or military action so as to leave nothing salvageable to an enemy army.
  2. To become scorched or singed.
  3. To go or move at a very fast, often excessively fast rate.
score
To record or add (points) to one's score
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  1. To record or add (points) to one's score
  2. (Sports & Games) To achieve or gain in a game or contest:
  3. (Music, Dancing) To orchestrate, arrange, or write out in a score
scourge
To punish, chastise, or afflict severely
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  1. To punish, chastise, or afflict severely
  2. To afflict with severe or widespread suffering and devastation; ravage.
  3. To whip or flog
slap
To subject to a legal obligation, such as a fine or court order:
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  1. To subject to a legal obligation, such as a fine or court order:
  2. To impose (a legal obligation) on someone:
  3. To impose (a fine, etc.) on a person, business, etc.
slash
To move through or penetrate something quickly and precisely
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  1. To move through or penetrate something quickly and precisely
  2. To whip viciously; lash; scourge
  3. (Sports) To hit or propel (a ball, for instance) forcefully in a straight line.
roast
To be or become very hot
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  1. To be or become very hot
  2. (Metallurgy) To heat (ores) in a furnace in order to dehydrate, purify, or oxidize before smelting.
  3. To cook (something) with little or no moisture, as in an oven, over an open fire, or in hot embers
slam
To put, throw, or otherwise forcefully move so as to produce a loud noise:
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  1. To put, throw, or otherwise forcefully move so as to produce a loud noise:
  2. (Slang) To drink quickly (a beverage, especially an alcoholic one). Often used with back or down.
  3. (Card games) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
Find another word for blister. In this page you can discover 40 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for blister, like: rake-over-the-coals, vesicle, bleb, sac, bulla, wheal, wale, weal, welt, blood-blister and water blister.

Sentence Examples

  • In fine work the apex of the blister is ground off before the linal hammering.

  • For long all the best high-carbon steel was made by remelting this blister steel in crucibles (§ 106), but in the last few years the electric processes have begun to make this steel (§ 108).

  • Locusts, green-fly, leaf-bugs, blister mites, and various other pests also damage cotton, in a similar way to that in which they injure other crops.

  • pustula, a blister), still more powerful in their effects, causing the blisters to become filled with pus, e.g.

  • Hence the name " blister steel."

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