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Blind loop syndrome Blind loop syndrome is a medical condition that occures when the intestine is obstructed, slowing or stopping the progress of digested food, and thus facilitating the growth of bacteria to the point that problems in nutrient absorption occur.
Blind man's bluff *Blind man's bluff is a children's game in which one player, designated as It, is either blindfolded or closes his or her eyes. The It player gropes around blindly and attempts to touch the other players without being able to see them, while the other players scatter and try to avoid and hide from the It player.
Blind man's bluff (game) Blind man's bluff or Blind man's buffis a children's game] played in a spacious enclosed area, such as a large room, in which one player, designated as It, is either blindfolded or closes his or her eyes. The It player gropes around blindly and attempts to touch the other players without being able to see them, while the other players scatter and try to avoid and hide from the It player, sometimes teasing him/her to make him/her change direction.
Blind mole rat Blind mole rats are one of many types of rodents that are referred to as mole rats. The hystricognath mole rats of the family Bathyergidae are completely unrelated, whereas some other forms are also in the family Spalacidae.
Blind Man's Bluff (band) Blind Man's Bluff was Chicago's premier a cappella rock band for over a decade. BMB was created as a college singing group at Northwestern University in the early 1990s, went professional soon after its inception, survived numerous membership changes, and flourished in the first years of the new millennium.
Blind Men and an Elephant The story of the blind men and an elephant appears to have originated in India, but its original source is debated. It has been attributed to the Jainists, Buddhists, and sometimes to the Sufis or Hindus, and has been used by all those groups and by the Discordians.
Blind Pass Blind Pass is the strait that separates Captiva Island from Sanibel Island in Lee County, Florida. Currently, Blind Pass is silted over, making it impassable; it has not been open since shortly after its last dredging in 1996.
Blind Pew (band) Blind Pew is a four-piece Scottish band formed in Largs in 2003. The band combines Andy McGregor (lead vocals/keyboard), Paul McGranaghan (guitar/vocals), Stu McIntosh (bass/vocals) and Del Lamont (drums) who in there own words "rocked there way free of small town life".
Blind shark The blind shark, Brachaelurus waddi, is a blind shark in the family Brachaeluridae, the only member of the genus Brachaelurus, found in the subtropical southwest Pacific Ocean off Queensland and New South Wales, between latitudes 8° S to 33° S. It reaches a length of 1.
Blind signal separation Blind signal separation, also known as blind source separation, is the separation of a set of signals from a set of mixed signals, without the aid of information (or with very little information) about the nature of the signals.
Blind signature In cryptography, a blind signature, as introduced by David Chaum David Chaum, Blind signatures for untraceable payments, Advances in Cryptology - Crypto '82, Springer-Verlag (1983), 199-203., is a form of digital signature in which the content of a message is disguised (blinded) before it is signed.
Blind spot (automobile) Blind spots, in the context of driving an automobile, are the areas of the road that cannot be seen while looking forward or through either the rear-view or side mirrors. Blind spots can be eliminated by overlapping side and rear-view mirrors, or checked by turning one's head briefly, or by adding another mirror with a larger field of view.
Blind spot (vision) A blind spot, also known as a scotoma, is an obscuration of the visual field. A particular blind spot known as the blind spot, or physiological blind spot, is the place in the visual field that corresponds to the lack of light-detecting photoreceptor cells on the optic disc of the retina where the optic nerve passes through it.
Blind Shaft Blind Shaft () is a 2003 film about a pair of brutal con artists operating in the illegal coal mines of present-day northern China. The film was written and directed by Li Yang, and is based on Chinese writer Liu Qingbang's short novel Shen Mu (Sacred Wood).
Blind thrust earthquake A blind thrust earthquake is an earthquake along a thrust fault that has not been mapped by standard surface geological mapping, hence the designation "blind". Although such earthquakes are not amongst the most violent, they sometimes constitute the most deadly, as conditions combine to form a classic urban earthquake which greatly affects urban seismic risk.
Blind transmission In telecommunications, a blind transmission is a transmission made without obtaining a receipt, or acknowledgement of reception, from the intended receiving station. Blind transmissions may occur or be necessary when security constraints, such as radio silence, are imposed; when technical difficulties with a sender's receiver or receiver's transmitter occur; or when lack of time precludes the delay caused by waiting for receipts.
Blind trust A blind trust is a trust in which the executors or those who have been given power of attorney have full discretion over the assets, and the trust beneficiaries have no knowledge of the holdings of the trust. Blind trusts are generally used when a trustor wishes to keep the beneficiary unaware of the specific assets in the trust, such as to avoid conflict of interest between the beneficiary and the investments.
Blind Uncle Gaspard A blind vocalist and guitarist from Louisiana, Alcide "Blind Uncle" Gaspard alternated between string-band music (in a band with his brothers) and traditional Cajun balladry on his recordings for Vocalion. Born in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, in 1880, Gaspard formed his first band with his brothers Victor and Amade.
Blind wine tasting Blind tasting of wine involves tasting and evaluating wines without any knowledge of their identities. This is done because knowing the identity of a wine easily prejudices tasters for or against it because of its geographic origin, price, reputation, or other considerations.
Blind Willie Johnson "Blind" Willie Johnson (1897-1945) was an African-American singer and guitarist whose music straddled the border between blues and spirituals. While the lyrics of most of his songs were religious, his music drew from both sacred and blues traditions.
Blind Willie McTell (song) "Blind Willie McTell" is a song by Bob Dylan, titled after the blues singer Blind Willie McTell. It was recorded in 1983 but left off Dylan's album Infidels and officially released in 1991 on the The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991.
Blind-casting Blind-casting is a form of casting in which the producers of a movie or television show do not predetermine the race of any of the characters; instead, the producers choose the actor or actress they think is best suited for the job, regardless of race. Grey's Anatomy is one notable show that has employed this technique.
Blinded by the Right Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative (ISBN 1-4000-4728-5) is a 2002 book written by former conservative journalist David Brock detailing his departure from the conservative movement. It is also the story of his coming out as a gay man.
Blinders Blinders, also known as blinkers, are a piece of equipment used on a horse's face that restrict the horse's vision. They usually compose of leather or plastic cups that are places on either side of the eye, so that the horse can not see to his sides.
Blindfold A blindfold (from Middle English blindfellen) is a garment, usually of cloth, tied to one's head to cover the eyes to disable the wearer's sight. It can be worn when the eyes are in a closed state and thus prevents the wearer from opening them.
Blindfold chess Blindfold chess is a way to play chess, whereby play is conducted without the players having sight of the positions of the pieces, or any physical contact with them. Moves are communicated via a recognized chess notation.
Blindingly Fast Upgrade In the OpenSolaris world, a Blindingly Fast Upgrade (BFU) is a term used to describe a way to upgrade a subset of a Solaris system's binaries using cpio archives instead of full software packages. But the BFU tool itself was developed very long ago in the early days of the Solaris Kernel around 1993.
Blindleia Blindleia is an inland waterway that starts in Gamle Hellesund in Høvåg near Kristiansand in southern Norway, and continues past Lillesand. It is a salt water fjord formed passage protected from the open sea by an elongated archipelago of skerries.
Blindness and education The practice of institutionalizing the blind in asylums has a history extending back over a thousand years, but it was not until the 18th Century that authorities created schools for them where blind children, particularly those more privileged, were usually educated in such specialized settings. These institutions provided simple vocational and adaptive training, as well as grounding in academic subjects offered through alternative formats.
Blindness in literature Different cultures through history have depicted blindness in a variety of ways; among the Greeks, for example, it was a punishment from the gods, for which the afflicted individual was often granted compensation in the form of artistic genius. Judeo-Christian literature positioned blindness as a flaw; only through a cure could God’s love be made manifest, when the scales would fall away from the eyes of an afflicted individual upon contact with a holy man or relic.
Blindroot Blindroot is the ringleader of an international crime-ring devoted to phishing and identity theft. Recently the FBI arrested 17 members of crime-ring in both the United States in Poland in Operation Cardkeeper.
Blindsight Visual processing in the brain goes through a series of processing stages. Destruction of the first visual cortical area, primary visual cortex (or V1 or striate cortex) leads to blindness in the part of the visual field that corresponds to the damaged cortical representation.
Blindspott Blindspott is a popular nu metal/alternative metal band from Waitakere, New Zealand. They were formed in 1997 and consist of Damian Alexander (vocals), Shelton Woolright (drums), Marcus Powell (guitar), Dave McDermott (bass) and Brandon Reihana (guitar).
Blindwrite Blindwrite, the successor to Blindread, is a computer program that writes to recordable CDs. The Blindread software, which reads CDs and writes CD image files, has been discontinued as a separately released product, but Blindread's code is included in the newer Blindwrite suite of software that also code to control CD Writers.
Blindzone/Glare Elimination setting The Blindzone / glare elimination (BGE) setting refers to the outside mirrors of an automobile. In the BGE setting, the mirrors are turned outward (about 15 degrees) from the standard blind zone, or blind spot setting that is used by most drivers today.
Bling Kong Bling Kong are an indie rock band from New York City consisting of eleven members; Three drummers, two guitarists, one Bass guitar player, one videographer and four cheerleaders. The band are known for their sexual but rock-driven and humorous lyrics.
Bling-bling "Bling-bling" (usually shortened to simply "bling") is a hip hop slang term which refers to expensive jewelry and other accoutrements, and also to an entire lifestyle built around excess spending and ostentation. In its essence, the term refers to the exterior manifestation of one's interior state of character, normally displayed through various forms of visual stimuli.
Blingdenstone Blingdenstone was a svirfneblin city in the Forgotten Realms setting of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Drizzt Do'Urden spent many weeks there (in the company of Burrow Warden Belwar Dissengulp) after surviving for ten years in the Underdark by himself.
Blink (book) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking is a 2005 book by Malcolm Gladwell in which he explores the power of the trained mind to make split second decisions, the ability to think without thinking, or in other words using instinct.
Blink (film) Blink is a 1994 thriller, starring Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn, and is a production of New Line Cinema. Director Michael Apted was nominated for a Crystal Globe award for the movie at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and screenwriter Dana Stevens was nominated for Best Motion Picture at the Edgar Allan Poe Awards.
Blink comparator A blink comparator was a viewing apparatus used by astronomers to find differences between photographic plates taken of the same area of the sky at different times. It was also sometimes known as a blink microscope.
Blink element The blink element is a non-standard presentational HTML element that indicates to a user agent (generally a web browser) that the page author intends the content of the element to blink (that is, alternate between being visible and invisible). The element was introduced in Netscape Navigator and has some support in other web browsers, but is absent in Internet Explorer.
Blink FM Blink FM is a youth volunteer radio station based in the rolling hills and valleys of the South Buckinghamshire countryside. Housed in the Millennium Volunteers Organisation in High Wycombe, it broadcasts under an RSL (Restricted Service License), which encompasses a 24 hour radio and internet simulcast for a 4-week period.
Blink-182 blink-182 was a pop punk band formed in 1992 by Mark Hoppus (vocals and bass), Tom DeLonge (vocals and guitar) and Scott Raynor (drums) in Poway, California, a northern suburb of San Diego. Originally, the band's official name was "Blink", however, the numerical three digit suffix was appended early in their career following an objection from an Irish band with the same name.
Blinky (comic strip character) Blinky is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Dandy, about a boy with large, thick glasses and the chaos he always causes, as what he sees through his glasses is a galaxy different to the rest of the world. His trusty sidekick, Yellow Dog, always seems to get caught up in Blinky's adventures, and is very keen to get rid of him.
Blinky (novelty) Blinkies are small electronic devices that make very bright light (usually flashing) using LEDs and small batteries. They are often sold by vendors at night-time events such as 4th of July shows and sporting events.
Blinky Blink Blinky Blink is a rapper for Bad Boy Entertainment. He most often does cameo appearances on songs by other Bad Boy Entertainment artists, and is probably best known for his verse on "Take Me There" (w/Blackstreet, Mya & Mase) off the Rugrats soundtrack.
Blintz A blintz, blintze or blin (Russian: блин, блины (pl.) bliny; Ukrainian: млинці, mlyntsi; plural: blintzes, blini, bliny) is a thin pancake (similar to a crêpe) which is often served in connection with a religious rite or festival in several cultures.
Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space Advertised as "A Heroic Battle for Time and Space", Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space is a 3D third-person platform game developed by Artoon and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released for the Xbox on November 18, 2004.
Blip enhancement Blip enhancement is an electronic warfare technique used to fool radar. When the radar transmits a burst of energy some of that energy is reflected off a target and is received back at the radar and processed to determine range and angle.
Blips Blips, or Bond Linked Issue Premium Structure, or Bond Linked Investment Premium Strategy, is a type of tax shelter. "It involves investors taking out bank loans, which the government contends are not legitimate, and then shifting them to partnerships to claim tax losses.
Blipvert In the 1985 film Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future and the subsequent 1987 science fiction television show Max Headroom, blipverts were a new high-intensity television commercial which had the consequence of overloading the nervous systems of certain viewers. In the original story, reporter Edison Carter exposed Network 23's efforts to create and broadcast them in his investigative affairs segment, "What I Wanna Know".
Blish lock The Blish Lock is a breech locking mechanism designed by John Bell Blish based upon his observation that under extreme pressures, certain dissimilar metals will resist movement with a force greater than normal friction laws would predict. In modern engineering terminology, it is considered to be an extreme manifestation of what is now called static friction, or stiction.
Bliss (game) Bliss - the Game for Lovers is a 2005 computer game, the first and thus far the only game offered by independent software publisher Games for Loving is one of a relatively small number of games that are intended to be played in bed with a sexual partner. Bliss, which is loosely based on the classic board game Monopoly], guides its players through various sexual activities including removing their clothing.
Bliss (image) Bliss is the name of a BMP image produced from a photograph of a landscape in Napa County, California, east of Sonoma Valley. It is so named because it contains rolling green hills and a blue sky with stratocumulus and cirrus clouds.
Bliss (Muse song) "Bliss" is a song by English rock band Muse and is the second track on their second album, Origin of Symmetry. It was also released as the third single from that album in the United Kingdom on August 20 2001 (see 2001 in British music).
Bliss School of Nursing Bliss School of Nursing was a tertiary level institution established in Belize to train its registered nurses and nurse assistants, pharmacists and other medical personnel. It was built with funding from the Baron Bliss Fund established by the money the Baron left in trust to Belize after his death and hence named after him.
Blissard Blissard is the fifth full length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho. It was the first where the band tried to bring some more focused and pre-written songs to tape, as opposed to their earlier working technique of doing lot of experimenation and brainstorming in the studio.
Blissbox Blissbox is an online retailer that sells adult movies and sex toys and is based in Amsterdam. Originally founded in November 2002, it quickly became successful and began shipping to the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany and also Belgium.
Blissus leucopterus Blissus leucopterus also known as the true Chinch Bug is a small (about 1/8th inch (3-4 mm)) North American insect in the order Hemiptera and family Lygaeidae. It is the most commonly encountered member of the Blissus genus which are also known as Chinch Bugs.
Blissymbols Blissymbolics or Blissymbols were conceived of as an ideographic writing system consisting of several hundred basic symbols, each representing a concept, which can be composed together to generate new symbols that represent new concepts. Blissymbols differ from all the world's major writing systems in that the characters do not correspond at all to the sounds of any spoken language.
Blister agent A blister agent (also known as a vesicant) is a chemical compound that causes severe skin, eye and mucosal pain and irritation. They are named for their ability to cause large, painful water blisters on the bodies of those affected.
Blister in the Sun "Blister in the Sun" is a song by American rock band Violent Femmes, released on their 1982 debut Violent Femmes. A modest hit when it was released, the catchy tune has since passed into the canon of alternative rock classics.
Blistering Fiberglass boats develop a condition known as blistering, generally below the water line. There are varying opinions on the precise causes of the condition, and some sensitivity among boat manufacturers about this issue.
Blists Hill Victorian Town Blists Hill is a former industrial complex in Shropshire, UK, which has been converted into an open air museum that attempts to recreate a Shropshire town at the end of the 19th century. It is one of the ten museums operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.
Blisworth Blisworth is a village and civil parish in the South Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, in England. It is about six miles south of Northampton, and according to the 2001 census had a population of 1,786.
Blisworth Limestone The Blisworth Limestone is a stratum of limestone of the Bathonian stage, found in the Jurassic ridge which extends north and south through England. It was laid down in the shallows of the Jurassic sea and is part of the more widely defined Great Oölite Series.
Blit (computer terminal) In computing, the Blit is a programmable bitmap graphics terminal designed by Rob Pike and Bart Locanthi of Bell Labs in 1982. Acting initially as a "glass Teletype" ASCII terminal, after logging into a Unix system a window manager could be downloaded, with each window attached as a separate pseudo-terminal on the host system (multiplexing the serial-line connection).
Blitcon Blitcon is a collective portmanteau term invented to describe the political tendencies of Britain's three most prominent novelists ('British' 'literary' 'neoconservatives'). It was first used by Ziauddin Sardar in December 2006.
Blithe Spirit Blithe Spirit (1941) is a comic play written by Noel Coward which takes its title from Shelley's poem To a Skylark. The action of the play centres on socialite Charles Condomine being haunted by the ghost of his first wife Elvira following a séance, and Elvira's continued (and increasingly desperate) efforts to disrupt Charles' current marriage.
Blithfield Hall Blithfield Hall is a country house in Staffordshire, England, south west of Uttoxeter and north of Rugeley. The hall, with its embattled towers and walls, has been the home of the Bagot family since the late fourteenth century.
Blitz (American football) In American football or Canadian football, a blitz, or quarterback rush, is a team defensive maneuver against an opponent's passing play in which the defense sends more players than the offense can block. Usually, blitzes are one or more linebackers or defensive backs, who normally remain behind the line of scrimmage during a play, but are instead sent across the line to the opponent’s side in order to try to tackle the quarterback or disrupt his pass drop.
Blitz (magazine) Blitz is a student magazine published every week of Session and O-Week by the Source, a student union based at the University of New South Wales. Blitz was established in the early 1990's when a former editor from another student publication on campus, Tharunka, was hired to found a weekly "What's on" magazine.
Blitz (NFL Mascot) Blitz is the official mascot of the Seattle Seahawks, a team in the National Football Conference of the National Football League. A large blue bird, Blitz made his debut on September 13, 1998 at the Seahawks' home opener at The Kingdome in Seattle.
Blitz 5 Days Blitz 5 Days is a DVD box set by the Japanese rock group Dir en grey, released exclusively for members of the band's official fan club ｢A Knot｣. Each disc features footage from one of five live shows held at Akasaka Blitz.
Blitz Kids The Blitz Kids were a group of unknown people that frequented the Blitz nightclub in the early 1980s. Among their number were Steve Strange, Leigh Bowery, Boy George and his friend Marilyn, Princess Julia, Philip Sallon and Martin Degville (later to be the frontman of Tony James' Sigue Sigue Sputnik).
Blitz QFD Blitz QFD was developed by Richard Zultner for his clients in the software industry in the 1990s. The premise was that the House of Quality and other large matrices demanded too much time and resources when speed of development was a critical customer need.
Blitz Research Blitz Research Ltd is an Auckland, New Zealand based company which currently produces 3 BASIC based programming languages. Founded in 2000 by Mark Sibly, the company's first product was the now obsolete Blitz Basic 2D, a PC version of the Amiga Blitz Basic.
Blitz: The League Blitz: The League is an American football game by Midway as an unlicensed extension of their NFL Blitz series. Released after the NFL signed an exclusive licensing deal with Electronic Arts, it was released in October 2005 for purchase the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
Blitzball Blitzball is the name of two different fictitious sports, one invented by John Knowles in his book A Separate Peace, and one featured in the games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 (see Minigames of Final Fantasy).
Blitzkrieg (German, literally lightning war or flash war) is a popular name for an offensive operational-level military doctrine which involves an initial bombardment followed by employment of mobile forces attacking with speed and surprise to prevent an enemy from implementing a coherent defense. The founding principles of these types of operations were developed in the 19th Century by various nations, and adapted in the years after World War I, largely by the German Wehrmacht, to incorporate modern weapons and vehicles as a method to help avoid the stalemate of trench warfare and linear warfare in future conflicts.
Blitzkrieg (band) Blitzkrieg is a heavy metal band from Leicester, consisting of Brian Ross (vocals), Ken Johnson (guitar), Guy Laverick (guitar), Paul Brewis (bass) and Phil Brewis (drums). Blitzkrieg has stayed in the music industry for more than two decades and they are still deeply remembered for their first ever single feauturing Blitzkrieg and Buried Alive.
Blitzkrieg (computer game) Blitzkrieg is a real-time tactics computer game based on the events of World War II. The game allows players to assume the role of commanding officer during the battles of World War II that occurred in Europe and North Africa.
Blitzkrieg II (computer game) Blitzkrieg II is a real-time tactics computer game based on the events of World War II, the game is an evolution of its predecessor Blitzkrieg. The game takes place in Africa, Russia, the Pacific and Europe, and features the different sides that fought there during the war.
Blitzkrieg Over You Blitzkrieg Over You is a European Ramones tribute album, released in 1998 by Nasty Vinyl, a German record company. 26 Ramones songs were covered by artists from around the world, the most famous being Motörhead and Nina Hagen.
Blitzkriegbliss Blitzkriegbliss is a hard rock (self described as post-punk no/new wave female-fronted rock) band formed in Boston in the early 2000s. They are known for their superb live performances and for creating music that does not wear its influences on its sleeve.
Blivet The blivet is an undecipherable figure, an optical illusion and an impossible object. It appears to have three cylindrical prongs at one end which then mysteriously transform into two rectangular prongs at the other end.
Blixa Bargeld Blixa Bargeld, born Christian Emmerich on January 12, 1959 in West Berlin, Germany, is a composer, author, actor, singer, musician, performer and lecturer in almost any field of interpretative art. He is best known for his studio work and tours with the groups EinstĂĽrzende Neubauten and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Blizzard A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow. Blizzards are formed when a high pressure system, also known as a ridge, interacts with a low pressure system; this results in the advection of air from the high pressure zone into the low pressure area.
Blizzard Downloader Blizzard Downloader or Background Downloader is a BitTorrent client used in Blizzard Entertainment's MMORPG World of Warcraft. It is used to download large updates for the game, smaller updates being downloaded directly from the server.
Blizzard North Blizzard North was the Northern-California division of Blizzard Entertainment, known for the Diablo series. The studio was originally based in Redwood City, and then moved a short distance away to San Mateo, with Blizzard proper being based in Irvine (in southern California).
Blizzard of 1999 The blizzard of 1999 was a strong winter snowstorm which struck the Midwest, hitting hardest in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, dumping as much as 2 feet of snow in many areas. The storm hit just after New Year's Day, between January 2 and 4, 1999.
BlizzCon BlizzCon was a convention held by Blizzard Entertainment at the Anaheim Convention Center to celebrate their major franchises Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo. It was held for the first time from October 28 to 29th in 2005.
Blo' Norton Blo' Norton is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, on the River Little Ouse, not far from Diss. The parish had a population of 270 in approximately 100 households, according to the 2001 census.
Bloat Bloat, also known as torsion, gastric torsion, and gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) is a medical condition in which the stomach becomes overstretched by excessive gas content. Meteorism, its name derived from the writings of Hippocrates, is now rarely used in English.
Blob detection In the area of computer vision, 'blob detection' refers to visual modules that are aimed at detecting points and/or regions in the image that are either brighter or darker than the surrounding. There are two main classes of blob detectors (i) differential methods based on derivative expressions and (ii) methods based on local extrema in the intensity landscape.
Blob extraction Blob extraction is an image segmentation technique that categorizes the pixels in an image as belonging to one of many discrete regions. Blob extraction is generally performed on the resulting binary image from a thresholding step.
Blobfish The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus Psychrolutes marcidus Collected 24 May 2006) is a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of Australia and Tasmania.Blobfish Collected 24 May 2006 Due to the inaccessibility of its habitat, it is rarely seen by humans.
Blobject A Blobject is most often a colorful, mass-produced, plastic-based, emotionally engaging consumer product with a curvilinear, flowing shape. This fluid and curvaceous form is the blobject's most distinctive feature.
Bloc British Columbia Party The Bloc British Columbia Party is a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada, that was formed in 2004 to contest both provincial and federal elections on a platform of independence for British Columbia.

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