Vocabulary : Blue-skylaw to Bluff

Blue-skylaw : A law enacted to provide for the regulation and supervision of investment companies in order to protect the public against companies that do not intend to do a fair and honest business and that offer investments that do not promise a fair return; -- so called because the promises made by some investment companies are as boundless or alluring as the blue sky, or, perhaps, because designed to clear away the clouds and fogs from the simple investor's horizon.
Bluestocking : A literary lady; a female pedant. ;; The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).
Bluestockingism : The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
Bluestone : Blue vitriol. ;; A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States.
Bluethroat : A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.

Bluets : A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia coerulea, the Centaurea cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium.
Blue-veined : Having blue veins or blue streaks.
Bluewing : The blue-winged teal. See Teal.
Bluey : Bluish. ;; A bushman's blanket; -- named from its color. ;; A bushman's bundle; a swag; -- so called because a blanket is sometimes used as the outside covering.
Bluff : Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship. ;; Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. ;; Surly; churlish; gruff; rough. ;; Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain. ;; A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face. ;; An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff. ;; A game at cards; poker. ;; To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value. ;; To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off. ;; To act as in the game of bluff.