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Definition: Bloom |
BloomNoun1. The organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed". 2. Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. 3. The best time of youth. 4. A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health. 5. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. 6. A powdery deposit on a surface. Verb1. Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bloom" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | Iridescent cuts of colour in lubricating oil. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Milky appearance on the surface of an initially glossy film. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Environment | A proliferation of algae and/or higher aquatic plants in a body of water; often related to pollution, especially when pollutants accelerate growth. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A thin layer of waxlike material which covers the skins of grapes. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A defect in a painted or varnished finish, in which a cloudy film appears on the treated surface. It may be caused by the application of the coating material in damp atmosphere or by subsequent weathering. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | Efflorescence of sulphur or wax to the surface of rubber. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Surface deposit, usually giving the glass a foggy appearance, produced by slight chemical attack of the glass by the atmosphere. Usually occurring during storage. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A blue coloration which appears on the bottom surface of the ribbon after it has been subjected to heat treatment in an oxidising atmosphere. The fault is due to oxidation of tin which h as diffused into the glass. The intensity and surface area of bloom is dependent on the concentration of tin at the extreme surface. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A permanent mark on the surface of drawn glass caused by condensation of sodium sulphate during drawing. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A surface film caused by slight chemical attack, which can be removed by washing. Note:this term is also used for the whitish film sometimes produced during annealing. If the surface is iridescent after removal of the bloom it may be described as "bloomed" and this term is also used for coated lenses. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Bloom From bloom to bloom. A floral rent. The Lord of the Manor received and rose or gillyflower, on the Feast of John the Baptist, yearly (July 5th, O. S.). (See Notes and Queries, Feb. 13th, 1886, p. 135.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. A mineral that is frequently found as an efflorescence, cobalt bloom, for example. Syn:efflorescence b. To form an efflorescence; as, salts with which alkali soils are impregnated bloom out on the surface of the Earth in dry weather following rain or irrigation c. The fluorescence of petroleum or its products d. A semifinished hot-rolled product, rectangular in cross section, produced on a blooming mill. For iron and steel, the width is not more than twice the thickness, and the cross-sectional area is usually not less than 36 in2 (232 cm2 ). Iron and steel blooms are sometimes made by forging e. A surface film resulting from attack by the atmosphere or from the deposition of smoke or other vapors. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Bloom is a town located in Richland County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 487.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 93.5 km² (36.1 mi²). 93.5 km² (36.1 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 487 people, 190 households, and 130 families residing in the town. The population density is 5.2/km² (13.5/mi²). There are 241 housing units at an average density of 2.6/km² (6.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.95% White, 0.00% African American, 1.23% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. 0.82% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 190 households out of which 26.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% are married couples living together, 4.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% are non-families. 24.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.56 and the average family size is 3.07.
In the town the population is spread out with 22.6% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 107.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 106.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $33,281, and the median income for a family is $33,646. Males have a median income of $26,250 versus $19,583 for females. The per capita income for the town is $18,017. 8.4% of the population and 5.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.0% are under the age of 18 and 8.6% are 65 or older.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bloom, Wisconsin."
Synonyms: BloomSynonyms: bloom of youth (n), blooming (n), blush (n), efflorescence (n), flush (n), heyday (n), peak (n), prime (n), rosiness (n), blossom (v), flower (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beauty | Verb: be beautiful; Adjective: shine, beam, bloom; become one; (accord); set off, grace. |
Bright, bright eyed; rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked; rosy, ruddy; blooming, in full bloom. | |
Pulchritude, form elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty; symmetry; comeliness, fairness; Adjective: polish, gloss; good effect, good looks; belle tournure; trigness; bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence; sublimity, sublimification. | |
Health | Verb: be in health; Adjective: bloom, flourish. |
On one's legs; sound as a roach, sound as a bell; fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as April; hearty as a buck; in fine feather, in high feather; in good case, in full bloom; pretty bobbish, tolerably well, as well as can be expected. | |
Noun: health, sanity; soundness; Adjective: vigor; good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health; bloom. mens sana in corpore sano; Hygeia; incorruption, incorruptibility; good state of health, clean bill of health; eupepsia; euphoria, euphory; St. Anthony's fire. | |
Prosperity | Flower, blow, blossom, bloom, fructify, bear fruit, fatten. |
Youth | Noun: youth; juvenility, juvenescence; juniority; infancy; babyhood, childhood, boyhood, girlhood, youthhood; incunabula; minority, nonage, teens, tender age, bloom. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose which would bloom until his 21st year (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury) The calla lilies are in bloom again (Stage Door; writing credit: Edna Ferber; George S. Kaufman) I could only afford one bloom, and I told them it had to be the most perfect in all Covent Garden, as it was for you. (Lillie; writing credit: James Brough; David Butler) Ah, Bialystock and Bloom, I presume (The Producers; writing credit: Mel Brooks) The sun will shine, the birds will sing, the flowers will bloom (The Cat and the Fiddle; writing credit: Otto A. Harbach; Bella Spewack) | |
Lyrics | Where your flowers will bloom (I will buy you a new life; performing artist: Everclear) Thanks for letting me bloom for your wisdom for your womb (Anything; performing artist: Jay-Z) I see them bloom, for me and you (What a Wonderful World; performing artist: LOUIS ARMSTRONG) I'm keeping flowers in full bloom (The Great Beyond; performing artist: R.E.M.) And now that your rose is in bloom. (Kiss From A Rose; performing artist: Seal) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Where the Lilies Bloom (1974) Love in Bloom (1962) Science in Bloom (1948) When the Poppies Bloom Again (1937) Love in Bloom (1935) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | DHEW Secretary, F. David Mathews meetw with Dr. Philip S. Brachman, Dr. William H. Foege, and Mr. Jim Bloom. Credit: CDC. |  | A white marsh hibiscus flower in bloom. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Image #3 of sequence. In sharp contrast, by July 1998, a dramatic recovery had taken place. There is a well-developed cold tongue and a dramatic bloom of phytoplankton along the equator. High chlorophyll concentrations had not previously been observed over such a large area. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Buttonbush is a shrub or small tree that gets its name from its fragrant ball like cluster of white flowers which bloom May-August. A good source of nectar for butterflies and seeds for ducks and deer. Credit: Dot Paul. |
 | Chollo cactus in bloom in southern New Mexico. Credit: Unknown. |  | Exploring patch of poison hemlock in bloom (noxious weed) by river bank in Albuquerque Field Office jurisdiction, New Mexico. Credit: Eddy Williams. |
 | More vegetation in bloom in the Agua Fria National Monument. Credit: Chris Tincher. |  | Another Prickly Pear Cactus in bloom in the Agua Fria National Monument. Credit: Chris Tincher. |
 | Medium shot of Oregon Grape bloom. Credit: John Craig. |  | Algae bloom on pond at the Denman Wildlife Area near White City, Oregon. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
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| "Bud & bloom" by Belinda Johnson Commentary: "Rose Garden, Loose Park, Kansas City, MO, USA." | "Peach rose in bloom" by Jean Ilderton Commentary: "Brandy rose." |
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| Author | Quotation |
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal | The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies far away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and woman, old age is upon us. |
Henry David Thoreau | The finest qualities in our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. |
Oscar Wilde | Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone. |
William Ernest Henley | Madam, Life's a piece in bloom death goes dogging everywhere: She's the tenant of the room he's the ruffian on the stair. |
William Wordsworth | How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Morality is truth in full bloom. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Along the Mardyke the trees were in bloom. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling |
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Business | In 1998, POSCO's output of steel products stood at 25.0 million tons, a 302,000 ton decline from the previous year. The output of semi-finished products such as slab and bloom decreased by 462,000 tons from the previous year to 1,243,000 tons. Hot-rolled steel production rose by 79,000 tons to 14,394,000 tons, especially due to increased production of shipbuilding plates, and cold-rolled steel and stainless steel production also increased by 49,000 tons and 32,000 tons to 8,300,000 tons and 1,030,000 tons respectively. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bloom" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.47% of the time. "Bloom" is used about 502 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 55.47% | 279 | 17,495 |
| Noun (proper) | 30.22% | 152 | 25,494 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 8.75% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.57% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Total | 100.00% | 502 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bloom" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bloom | Last name | 9,000 | 1,415 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Bloom, KS |
Expressions using "bloom": algae bloom ♦ algal bloom ♦ be in full bloom ♦ bloom again ♦ bloom City ♦ bloom of oil ♦ bloom of youth ♦ Bloom Syndrome ♦ bloom twice in one season ♦ Canker bloom ♦ cobalt bloom ♦ come into bloom ♦ in bloom ♦ in full bloom ♦ in the full bloom of youth ♦ may bloom ♦ nickel bloom ♦ petroleum bloom ♦ water bloom ♦ winter bloom ♦ zinc bloom. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bloom": bloom-bearing. | |
Ending with "bloom": algae-bloom, canker-bloom, night-bloom, orange-bloom, plum-bloom, rose-bloom, thistle-bloom. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
orlando bloom | 12,024 | benjamin bloom | 66 |
bloom orlando picture | 872 | bloom brother furniture | 65 |
bloom taxonomy | 822 | bloom gallery orlando | 65 |
david bloom | 459 | bloom caribbean orlando pirate | 59 |
bloom | 456 | harold bloom | 57 |
bloom orlando pic | 299 | bloom cosmetic | 55 |
bloom county | 256 | bloom david funeral | 55 |
bloom file orlando | 205 | bloom central orlando | 51 |
bloom jeremy | 173 | actor bloom orlando | 50 |
bird and bloom | 167 | cookie in bloom | 46 |
bloom fan fiction orlando | 148 | bloom naked orlando | 46 |
bloom bosworth kate orlando | 139 | bloom orlando screensaver | 45 |
brian bloom | 130 | bloom nude orlando | 45 |
bloom orlando wallpaper | 121 | ocean bloom | 44 |
bloom multimedia orlando | 109 | bloom new orlando picture | 43 |
bloom orlando photo | 84 | in bloom | 43 |
orlando bloom legolas | 76 | luka bloom | 42 |
isabel bloom | 68 | bird and bloom magazine | 41 |
full bloom | 67 | bloom buddy icon orlando | 40 |
bloom orlando shirtless | 66 | biography bloom orlando | 40 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "bloom"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | blom (flower). (various references) | |
Albanian | lule (blossom, flower, pink, posy, pride). (various references) | |
Arabic | فترة إزهار, كتلة زجاج ذائب, تفتح (blossom, dehisce, open, sobering, unfold, unlatch), تورد الخدين, تورد (blush, flush, glowing, mantle, sallowness), زهر (blossom, effloresce, flower), عبير الخمر, جعله مزهر, جعله مشعا, الغبار السطحى, إزهار (blossom, efflorescence, flowering), ريعان (flower, flowering), برعم (blossom, bud, burgeon, button, flower, gemma, germinate, growth, in bud, in the bud, leaf, shoot, sprout). (various references) | |
Aymara | panqaraña (to bloom). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | waapistsisskitsii (to bloom). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свежест (crispness, dew, fairness, flush, fresh, freshness, newness, verdure), разцъфтявам (blow, flower), разцвет (blow, florescence, flourishing, flowering, heyday, meridian, noon, pride, prime, springtime, summer, zenith), цъфтя (blossom, blow, effloresce, flower), цъфтеж (blow, flourishing, flower, flowering, inflorescence), цвят (blossom, blow, color, coloring, colour, colouring, flower, hue, inflorescence, pick, suit, tint, tone), в разцвет съм, блок (bloc, block, brick, lump, pad, pig), прашец (dust). (various references) | |
Catalan | flor (flower). (various references) | |
Chinese | 花開 , 绽放. (various references) | |
Czech | kvìt (blossom, flower), kvést (blossom, come out, flower, fructify). (various references) | |
Danish | blomst (flower). (various references) | |
Dutch | bloem (flour, flower, meal). (various references) | |
Esperanto | floro (flower). (various references) | |
Faeroese | blomstur (flower), blóma (flower). (various references) | |
Farsi | گل دادنی , شکوفه کردن (Bud), شکوفه (Blossom, Bud, Chrysalis, Flower), بکمال وزیباءی رسیدن . (various references) | |
Finnish | kukinta (flowering). (various references) | |
French | fleur (blossom). (various references) | |
Frisian | blom (flower). (various references) | |
German | blüte (abloom, blossom, dud, efflorescence, florescence, flower, phoney, phony, prosperity, rash), blühen (be in store, blooming, blossom, flourish, flower, prosper, thrive, to flourish). (various references) | |
Greek | άχνη, θόλωμα (dimming), θόλωμα από σουλφάτ (sulphate bloom), αποτύπωμα (imprint, offset, print), ανθίζω (blossom, blow, flourish), ανθώ (burgeon, flourish), θάμπωμα (blinding, blooming, delustring, dulling, fogging, frosting, staining, tarnishing, weathering), λουλούδι (flower), ιριδισμός ελαίου (bloom of oil, petroleum bloom), άνθος (blossom), άνθοσ (blossom, flower, posy), άνθηση (efflorescence, florescence, inflorescence), εξάνθηση (efflorescence, inflorescence), χνούδι (down, floss, fluff, fuzz, nap, pile), μαύρισμα με κάψιμο θείου (sulphur stain), ακμάζω (flourish, prosper). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | lule (flower). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ללבלב (blossom, bud, burgeon, germinate, leaf, sprout, thrive), לפרוח (blossom, flourish, flower, prosper, thrive), לזרוח (dawn, glow, radiate, rise, shine), להיות במלוא הפריחה, להניץ (blossom), לבלוב (blooming, blossom, germination, sprout), פריחה (blossom, flourishing, flowering, prosperity). (various references) | |
Hungarian | virág (blossom, flower), virágzás (blooming, blossom, blossoming, blow, boom, florescence, flourish, flourishing, flowering, inflorescence). (various references) | |
Icelandic | blom (flower). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sekumpulan bunga, mengembang, masa remaja (adolescence, girlhood). (various references) | |
Irish | blÚth (flower). (various references) | |
Italian | fiore (blossom, cream, flower, pick, prime, the best part), fiorire (blossom, effloresce, flourish, flower). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 咲く (to bloom), 娘盛り (bloom of youth, prime of girlhood). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さきわたる (to bloom over a wide area), はなさく (to bloom), はなざかり (flowers in full bloom), らんまん (in full bloom, in full glory), むすめざかり (bloom of youth, prime of girlhood), かえりざき (comeback, reflorescence, reflowering, second bloom), かえりざく (to bloom a second time, to come back), さく (a harvest, a work, cord, crossout, curtail, fence, last, paling, pare, plan, plane, policy, reduce, rope, scrape off, sharpen, shave, to alienate, to avoid, to bloom, to cede, to cleave, to cut up, to divide, to separate, to sever, to spare, to split, to tear, whittle, yesterday), さかせる (to make bloom), はんびらき (in half bloom, partly open), さきみだれる (to bloom in profusion), くるいざく (to bloom out of season), さきこぼれる (to bloom all over), さきにおう (to be in full bloom), さきほこる (to be in fullness of bloom), さきのこる (to bloom late, to remain in bloom), さきそろう (to be in full bloom), まんかい (full bloom), まっさかり (full bloom, height of, middle of), まさかり (full bloom, height of, middle of), ざんか (flower remaining in bloom), さきだす (to begin to bloom, to come out). (various references) | |
Korean | 꽃 (Floral, Flower, Flowers). (various references) | |
Lombard | fior (flower). (various references) | |
Malay | bunga (flower). (various references) | |
Manx | cur magh blaaghyn, bloom, blaaghey (bud, flourish, flower), blaa (flower, heyday, pride). (various references) | |
Norwegian | blomst (flower). (various references) | |
Papago | heot (to bloom). (various references) | |
Papiamen | flor (flower). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oomblay.(various references) | |
Polish | kwiat (flower). (various references) | |
Portuguese | flor (blossom, flower, flowering). (various references) | |
Romanian | floare (blossom, bouquet, elite, face, flower, posy, pride, prime). (various references) | |
Romany | looloogyovàv (to bloom). (various references) | |
Russian | румянец (blush, flush, glow, high color, high colour, roses, ruddiness, suffusion), расцвести (blossom), расцветать расцвет, расцвет (flowering, flush, heyday, noon, pride), цвести (blossom, effloresce, flower), цветение (blossom, blowing, florescence, flowering, inflorescence), цвет (blossom, blow, color, colour, dye, flower, hue), выцвет, оттенок цвета, налет (deposit, foray, fur, hint, hold up, incrustation, raid, scurf, stick-up, taint), блюм. (various references) | |
Scottish | blàth (blossom, flower, kind, tender, warm), rudha (a blush, a promontory, ruddiness of complexion, See <A HREF="mf10.html#rubha">rubha</A>). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | međuproizvod u valjanju čelika, komad gvožda, cvetati (blossom, flourish, flower), cvet (blossom, flower, posy, prime). (various references) | |
Spanish | flor (blossom, flower, grain, head, pip, posy, self), florecer (blossom, bud, come out, effloresce, flourish, flower, thrive, vegetate). (various references) | |
Sranan | bromki (flower). (various references) | |
Swahili | ua (court, courtyard, flower, yard). (various references) | |
Swedish | blomster (flower), blomma (blossom, flower), blom (blossom, flower). (various references) | |
Tagalog | bulaklák (flower). (various references) | |
Turkish | tazelik (crispness, dew, freshness, greenness, sweetness, verdancy, verdure, viridity, youth), serpilmek (be sprinkled, blossom out, disperse, effloresce, flower, grow apace, open out, thrive), külçe haline getirmek, hayatın baharı (prime, summer, the prime of life), ham demir (pig, slab), gençlik (adolescence, dew, green, juvenescence, juvenility, may, prime, puppyhood, the young, young generation, youth, youthful, youthfulness), güzelleşmek (blossom out, flourish, refine, wax beautiful), dinç olmak, demir külçesi (pig iron), çiçeklenmek (blossom, blow, come into flower, flower), çiçeklenme (blooming, florescence, inflorescence, spadix), çiçek açmak (blossom, blow, come into flower, effloresce, flower), çiçek açma (efflorescence, florescence, flower). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gьllemek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рум'янець (color, colour, flush, glow, ruddiness), розквітати (bud), цвісти (blossom, blow), цвіт (blossom, blow, blowth, flower), квітка (blossom, flower), восковий наліт. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vẻ tươi, thời kỳ rực rỡ. (various references) | |
Welsh | blodyn (blossom, flower), blodeuyn (flower), blodeuo (blossom, flourish, flower), gwrid (blush, flush), gwawr (dawn, daybreak, hue, nuance). (various references) | |
Yucatec | nikte' (flower), lol (flower, rose). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | effloresco, flos, nitebantur, nitebatur, nitens, nitentes, niteris, pruina,pruinosus, rubenites, silonites, themanites, vigeo. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | blowan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bloom": bloomed, bloomer, bloomeries, bloomers, bloomery, bloomier, bloomiest, blooming, blooms, bloomy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "bloom": abloom, outbloom, rebloom. (additional references) | |
Words containing "bloom": everblooming, outbloomed, outblooming, outblooms, rebloomed, reblooming, reblooms. (additional references) | |
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"Bloom" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baloo, balum, Bellomo, beloon, Biofoam, Blagov, blaim, bloam, Bloem, blon, bloo, bloob, blook, Bloomm, bloon, blooop, bloop, bloosm, bloot, bloow, blosm, blov, Bluhm, blumt, blun, bluo, bogo, Bollom, bolume, boomn, lloom. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bloom" (pronounced bluw"m) |
| 4 | b l uw" m | abloom, Blume. |
| 3 | -l uw" m | plume, flume, gloom, loom. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-l-m-o-o" | |
-1 letter: bolo, boom, lobo, loom, mool, obol. | |
-2 letters: boo, lob, loo, mob, mol, moo. | |
-3 letters: bo, lo, mo, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-l-m-o-o" | |
+1 letter: abloom, blooms, bloomy. | |
+2 letters: begloom, bloomed, bloomer, blossom, boomlet, coulomb, lobworm, rebloom, tombola, tombolo. | |
+3 letters: ballroom, beglooms, bloomers, bloomery, bloomier, blooming, blossoms, blossomy, bollworm, bombload, boomlets, clubroom, coloboma, coulombs, lobotomy, lobworms, outbloom, outclomb, reblooms, tombolas, tombolos. | |
+4 letters: ballrooms, bamboozle, begloomed, biologism, bloodworm, bloomiest, blossomed, bollworms, bolometer, bombloads, broadloom, broomball, clubrooms, coulombic, elbowroom, imbroglio, lobectomy, moldboard, myoglobin, nonmobile, outblooms, psalmbook, rebloomed, ribosomal, symbology. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Cities 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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