Sheets of sound — was a term coined in 1958 by Down Beat magazine jazz critic Ira Gitler to describe the new, unique improvisational style of John Coltrane.cite web last = Hentoff first = Nat authorlink = Nat Hentoff title = Liner notes for John Coltrane: Giant… … Wikipedia
blue book — blue ,book noun count 1. ) AMERICAN sheets of paper folded in half and fastened together to form a book that students use for writing in when taking examinations. It often has a blue cover. 2. ) AMERICAN a book with a list of the prices that you… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Blue Whale — Taxobox name = Blue WhaleMSW3 Mead | pages = 725] status = EN status system = iucn3.1 status ref =IUCN2008|assessors=Reilly, S.B., Bannister, J.L., Best, P.B., Brown, M., Brownell Jr., R.L., Butterworth, D.S., Clapham, P.J., Cooke, J., Donovan, G … Wikipedia
Blue-Lias-Formation — Die Blue Lias Formation ist eine sedimentäre Formation, die im Süden, Westen und Osten Englands sowie im südlichen Wales, in Nordirland und im Westen Schottlands auftritt. Sie wurde im Zeitraum Oberste Trias bis Unterer Jura abgelagert.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Blue book exam — A blue book exam is a type of test administered at many post secondary schools in the United States. Blue book exams typically include one or more essays or short answer questions.Sometimes the instructor will provide students with a list of… … Wikipedia
blue book — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms blue book : singular blue book plural blue books 1) British an official document containing information on a particular subject that is published by the British government 2) American sheets of paper folded in… … English dictionary
Blue-fish — Bluefish Bluefish 1.0.5 unter Fedora Core 4 mit Clearlooks Theme Basisdaten … Deutsch Wikipedia
blue hole — 1. Deep resurgence pool, notably in Jamaica and Florida, that may have a blue color due to the presence of algae. Also a deep submarine cave of the Bahamas. The latter type are large flooded shafts cut into the limestones of the shallow reefs… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
blue-back mullet — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blue·print — /ˈbluːˌprınt/ noun, pl prints [count] 1 : a photographic print that shows how something (such as a building) will be made ◇ Blueprints are often sheets of blue paper with white lines on them. architectural blueprints often used figuratively Each… … Useful english dictionary
