These are the meanings of the letters BNKAOCLD when you unscramble them.
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Acold (a.)
Cold.
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Bacon (n.)
The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.
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Banco (n.)
A bank, especially that of Venice.
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Black (a.)
Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
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Black (a.)
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
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Black (a.)
Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
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Black (a.)
Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Black (adv.)
Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
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Black (n.)
That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.
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Black (n.)
A black pigment or dye.
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Black (n.)
A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
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Black (n.)
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
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Black (n.)
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
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Black (n.)
The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
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Black (n.)
A stain; a spot; a smooch.
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Black (a.)
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
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Black (a.)
To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
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Bland (a.)
Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
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Bland (a.)
Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet.
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Blank (a.)
Of a white or pale color; without color.
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Blank (a.)
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot.
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Blank (a.)
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
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Blank (a.)
Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day.
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Blank (a.)
Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.
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Blank (a.)
Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant.
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Blank (a.)
Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
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Blank (n.)
Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.
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Blank (n.)
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.
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Blank (n.)
A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; -- especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form.
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Blank (n.)
A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc.
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Blank (n.)
The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.
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Blank (n.)
Aim; shot; range.
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Blank (n.)
A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence.
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Blank (n.)
A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.
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Blank (n.)
A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the \"double blank\"; the \"six blank.\"
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Blank (v. t.)
To make void; to annul.
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Blank (v. t.)
To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.
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Block (v. t.)
A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc.
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Block (v. t.)
The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.
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Block (v. t.)
The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
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Block (v. t.)
The pattern or shape of a hat.
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Block (v. t.)
A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops.
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Block (v. t.)
A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.
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Block (v. t.)
A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles.
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Block (v. t.)
The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
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Block (v. t.)
Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
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Block (v. t.)
A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.
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Block (v. t.)
A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.
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Block (v. t.)
A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
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Block (v. t.)
A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
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Block (n.)
To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.
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Block (n.)
To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.
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Block (n.)
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
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Blond (v. t.)
Alt. of Blonde
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Clank (n.)
A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.
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Clank (v. t.)
To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
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Clank (v. i.)
To sound with a clank.
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Cloak (n.)
A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.
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Cloak (n.)
That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
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Cloak (v. t.)
To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
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Nodal (a.)
Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point.