Blank vs. Standard
Blankadjective
(archaic) White or pale; without colour.
Blankadjective
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
Blankadjective
(sports) Scoreless; without any goals or points.
Blankadjective
(figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
Blankadjective
Absolute; downright; sheer.
Blankadjective
Without expression.
Blankadjective
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Blankadjective
Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
Blankadjective
Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
Blankadjective
(military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
Blanknoun
A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .
Blanknoun
(obsolete) A nonplus 16th century.
Blanknoun
The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
Blanknoun
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated since the 16th century.
Blanknoun
An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .
Blanknoun
A space to be filled in on a form or template.
Blanknoun
Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form will be settled in Committee .
Blanknoun
(now chiefly U.S.) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
Blanknoun
An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
Blanknoun
An unprinted leaf of a book 20th century.
Blanknoun
(literature) Blank verse .
Blanknoun
A piece of metal (such as a coin, screw, nuts), cut and shaped to the required size of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .
Blanknoun
Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required since the 19th century.
Blanknoun
(electric recording) The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus 20th century.
Blanknoun
(figurative) A vacant space, place, or period; a void since the 17th century.
Blanknoun
The 1 / 230400 of a grain 17th century.
Blanknoun
An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory since the 18th century.
Blanknoun
A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word since the 18th century
Blanknoun
The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
Blanknoun
(dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
Blanknoun
Short for blank-cartridge; a cartridge that is designed to simulate the noise and smoke of real gunfire without actually firing a projectile since the 19th century.
Blanknoun
An ineffective effort which achieves nothing since the 20th century.
Blanknoun
(chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
Blanknoun
(slang) Infertile semen.
Blankverb
(transitive) To make void; to erase.
Blankverb
To ignore (a person) deliberately.
Blankverb
(transitive) To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.
Blankverb
(intransitive) To become blank.
Blankverb
(intransitive) To be temporarily unable to remember.
Blankadjective
Of a white or pale color; without color.
Blankadjective
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.
Blankadjective
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Blankadjective
Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day.
Blankadjective
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.
Blankadjective
Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant.
Blankadjective
Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
Blanknoun
Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.
Blanknoun
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.
Blanknoun
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.
Blanknoun
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.
Blanknoun
The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.
Blanknoun
Aim; shot; range.
Blanknoun
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.
Blanknoun
A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.
Blanknoun
A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six blank."
Blankverb
To make void; to annul.
Blankverb
To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.
Blanknoun
a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing;
Blanknoun
a substitute for a taboo word;
Blanknoun
a blank gap or missing part
Blanknoun
a piece of material ready to be made into something
Blanknoun
a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
Blankverb
keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
Blankadjective
of a surface; not written or printed on;
Blankadjective
void of expression;
Blankadjective
not charged with a bullet;
Standardadjective
Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
Standardadjective
(of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
Standardadjective
Having recognized excellence or authority.
Standardadjective
Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
Standardadjective
Having a manual transmission.
Standardadjective
As normally supplied (not optional).
Standardadjective
(linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.
Standardnoun
A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
Standardnoun
A level of quality or attainment.
Standardnoun
Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
Standardnoun
A musical work of established popularity.
Standardnoun
A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
Standardnoun
The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
Standardnoun
A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
Standardnoun
(India) Grade level in primary education.
Standardnoun
A vertical pole with something at its apex.
Standardnoun
An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
Standardnoun
The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
Standardnoun
One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
Standardnoun
Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
Standardnoun
A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
Standardnoun
The sheth of a plough.
Standardnoun
A manual transmission vehicle.
Standardnoun
(botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
Standardnoun
(shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
Standardnoun
A large drinking cup.
Standardnoun
(sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
Standardinterjection
(slang) An expression of agreement
Standardnoun
A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
Standardnoun
That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
Standardnoun
That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
Standardnoun
The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
Standardnoun
A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
Standardnoun
The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
Standardnoun
An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
Standardnoun
An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
Standardnoun
The sheth of a plow.
Standardnoun
A large drinking cup.
Standardadjective
Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
Standardadjective
Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
Standardadjective
Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
Standardnoun
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;
Standardnoun
the ideal in terms of which something can be judged;
Standardnoun
a board measure = 1980 board feet
Standardnoun
the value behind the money in a monetary system
Standardnoun
an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support);
Standardnoun
any distinctive flag
Standardadjective
conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind;
Standardadjective
commonly used or supplied;
Standardadjective
established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence;
Standardadjective
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers;
Standardadjective
regularly and widely used or sold;
Standardnoun
a level of quality or attainment
Standardnoun
a required or agreed level of quality or attainment
Standardnoun
(in elementary schools) a grade of proficiency tested by examination or the form or class preparing pupils for such a grade
Standardnoun
something used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations
Standardnoun
principles of conduct informed by notions of honour and decency
Standardnoun
a form of language that is widely accepted as the usual form
Standardnoun
the prescribed weight of fine metal in gold or silver coins
Standardnoun
a system by which the value of a currency is defined in terms of gold or silver or both.
Standardnoun
a measure for timber, equivalent to 165 cu. ft (4.67 cubic metres).
Standardnoun
(especially with reference to jazz or blues) a tune or song of established popularity.
Standardnoun
a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope.
Standardnoun
used in names of newspapers
Standardnoun
a tree or shrub that grows on an erect stem of full height.
Standardnoun
a shrub grafted on an erect stem and trained in tree form
Standardnoun
the large, frequently erect uppermost petal of a papilionaceous flower.
Standardnoun
one of the inner petals of an iris flower, frequently erect.
Standardnoun
an upright water or gas pipe.
Standardadjective
used or accepted as normal or average
Standardadjective
(of a size, measure, design, etc.) regularly used or produced; not special or exceptional
Standardadjective
(of a work, repertoire, or writer) viewed as authoritative or of permanent value and so widely read or performed
Standardadjective
denoting or relating to the form of a language widely accepted as the usual correct form
Standardadjective
(of a tree or shrub) growing on an erect stem of full height
Standardadjective
(of a shrub) grafted on an erect stem and trained in tree form
