| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun bliss.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (bliss) | 1. A state of extreme happiness.[Wordnet]. 2. Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.[Websters]. | |
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Date "BLISSES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Specialty Definition: bliss
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Computing | BLISS Basic Language for Implementation of System Software Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. | ||
| Aerospace | Balloon-borne laser in-situ sensor. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: bliss
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Aaron T. Bliss | Aaron Thomas Bliss (May 22, 1837-September 16, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from and Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. (references) | ||
| Archibald Meserole Bliss | Archibald Meserole Bliss, (25 January, 1838 - 19 March, 1923), was a member of the United States House of Representatives. (references) | ||
| Baron Bliss | Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, commonly known as Baron Bliss (16 February, 1869 - 9 March, 1926) was a British born traveler who willed some two million United States dollars to a trust fund for the benefit of the citizens of what was then the colony of British Honduras (now Belize). (references) | ||
| Bliss (crater) | Bliss is small lunar impact crater that is located just to the west of the prominent Plato crater. It lies in a region of continental terrain between Mare Imbrium to the south and Mare Frigoris to the north. This crater is bowl-shaped, with a small interior floor at the mid-point and a somewhat eroded outer rim. (references) | ||
| Bliss (image) | Bliss is a JPEG photograph of a landscape in the Napa Valley outside Napa, California, with rolling green hills and a blue sky with stratocumulus and cirrus clouds. The JPEG file is Microsoft Windows XP's default computer wallpaper. (references) | ||
| Bliss (typeface) | Bliss is a sans-serif font designed by Jeremy Tankard, available as an OpenType font. (references) | ||
| Bliss (virus) | Bliss is a computer virus that infects GNU/Linux systems. It was posted on a Usenet usergroup by its author on February 5th, 1997. When executed, it attempts to attach itself to Linux executable files, which regular users do not have access to. This prevents the executables from running, so users notice it immediately. Although it was probably intended to prove that Linux can be infected, it does not propagate very effectively because of the structure of Linux's user privilege system. (references) | ||
| Bliss (Voyager episode) | Bliss is a fifth season episode of Star Trek: Voyager, first broadcast on February 10, 1999. It is episode #108, production #514. (references) | ||
| Charles K. Bliss | Charles K. Bliss (1897-1985), Australian semiotician and inventor of Blissymbolics. (references) | ||
| Cornelius Newton Bliss | Cornelius Newton Bliss (January 26, 1833 - ?) was an American merchant and politician. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: bliss
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bliss sandstone | Mining | Massive, compact, fine-textured, fossiliferous gray sandstone ranging from almost white to brown. It may be either Cambrian or Ordovician, or both, at any given locality. It represents a period of slow intermittent deposition of sandy material. Found in New Mexico and in Texas. (references) | |
| Bower of Bliss | Literature | In Wandering Island, the enchanted residence of Acrasia, destroyed by Sir Guyon. (Spenser: Faerie Queene, book ii.) ("Bower" to rhyme with flower.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Herbal bliss | Health | Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). (references) | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: bliss
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| BLISS | English | Basic language for implementation of system software | N/A | |
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