Blood
(n.) The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial. |
Blood
(n.) Relationship by descent from a common ancestor |
Blood
(n.) Descent |
Blood
(n.) Descent from parents of recognized breed |
Blood
(n.) The fleshy nature of man. |
Blood
(n.) The shedding of blood |
Blood
(n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. |
Blood
(n.) Temper of mind |
Blood
(n.) A man of fire or spirit |
Blood
(n.) The juice of anything, especially if red. |
Blood
(v. t.) To bleed. |
Blood
(v. t.) To stain, smear or wet, with blood. |
Blood
(v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war. |
Blood
(v. t.) To heat the blood of |
Blood-boltered
(a.) Having the hair matted with clotted blood. |
Blood money
() Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. |
Blood money
() Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life |
Blood-shotten
(a.) Bloodshot. |
Blood vessel
() Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein. |
Chock-full
(a.) Quite full |
Choke-full
(a.) Full to the brim |
Dragon's blood
() Alt. of Dragon's tail |
Full
(Compar.) Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain |
Full
(Compar.) Abundantly furnished or provided |
Full
(Compar.) Not wanting in any essential quality |
Full
(Compar.) Sated |
Full
(Compar.) Having the mind filled with ideas |
Full
(Compar.) Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it, as, to be full of some project. |
Full
(Compar.) Filled with emotions. |
Full
(Compar.) Impregnated |
Full
(n.) Complete measure |
Full
(adv.) Quite |
Full
(v. i.) To become full or wholly illuminated |
Full
(n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth |
Full
(v. i.) To become fulled or thickened |
Full-blooded
(a.) Having a full supply of blood. |
Full-blooded
(a.) Of pure blood |
Full-bloomed
(a.) Like a perfect blossom. |
Full-blown
(a.) Fully expanded, as a blossom |
Full-blown
(a.) Fully distended with wind, as a sail. |
Full-bottomed
(a.) Full and large at the bottom, as wigs worn by certain civil officers in Great Britain. |
Full-bottomed
(a.) Of great capacity below the water line. |
Full-butt
(adv.) With direct and violentop position |
Full-drive
(adv.) With full speed. |
Full-formed
(a.) Full in form or shape |
Full-grown
(a.) Having reached the limits of growth |
Full-hearted
(a.) Full of courage or confidence. |
Full-hot
(a.) Very fiery. |
Full-manned
(a.) Completely furnished wiith men, as a ship. |
Full-orbed
(a.) Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated |
| blood typing | determining a person's blood type by serological methods |
| exchange transfusion | slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood |
| transfusion | the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another |
transfusion
blood transfusion | the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery |
gainer
full gainer | a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board |
| blood sport | sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) |
| blood count | the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample |
complete blood count
CBC
blood profile | counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in cubic millimeter of blood |
| differential blood count | counting the number of specific types of white blood cells found in cubic millimeter of blood, may be included as part of a complete blood count |
| full nelson | a wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent's arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling) |
blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging
BOLD FMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation |
| arterial blood gases | measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood, important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases |
vendetta
blood feud | a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other |
| transfusion reaction | reaction of the body to a transfusion of blood that is not compatible with its own blood, an adverse reaction can range from fever and hives to renal failure and shock and death |
schistosome
blood fluke | flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals |
| blood clam | red-blooded clam |
barrel knot
blood knot | a knot used for tying fishing leaders together, the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times |
dress suit
full dress
tailcoat
tail coat
tails white tie white tie and tails | formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men |
| full-dress uniform | the naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions |
| full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
| full skirt | a long skirt gathered at the waist |
| full-wave rectifier | rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave |
| blood | temperament or disposition, a person of hot blood |
| full blood | descent from parents both of one pure breed |
body temperature
blood heat | temperature of the body, normally . F or C in humans, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
artery
arteria
arterial blood vessel | a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body |
| blood | the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets, blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products, the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions |
| arterial blood | blood found in arteries, except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen |
blood group
blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
Rh-positive blood type
Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type
Rh-negative blood
Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
bloodstream
blood stream | the blood flowing through the circulatory system |
blood clot
grume | a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells |
| cord blood | blood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth |
menorrhea
menstrual blood
menstrual flow | flow of blood from the uterus, occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years |
| venous blood | blood found in the veins, except in the pulmonary vein venous blood is rich in carbon dioxide and poor in oxygen |
| whole blood | blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant, whole blood is normally used in blood transfusions |
serum
blood serum | an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates |
plasma
plasm blood plasma | the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended |
| blood vessel | a vessel in which blood circulates |
vein
vena
venous blood vessel | a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart, all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood |
venation
venous blood system | (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal |
blood cell
blood corpuscle
corpuscle | either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets |
leukocyte
leucocyte
white blood cell
white cell
white blood corpuscle
white corpuscle
WBC | blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi, an important part of the body's defense system |
red blood cell
RBC
erythrocyte | a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues, a biconcave disc that has no nucleus |
ABO blood group system
ABO system
ABO group | a classification system for the antigens of human blood, used in blood transfusion therapy, four groups are A and B and AB and O |
| blood test | a serologic analysis of a sample of blood |
| PSA blood test | a blood test that measures levels of a protein called prostate specific antigen that is manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland, men with prostate problems usually have elevated levels of PSA |
| full page | something that covers an entire page, the ad took up a full page |
| full faith and credit | a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt, usually issued by the United States Treasury |