Air level () Spirit level. See Level. |
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. |
Dragon's blood () Alt. of Dragon's tail |
Half blood () The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both |
Half blood (n.) A person so related to another. |
Half blood (n.) A person whose father and mother are of different races |
Level (n.) A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular |
Level (n.) A horizontal line or plane |
Level (n.) An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth |
Level (n.) Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard, degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one of several planes of different elevation. |
Level (n.) A uniform or average height |
Level (n.) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line. |
Level (n.) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two points, by means of a level |
Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine. |
Level (a.) Even |
Level (a.) Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon |
Level (a.) Even with anything else |
Level (a.) Straightforward |
Level (a.) Well balanced |
Level (a.) Of even tone |
Level (v. t.) To make level |
Level (v. t.) To bring to a lower level |
Level (v. t.) To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun |
Level (v. t.) Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc. |
Level (v. t.) To adjust or adapt to a certain level |
Level (v. i.) To be level |
Level (v. i.) To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally |
Sea level () The level of the surface of the sea |
Sugar (n.) A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below. |
Sugar (n.) By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance |
Sugar (n.) Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious |
Sugar (v. i.) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize |
blood typing | determining a person's blood type by serological methods |
terrain flight low level flight | flight at very low altitudes |
transfusion blood transfusion | the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery |
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 |
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 |
schistosome blood fluke | flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals |
blood clam | red-blooded clam |
Abney level | a surveying instrument consisting of a spirit level and a sighting tube, used to measure the angle of inclination of a line from the observer to the target |
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 |
carpenter's level | a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it |
Dumpy level | a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level |
floor level storey story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
ground floor first floor ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
horizontal surface level | a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line, park the car on the level |
level spirit level | indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid |
level crossing grade crossing | intersection of a railway and a road on the same level, barriers close road when trains pass |
mason's level | a level longer than a carpenter's level |
plumb level | a carpenter's level with a plumb line at right angles to it |
sugar bowl | a dish in which sugar is served |
sugar refinery | a refinery for sugar |
sugar spoon sugar shell | a spoon for serving sugar, often made in the shape of a seashell |
surveyor's level | surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis, for measuring relative heights of land |
water level | a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube |
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 |
luminosity brightness brightness level luminance luminousness light | the quality of being luminous, emitting or reflecting light, its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun |
degree grade level | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality, a moderate grade of intelligence, a high level of care is required, it is all a matter of degree |
amplitude level | the level on a scale of amplitude |
signal level | the amplitude level of the desired signal |
noise level background level | the amplitude level of the undesired background noise |
intensity strength intensity level | the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation), he adjusted the intensity of the sound, they measured the station's signal strength |
threshold level | the intensity level that is just barely perceptible |
acoustic power sound pressure level | the physical intensity of sound |
utmost uttermost maximum level best | the greatest possible degree, he tried his utmost |
level | height above ground, the water reached ankle level, the pictures were at the same level |
grade ground level | the height of the ground on which something stands, the base of the tower was below grade |
water level | the level of the surface of a body of water |
sea level | level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide), used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth |
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) |