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 |
Film (n.) A thin skin |
Film (n.) A slender thread, as that of a cobweb. |
Film (v. t.) To cover with a thin skin or pellicle. |
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 |
Thick (superl.) Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length |
Thick (superl.) Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual |
Thick (superl.) Dense |
Thick (superl.) Not transparent or clear |
Thick (superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space |
Thick (superl.) Not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation |
Thick (superl.) Deep |
Thick (superl.) Dull |
Thick (superl.) Intimate |
Thick (n.) The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. |
Thick (n.) A thicket |
Thick (adv.) Frequently |
Thick (adv.) Closely |
Thick (adv.) To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual |
Thick (v. t. & i.) To thicken. |
Thick-headed (a.) Having a thick skull |
Thick-knee (n.) A stone curlew. See under Stone. |
Thick-skinned (a.) Having a thick skin |
Thick-skulled (a.) Having a thick skull |
Thick wind () A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema. |
Thick-winded (a.) Affected with thick wind. |
blood typing | determining a person's blood type by serological methods |
transfusion blood transfusion | the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery |
blood sport | sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) |
film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year) |
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 |
moviemaking movie making film making | the production of movies |
film editing cutting | the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film |
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 |
stone curlew thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus | large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint |
thick-billed murre Uria lomvia | a variety of murre |
thick skin | skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros) |
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 |
film | a thin coating or layer, the table was covered with a film of dust |
film photographic film | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives or transparencies |
film plastic film | a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things |
film advance | a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector |
motion-picture film movie film cine-film | photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, to be used in a movie camera |
movie projector cine projector film projector | projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures |
orthochromatic film | a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light |
panchromatic film | photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red) |
roll film | photographic film wound on a spool |
cling film clingfilm Saran Wrap | a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself, used for wrapping food |
soap film | a film left on objects after they have been washed in soap |
sound film | motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it |
Xay film | photographic film used to make Xay pictures |
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 |