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. |
Colour
(n.) See Color. |
Dirt
(n.) Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc. |
Dirt
(n.) Meanness |
Dirt
(n.) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. |
Dirt
(v. t.) To make foul of filthy |
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 |
Hall-mark
(n.) The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively |
Indistinct
(a.) Not distinct or distinguishable |
Indistinct
(a.) Obscure to the mind or senses |
Left
(imp. & p. p.) of Leave |
Left
(imp. & p. p.) of Leave. |
Left
(a.) Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side |
Left
(n.) That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned |
Left
(n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who are in the opposition |
Left-hand
(a.) Situated on the left |
Left-handed
(a.) Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right |
Left-handed
(a.) Clumsy |
Left-handed
(a.) Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front |
Left-handedness
(n.) Alt. of Left-handiness |
Left-handiness
(n.) The state or quality of being left-handed |
Left-off
(a.) Laid aside |
Mark
(n.) A license of reprisals. See Marque. |
Mark
(n.) An old weight and coin. See Marc. |
Mark
(n.) The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money |
Mark
(n.) A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything |
Mark
(n.) A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made |
Mark
(n.) A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write. |
Mark
(n.) A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc. |
bell ringer
bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
blot
smear
smirch
spot
stain | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it, he made a huge blot on his copybook |
| blood typing | determining a person's blood type by serological methods |
Gram's method
Gram method
Gram's procedure
Gram's stain
Gram stain | a staining technique used to classify bacteria, bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution, after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative |
transfusion
blood transfusion | the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery |
| left | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east, take a left at the corner |
| blood sport | sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) |
| forensics | scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes |
| 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 |
left field
leftfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
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 |
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 |
checkroom
left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
color television
colour television
color television system
colour television system
color TV
colour TV | a television that transmits images in color |
color tube
colour tube
color television tube
colour television tube
color TV tube
colour TV tube | a television tube that displays images in full color |
color wash
colour wash | a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment |
| dirt track | a racetrack that is not paved |
left field
leftfield
left | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left, the batter flied out to left |
oil oil color
oil colour | oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist |
shoulder board
shoulder mark | epaulets that indicate rank |
tempera
poster paint
poster color
poster colour | pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk |
trail bike
dirt bike
scrambler | a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension, an offoad motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground |
| blood | temperament or disposition, a person of hot blood |
| color colour | the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation |
| mark | the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember, it was in London that he made his mark, he left an indelible mark on the American theater |
semblance
gloss color colour | an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading, he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity, he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction, the situation soon took on a different color |
color of law
colour of law | a mere semblance of legal right, something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law, the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights |
| stretch mark | a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy) |
crisscross
cross
mark | a marking that consists of lines that cross each other |
| chatter mark | a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece |
scratch
scrape
scar
mark | an indication of damage |
burn
burn mark | a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) |
stain
discoloration
discolouration | a soiled or discolored appearance, the wine left a dark stain |
| mud stain | a stain produced by mud |
| oil stain | a stain produced by oil |
port-wine stain
nevus flammeus | a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple |
strawberry
strawberry mark
hemangioma simplex | a soft red birthmark |
| mark of Cain | the mark that God set upon Cain now refers to a person's sinful nature |
| full blood | descent from parents both of one pure breed |
color
colour
coloring
colouring | a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect, a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light |
primary color
primary colour | any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing |
primary color for pigments
primary colour for pigments | any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing, the primary colors for pigments are red, blue, and yellow |
primary color for light
primary colour for light | any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing, the primary colors for light are red, blue, and green |
primary subtractive color for light
primary subtractive colour for light | any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light, the primary subtractive colors for light are magenta, cyan, and yellow |