<B>blood brother,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a brother by birth; real brother. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who goes through a ceremony of mixing some of his blood with another person's. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodbrotherhood">
<B>blood brotherhood,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the relationship between blood brothers. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodcancer">
<B>blood cancer,</B> <B>=leukemia.</B></DL>
<A NAME="bloodcell">
<B>blood cell,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a corpuscle or a platelet contained in blood. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodchit">
<B>blood chit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a piece of cloth carried by members of the U.S. Air Force on which is inscribed in several languages a promise to reward in gold anyone who helps an airman to escape capture. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodcount">
<B>blood count,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a count of the number of red and white blood cells and the amount of hemoglobin in a sample of a person's blood to see if it is normal. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodcurdling">
<B>bloodcurdling, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> terrifying; horrible. <BR> <I>Ex. a bloodcurdling shriek. He told a bloodcurdling story about a haunted house.</I> adv. <B>bloodcurdlingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="blooded">
<B>blooded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>coming from good stock; of good breed or pedigree. <BR> <I>Ex. Many race horses are blooded stallions.</I> (SYN) thoroughbred. <DD><B> 2. </B>having a certain kind of blood. <BR> <I>Ex. Snakes are considered cold-blooded; lions are warm-blooded.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bloodfeud">
<B>blood feud,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very bitter feud marked by bloodshed. <BR> <I>Ex. A blood feud could be handed down from generation to generation (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bloodfin">
<B>bloodfin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a South American fish having red fins, often kept in aquariums. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodflower">
<B>bloodflower, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of a group of South African plants of the amaryllis family, with showy red flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodfluke">
<B>blood fluke,</B> <B>=schistosome.</B></DL>
<A NAME="bloodgroup">
<B>blood group,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the groups into which human blood may be divided on the basis of the presence or absence of certain substances that cause red cells to clump together; blood type. Blood groups are important in blood transfusions. </DL>
<B>bloodguilt, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>guilt of bloodshed. <DD><B> 2. </B>responsibility for the murder or death of a person. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodguilty">
<B>bloodguilty, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> guilty of murder or bloodshed. noun <B>bloodguiltiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bloodheat">
<B>blood heat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the normal temperature at which the blood keeps the human body; 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodhound">
<B>bloodhound, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a large, powerful dog with a keen sense of smell. Bloodhounds are used to track fugitives or find people who are lost. Though commonly described as fierce and vicious, bloodhounds actually are relatively gentle and placid. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang, Figurative.) a detective. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a nationwide manhunt led by a ruminative bloodhound from the FBI (Newsweek).</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to track, hunt, or pursue as a bloodhound does. <BR> <I>Ex. The FBI did not slip up on its ... trail of bloodhounding (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bloodless">
<B>bloodless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without bloodshed. <BR> <I>Ex. By surrounding the city the enemy achieved a bloodless victory.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>without enough blood; pale. <BR> <I>Ex. a bloodless face.</I> (SYN) anemic. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) without energy; spiritless. <BR> <I>Ex. ... thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) lifeless. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) cold-hearted; cruel. <BR> <I>Ex. bloodless charity.</I> (SYN) unfeeling. adv. <B>bloodlessly.</B> noun <B>bloodlessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bloodletter">
<B>bloodletter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that causes blood to flow or be shed. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodletting">
<B>bloodletting, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of opening a vein to take out blood; phlebotomy; venesection. <BR> <I>Ex. Bloodletting was a universal medical practice until the 1800's.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) bloodshed or blood bath; slaughter. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodline">
<B>bloodline, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the series of ancestors in a pedigree. <DD><B> 2. </B>pedigree, family, or strain (applied especially to animals). </DL>
<A NAME="bloodlust">
<B>blood lust,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> lust for murder; bloodthirst. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodmeal">
<B>blood meal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> dried animal blood, used as feed for animals and as fertilizer. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodmobile">
<B>bloodmobile, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bus or other motor vehicle, with medical equipment and staff, that permits people to donate blood without going to a hospital or clinic. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodmoney">
<B>blood money,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in medieval times: <DD><B> a. </B>money paid to have somebody killed. <DD><B> b. </B>money paid to the relatives of a person who has been killed. <DD><B> c. </B>money paid to obtain security from vengeance. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in modern times) money gained at the cost of another person's life, freedom, or welfare, especially as a reward for giving up a criminal to justice. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodorange">
<B>blood orange,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various varieties of orange having deep-red pulp. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodplasma">
<B>blood plasma,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the pale-yellow liquid part of blood, often placed in blood banks for use in transfusions. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodplatelet">
<B>blood platelet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the colorless, round or oval disks found in the blood of vertebrates, smaller than red corpuscles, and important in coagulation; thrombocyte; platelet. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodpoisoning">
<B>blood poisoning,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a diseased condition of blood caused usually by bacteria in the circulating blood; toxemia or septicemia. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodpressure">
<B>blood pressure,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the pressure of the blood against the inner walls of the blood vessels. Blood pressure varies with the strength of the heartbeat, exertion, excitement, health, and age. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodpudding">
<B>blood pudding,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of sausage made with blood and suet (and sometimes also flour or meal); black pudding; blood sausage. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodpurge">
<B>blood purge,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the murdering within a short period of a party's or state's undesirable elements, especially in a fascist or totalitarian country. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodred">
<B>blood-red, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> red like blood. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodrelation">
<B>blood relation</B> or <B>relative,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person related to another by birth. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodrevenge">
<B>blood revenge,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the custom, especially in Biblical times, of avenging murder by causing the victim's nearest relative to seek out and kill the murderer. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=vendetta.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bloodroot">
<B>bloodroot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a common wild plant of North America that has a red root, red sap, and a white flower that blooms in early spring. It belongs to the poppy family. The sap extracted from its root was formerly used in medicine as a stimulant, expectorant, and emetic. The plant is also called <I>red puccoon, bloodwort, redroot, turmeric,</I> and <I>sanguinaria.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Rare.) the tormentil. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodroyal">
<B>blood royal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> royal family. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodsausage">
<B>blood sausage,</B> <B>=blood pudding.</B></DL>
<A NAME="bloodserum">
<B>blood serum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the clear, pale-yellow, watery part of blood that separates from clotting blood. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodshed">
<B>bloodshed, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the shedding of blood; slaughter. <BR> <I>Ex. There are no battles in war without bloodshed.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bloodshedding">
<B>bloodshedding, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> bloodshed; shedding of blood. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodshot">
<B>bloodshot, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of the eyes) red and sore from inflamed blood vessels. <BR> <I>Ex. A cinder in his eye made it bloodshot.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bloodsport">
<B>blood sport,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any sport involving the killing of animals, such as bullfighting. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodstain">
<B>bloodstain, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a stain left by blood. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to stain with blood. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodstained">
<B>bloodstained, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>stained with blood. <BR> <I>Ex. His handkerchief was bloodstained from using it on a scratch.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) guilty of murder or bloodshed. <BR> <I>Ex. a bloodstained conscience.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bloodstanch">
<B>bloodstanch, </B>noun. <B>=fleabane.</B></DL>
<A NAME="bloodstock">
<B>bloodstock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> thoroughbred animals, especially horses. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodstone">
<B>bloodstone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a semiprecious green variety of quartz with specks of red jasper scattered through it; heliotrope. <DD><B> 2. </B>an oxide of iron, red or metallic; hematite. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodstream">
<B>bloodstream, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the blood as it flows through the body. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodsucker">
<B>bloodsucker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a leech or other animal that sucks blood. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>a person who gets all he can from others in any way he can; sponger. <DD><B> b. </B>an extortioner. </DL>
<B>blood sugar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> glucose in the blood, the presence of which in excessive quantities is a sign of diabetes. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodsweat">
<B>blood sweat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a red, oily substance that flows through the pores of the hippopotamus and covers its skin when it becomes excited. </DL>
<A NAME="bloodtest">
<B>blood test,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an examination of a sample of a person's blood, especially to determine the type of blood or diagnose disease or a harmful physical condition. </DL>
