Bloodiness (n.) Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness.
Bloodless (a.) Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead.
Bloodless (a.) Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory.
Bloodless (a.) Without spirit or activity.
Bloodlet (v. t. ) bleed; to let blood.
Bloodletter (n.) One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist.
Bloodletting (n.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection.
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; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser.
Bloodroot (n.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria.
Bloodshed (n.) The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.
Bloodshedder (n.) One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.
Bloodshedding (n.) Bloodshed.
Bloodshot (a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.
Blood-shotten (a.) Bloodshot.
Bloodstick (n.) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein.
Bloodstone (n.) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.
Bloodstone (n.) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or "streak."
Bloodstroke (n.) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
Bloodsucker (n.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.
Bloodsucker (n.) One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer.
Bloodsucker (n.) A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.
Bloodthirsty (a.) Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous.
Bloodulf (n.) The European bullfinch.
Blood vessel () Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.
Bloodwite (n.) Alt. of Bloodwit
Bloodwit (n.) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.
Bloodwood (n.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
Bloodwort (n.) A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Haemodoraceae), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing.
Bloody (a.) Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.
Bloody (a.) Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.
Bloody (a.) Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel.
Bloody (a.) Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.
Bloody (a.) Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.
Bloodied (imp. & p. p.) of Bloody
Bloodying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bloody
Bloody (v. t.) To stain with blood.
Bloodybones (n.) A terrible bugbear.
Bloody flux () The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood.
Bloody hand () A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison.
Bloody hand () A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.
Bloody-minded (a.) Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty.
Bloody sweat () A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries.
Bloom (n.) A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
Bloom (n.) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.
Bloom (n.) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth.
Bloom (n.) The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.
Bloom (n.) The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
Bloom (n.) A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
Bloom (n.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
Bloomed (imp. & p. p.) of Bloom
Blooming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bloom
Bloom (v. i.) To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.
Bloom (v. i.) To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise, as by or with flowers.
Bloom (v. t.) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
Bloom (v. t.) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
Bloom (n.) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling.
Bloom (n.) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.
Bloomary (n.) See Bloomery.
Bloomer (n.) A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.
Bloomer (n.) A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.
Bloomery (n.) A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in the form of blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast iron.
Blooming (n.) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
Blooming (a.) Opening in blossoms; flowering.
Blooming (a.) Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
Bloomingly (adv.) In a blooming manner.
Bloomingness (n.) A blooming condition.
Bloomless (a.) Without bloom or flowers.
Bloomy (a.) Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray.
Bloomy (a.) Covered with bloom, as fruit.
Blooth (n.) Bloom; a blossoming.
Blore (n.) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.
Blosmy (a.) Blossomy.
Blossom (n.) The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom.
Blossom (n.) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
Blossom (n.) The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.
Blossomed (imp. & p. p.) of Blossom
Blossoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blossom
Blossom (n.) To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower.
Blossom (n.) To flourish and prosper.
Blossomless (a.) Without blossoms.
Blossomy (a.) Full of blossoms; flowery.
Blotted (imp. & p. p.) of Blot
Blotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blot
Blot (v. t.) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
Blot (v. t.) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
Blot (v. t.) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
Blot (v. t.) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.
Blot (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
Blot (v. t.) To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
Blot (v. i.) To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.
Blot (n.) A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.
Blot (n.) An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure.
Blot (n.) A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.
Blot (n.) An exposure of a single man to be taken up.
Blot (n.) A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.
Blot (n.) A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.
Blotch (a.) A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch.
Blotch (a.) A large pustule, or a coarse eruption.
Blotched (a.) Marked or covered with blotches.