Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 56
Bloodiness (n.) Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness.
All that bloodiness and savage cruelty which was in our nature. -- Holland.
Bloodiness (n.) The state of being bloody.
Bloodiness (n.) A disposition to shed blood [syn: bloodiness, bloodthirstiness].
Compare: Nonhuman
Nonhuman (a.) Not human. Opposite of human. [Narrower terms: anthropoid, anthropoidal, apelike; bloodless; dehumanized, unhuman; grotesque, monstrous, unnatural; mechanical].
Bloodless (a.) Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead.
The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. -- Dryden.
Bloodless (a.) Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. -- Froude.
Bloodless (a.) Without spirit or activity.
Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! -- Shak. -- Blood"less*ly, adv. -- Blood"less*ness, n.
Bloodless (a.) Destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden [syn: bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous].
Bloodless (a.) Free from blood or bloodshed; "bloodless surgery"; "a bloodless coup" [ant: bloody].
Bloodless (a.) Without vigor or zest or energy; "an insipid and bloodless young man".
Bloodless (a.) Devoid of human emotion or feeling; "charts of bloodless economic indicators".
Bloodless (a.) Anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn: ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white].
Bloodlet (v. t. ) bleed; to let blood. -- Arbuthnot.
Bloodletter (n.) One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist.
Bloodletting (n.) (Med.) 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.
Bloodletting (n.) Formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine).
Bloodletting (n.) Indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered" [syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue].
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.
Blood money (n.) Compensation paid to the family of a murdered person.
Blood money (n.) A reward for information about a murderer.
Blood money (n.) Paid to a hired murderer.
Bloodroot (n.) (Bot.) 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.
Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery.
Bloodroot (n.) Prennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant [syn: bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis].
Bloodshed (n.) The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.
Bloodshed (n.) The shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen" [syn: bloodshed, gore].
Bloodshed (n.) Indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered" [syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue].
Bloodshedder (n.) One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.
Bloodshedding (n.) Bloodshed. -- Shak.
Bloodshot (a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.
His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. -- Dickens.
Bloodshot (a.) (Of an eye) Reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed; "bloodshot eyes".
Blood-shotten (a.) Bloodshot. [Obs.]
Bloodstick (n.) (Far.) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein. --Youatt.
Compare: Hematite
Hematite (n.) (Min.) An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone.
See Brown hematite, under Brown.
Bloodstone (n.) (Min.) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.
Bloodstone (n.) (Min.) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or "streak."
Bloodstone (n.) Green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood [syn: bloodstone, heliotrope].
Bloodstream (n.) The blood flowing through a circulatory system. [syn: bloodstream, blood stream].
Bloodstroke (n.) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain. -- Dunglison.
Bloodsucker (n.) (Zool.) 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. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Bloodsucker (n.) A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.
Bloodsucker (n.) Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end [syn: leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean].
Bloodthirsty (a.) Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous. ; having a bloodlust. -- Blood"thirst`i*ness (?), n.
Bloodthirsty (a.) Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; "bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood" -- G.W.Johnson [syn: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, sanguinary].
Bloodulf (n.) (Zool.) The European bullfinch.
Blood vessel () (Anat.) Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein. Bloodwite
Blood vessel (n.) A vessel in which blood circulates.
Bloodwite (n.) Alt. of Bloodwit.
Bloodwit (n.) (Anc. Law) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.
Compare: Logwood
Logwood (n.) The heartwood of a tree ({H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.
Bloodwood (n.) (Bot.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
Note:
Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree ({Baloghia lucida), from which
the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other trees have
the name, chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as Gordonia
H[ae]matoxylon of Jamaica, and several species of Australian Eucalyptus;
also the true logwood ({ H[ae]matoxylon campechianum).
Compare: Bloodroot
Bloodroot (n.) (Bot.) 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.
Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery.
Bloodwort (n.) (Bot.) 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.
Bloodwort (n.) Any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter.
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.
Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. -- Shak.
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. [Vulgar] -- Thackeray.
Bloodied (imp. & p. p.) of Bloody.
Bloodying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bloody.
Bloody (v. t.) To stain with blood. -- Overbury.
Bloody (adv.) Extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?" [syn: bloody, damn, all-fired].
Bloody (a.) Having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight" [ant: bloodless].
Bloody (a.) Informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)].
Bloody (v.) Cover with blood; "bloody your hands".
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. --Arbuthnot.
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. -- Jacob.
Bloody hand, () (Her.) 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. -- Dryden.
Bloody-minded (a.) Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about
demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator [syn: bloody-minded, cantankerous].
Bloody-minded (a.) Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; "bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood" -- G.W.Johnson [syn: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, sanguinary].
Bloody sweat () A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries.
Bloody sweat, () The sign and token of our Lord's great agony (Luke 22:44).
Bloom (n.) A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
The rich blooms of the tropics. -- Prescott.
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. "Sight of vernal bloom." -- Milton.
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.
Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty. -- Hawthorne.
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.
A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. -- Thackeray.
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. -- Knight.
Bloom (n.) (Min.) 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.
A flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom. -- Milton.
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.
A better country blooms to view, Beneath a brighter sky. -- Logan.
Bloom (v. t.) To cause to blossom; to make flourish. [R.]
Charitable affection bloomed them. -- Hooker.
Bloom (v. t.) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant. [R.] -- Milton.
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day. -- Keats.
Bloom (n.) (Metal.) 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.) (Metal.) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working.
Bloom (n.) The organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" [syn: blooming, bloom].
Bloom (n.) Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts [syn: flower, bloom, blossom].
Bloom (n.) The best time of youth [syn: bloom, bloom of youth, salad days].
Bloom (n.) A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health [syn: bloom, blush, flush, rosiness].
Bloom (n.) The period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush].
Bloom (n.) A powdery deposit on a surface [syn: efflorescence, bloom].
Bloom (v.) Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: bloom, blossom, flower].
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.
Bloomer (n.) A flower that blooms in a particular way; "a night bloomer"
Bloomer (n.) An embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo].
Bloomer, WI -- U.S. city in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 3347
Housing Units (2000): 1487
Land area (2000): 2.686122 sq. miles (6.957023 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.059718 sq. miles (0.154668 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.745840 sq. miles (7.111691 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08225
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 45.102171 N, 91.491767 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 54724
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bloomer, WI
Bloomer
Bloomery (n.) (Manuf.) 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.) (Metal.) 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.
Blooming (a.) Informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)].
Blooming (n.) The organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" [syn: blooming, bloom].
Bloomingly (adv.) In a blooming manner.
Bloomingness (n.) A blooming condition.
Bloomless (a.) Without bloom or flowers. -- Shelley.
Bloomy (a.) Full of bloom; flowery; flourishing with the vigor of youth; as, a bloomy spray.
But all the bloomy flush of life is fled. -- Goldsmith.
Bloomy (a.) Covered with bloom, as fruit. -- Dryden.
Blooth (n.) Bloom; a blossoming. [Prov. Eng.]
All that blooth means heavy autumn work for him and his hands. -- T. Hardy.
Blore (n.) The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast. [Obs.]
A most tempestuous blore. -- Chapman.
Blosmy (a.) Blossomy. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Blossom (n.) 花，花開的狀態，興旺期 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.
Note: The term has been applied by some botanists, and is also applied in common usage, to the corolla. It is more commonly used than flower or bloom, when we have reference to the fruit which is to succeed. Thus we use flowers when we speak of plants cultivated for ornament, and bloom in a more general sense, as of flowers in general, or in reference to the beauty of flowers.
Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day. -- Longfellow.
Blossom (n.) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
In the blossom of my youth. -- Massinger.
Blossom (n.) The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.
In blossom, Having the blossoms open; in bloom.
Blossomed (imp. & p. p.) of Blossom.
Blossoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blossom.
Blossom (v. i.) 開花，興旺，發展 To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower.
The moving whisper of huge trees that branched And blossomed. -- Tennyson.
Blossom (v. i.) To flourish and prosper; to develop into a superior type.
Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of the world with fruit. -- Isa. xxvii. 6.
Blossom (v. i.) To appear or grow as if by blossoming; to spread out rapidly.
Blossom (n.) Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts [syn: flower, bloom, blossom].
Blossom (n.) The period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush].
Blossom (v.) Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: bloom, blossom, flower].
Blossom (v.) Develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity" [syn: blossom, blossom out, blossom forth, unfold].
Blossom, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 1439
Housing Units (2000): 606
Land area (2000): 2.510310 sq. miles (6.501674 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.042343 sq. miles (0.109667 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.552653 sq. miles (6.611341 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08812
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.661395 N, 95.383675 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75416
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Blossom, TX
Blossom
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.
The brief
was writ and blotted all with gore. -- Gascoigne.
Blot (v. t.) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads. -- Shak.
Blot (v. t.) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. -- Rowe.
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.
One act like this blots out a thousand crimes. -- Dryden.
Blot (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane. -- Cowley.
Blot (v. t.) To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
Syn: To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish; disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.
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. "Inky blots and rotten parchment bonds." -- Shak.
Blot (n.) An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure. -- Dryden.
Blot (n.) A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.
This deadly blot in thy digressing son. -- Shak.
Blot (n.) (Backgammon) An exposure of a single man to be taken up.
Blot (n.) (Backgammon) A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.
He is too great a master of his art to make a blot which may be so easily hit. -- Dryden.
Blot (n.) A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.
Blot (n.) A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur].
Blot (n.) An act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain].
Blot (v.) Dry (ink) with blotting paper.
Blot (v.) Make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" [syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot].
Blot, () A stain or reproach (Job 31:7; Prov. 9:7). To blot out sin is to forgive it (Ps. 51:1, 9; Isa. 44:22; Acts 3:19). Christ's blotting out the handwriting of ordinances was his fulfilling the law in our behalf (Col. 2:14).
Blotch (a.) A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch.
Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow. -- Harvey.
Blotch (a.) (Med.) A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. -- Thomson.
Blotch (n.) An irregularly shaped spot [syn: blotch, splodge, splotch].
Blotch (v.) Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained [syn: mottle, streak, blotch].
Blotched (a.) Marked or covered with blotches.
To give their blotched and blistered bodies ease. -- Drayton.
Blotched (a.) Marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots [syn: blotched, blotchy, splotched].