Webster's Dictionary 1828

1837

BLOOD-THIRSTY

BLOOD'-THIRSTY, adjective [blood and thirst.] Desirous to shed blood; murderous.

1838

BLOOD-VESSEL

BLOOD'-VESSEL, noun [blood and vessel.] Any vessel in which blood circulates in an animal body; an artery or a vein.BLOOD'-WARM, adjective Warm as blood; luke warm.BLOOD'-WITE, ...

1839

BLOODED

BLOOD'ED, participle passive Bled; stained with blood; inured to blood.BLOOD'-FLOWER, noun [blood and flower.] Haemanthus, a genus of plants, natives of the Cape of Good Hope.

1840

BLOODGUILTINESS

BLOOD'GUILTINESS, noun [blood and guilt.] The guilt or crime of shedding blood. Psalms 51:14.

1841

BLOODINESS

BLOOD'INESS, noun The state of being bloody; disposition to shed blood.

1842

BLOODING

BLOOD'ING, participle present tense Letting blood; staining with blood; inuring to blood, as a hound.

1843

BLOODLESS

BLOOD'LESS, adjective Without blood; dead.1. Without shedding of blood or slaughter; as a bloodless victory.2. Without spirit or activity.

1844

BLOODLETTING

BLOOD'LETTING, noun [blood and let.] The act of letting blood, or bleeding by opening a vein.

1845

BLOODPUDDING

BLOOD'PUDDING, noun [blood and pudding.] A pudding made with blood and other materials.BLOOD'-RED, noun Red as blood.

1846

BLOODSHED

BLOOD'SHED, noun [blood and shed.] The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; waste of life; the crime of shedding blood.

1847

BLOODSHEDDER

BLOOD'SHEDDER, noun One who sheds blood; a murderer.

1848

BLOODSHEDDING

BLOOD'SHEDDING, noun The shedding of blood; the crime of shedding blood.

1849

BLOODSHOT

BLOOD'SHOT, adjective [blood and shoot.] Red and inflamed by a turgid state of the blood vessels, as in diseases of the eye.

1850

BLOODSNAKE

BLOOD'SNAKE, noun A species of snake, the haemorrhus.BLOOD'-SPAVIN, noun [blood and spavin.] A dilatation of the vein that runs along the inside of the hock of a horse, forming ...

1851

BLOODSTONE

BLOOD'STONE, noun [blood and stone.] A stone, imagined, if worn as an amulet, to be a good preventive of bleeding at the nose. [See Hematite.]

1852

BLOODY

BLOOD'Y, adjective Stained with blood.1. Cruel; murderous; given to the shedding of blood; or having a cruel, savage disposition; applied to animals.2. Attended with bloodshed; ...

1853

BLOODY-EYED

BLOOD'Y-EYED, adjective Having bloody or cruel eyes.

1854

BLOODY-FACED

BLOOD'Y-FACED, adjective Having a bloody face or appearance.

1855

BLOODY-FLUX

BLOOD'Y-FLUX, noun [blood and flux.] The dysentery, a disease in which the discharges from the bowels have a mixture of blood.

1856

BLOODY-HAND

BLOOD'Y-HAND, noun [blood and 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...

1857

BLOODY-HUNTING

BLOOD'Y-HUNTING, adjective Hunting for blood.

1858

BLOODY-MINDED

BLOOD'Y-MINDED, adjective [blood and mind.] Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; barbarous; inclined to shed blood.

1859

BLOODY-RED

BLOOD'Y-RED, adjective Having the color blood.

1860

BLOODY-SCEPTERED

BLOODY-SCEP'TERED, adjective Having a scepter obtained by blood or slaughter.

1861

BLOODY-SWEAT

BLOOD'Y-SWEAT, noun [blood and sweat.] A sweat, accompanied by a discharge of blood; also a disease, called sweating sickness, which formerly prevailed in England and other coun...

1862

BLOOM

BLOOMnoun1. Blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.While opening blooms diffuse their sweets around.2. The opening of flowers in general; flowers open, or in a state of...

1863

BLOOMING

BLOOM'ING, participle present tense Opening in blossoms; flowering; thriving in the health, beauty, and vigor of youth; showing the beauties of youth.His blooming laurels graced...