| bloodstroke | Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain. Origin: Cf. F. Coup de sang. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bloodsucker | 1. <zoology> Any animal that sucks blood; especially, the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species. 2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. 3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodthirsty | Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous. Blood"thirstiness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodulf | <zoology> The European bullfinch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodwit | A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled. Origin: AS. Blwite; bld blood, + wite wite, fine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodwite | A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled. Origin: AS. Blwite; bld blood, + wite wite, fine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodwood | <botany> A tree having the wood or the sap of the colour of blood. 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 colour of the wood, as Gordonia Haematoxylon of Jamaica, and several species of Australian Eucalyptus; also the true logwood (Haematoxylon campechianum). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodworm | 1. The filarial parasite of sheep, Elaeophora schneideri. 2. Red aquatic larvae of certain dipterous gnats and midges. 3. Marine annelids in the family Terebellidae with soft bodies and red blood. 4. Blood-inhabiting worms, such as the blood flukes of man in the genus Schistosoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bloodwort | <botany> 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 colouring matter useful in dyeing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloody | 1. Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat. 2. Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief. 3. Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel. "Some bloody passion shakes your very frame." (Shak) 4. Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; especially, marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle. 5. Infamous; contemptible; variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet. Origin: AS. Bldig. To stain with blood. Origin: Bloodied; Bloodying. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloody flux | The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloody hand | 1. 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. 2. A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloody show | Literally, the appearance of blood. The bloody show consists of blood-tinged mucus created by extrusion and passage of the mucous plug that filled the cervical canal (the canal between the vagina and uterus) during pregnancy. The bloody show is therefore a classic sign of impending labour. The same term, bloody show, can be applied to the beginning of menstruation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bloody sweat | A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloody-minded | Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |