blood
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(verb) smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill |
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Related Words: daub, smear |
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(noun) temperament or disposition; "a person of hot blood" |
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Related Words: disposition, temperament |
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(noun) the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions" |
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Related Words: arterial blood, blood clot, bloodstream, gore, humor, humour, lifeblood, menorrhea, menstrual blood, menstrual flow, venous blood |
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(noun) people viewed as members of a group; "we need more young blood in this organization" |
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Related Words: people |
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(noun) the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen" |
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Synonyms: bloodshed, gore |
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Related Words: homicide, murder, slaying |
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(noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society |
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Synonyms: profligate, rake, rip, roue |
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Related Words: debauchee, dissolute person, libertine |
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(noun) the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
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Synonyms: ancestry, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock |
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Related Words: breed, family, family line, family tree, folk, genealogy, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side |
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