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blood
blood is a 5-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 20 senses
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- 1noun
The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.
- 2noun
Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.
- 3noun
Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.
- 4noun
Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.
- 5noun
The fleshy nature of man.
- 6noun
The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.
- 7noun
A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
- 8noun
Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions.
- 9noun
A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.
- 10noun
The juice of anything, especially if red.
- 11transitive verb
To bleed.
- 12transitive verb
To stain, smear or wet, with blood.
- 13transitive verb
To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.
- 14transitive verb
To heat the blood of; to exasperate.
- 15noun
temperament or disposition
"a person of hot blood"
- 16noun
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
"blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"
"the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"
- 17noun
people viewed as members of a group
"we need more young blood in this organization"
- 18noun
the descendants of one individual
"his entire lineage has been warriors"
- 19noun
a dissolute man in fashionable society
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- 20verb
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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