- 6. High birth, noble extraction.
- 7. Temper, disposition, feelings, spirit, courage, passion, mettle.
- 8. Hotspur, madcap, fiery fellow, hot spark, blade.
Blood-letting, n. Bleeding, phlebotomy.
Blood-pudding, n. Black-pudding.
Bloodroot, n. Red-root, puccoon, turmeric (Sanguinaria Canadensis).
Bloodshed, n. Slaughter, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder, bloodshedding, homicide, bloodspilling.
Blood-stained, a.
- 1. Bloody, stained with blood, ensanguined.
- 2. Blood-guilty, murderous, homicidal.
Bloodstone, n.
- 1. Hematite.
- 2. Heliotrope.
Blood-sucker, n. Leech.
Blood-thirsty, a. Cruel, savage, ferocious, inhuman, barbarous, barbarian, fell, truculent, ruthless, bloody, murderous, bloody-minded.
Bloodwort, n. Red dock (Rumex sanguineus).
Bloody, a.
- 1. Sanguinary, ensanguined, gory. See blood-stained.
- 2. Murderous, cruel. See blood-thirsty.
Bloody-flux, n. Dysentery.
Bloody-minded, a. See blood-thirsty.
Bloom, n.
- 1. Efflorescence, flower, blossom, blow.