blood | (noun) temperament or disposition | - |
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(noun) the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets | - |
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
(noun) people viewed as members of a group | - |
(noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society | Synonyms: profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue |
flashflood | (noun) a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration | Synonyms: flash flood |
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flood | (noun) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing | Synonyms: flowage |
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(noun) a large flow | Synonyms: outpouring, overflow |
(noun) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography | Synonyms: flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood |
(noun) the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) | Synonyms: flood tide, rising tide |
(noun) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | Synonyms: alluvion, deluge, inundation |
(noun) an overwhelming number or amount | Synonyms: deluge, inundation, torrent |
lifeblood | (noun) an essential or life-giving force | - |
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(noun) the blood considered as the seat of vitality | - |
photoflood | (noun) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography | Synonyms: flood, flood lamp, floodlight |
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pureblood | (noun) a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses | Synonyms: purebred, thoroughbred |
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