blood

noun

1. A fluid resembling blood
2. The shedding of blood
3. Lifeblood
4. Human stock or lineage
5. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor kinship
6. Persons related through common descent kindred
7. Lust
8. A man who dresses showily and behaves in an immoral or improper way rake
9. Members of a team, staff, or organization personnel

   "a company in need of new blood"

10. An African American male

verb

1. To stain or wet with blood
2. Bleed
3. To expose (a hunting dog) to sight, scent, or taste of the blood of its prey
4. To give experience to

   "troops blooded in battle"

adjective

1. Marked by great vigor, violence, or fierceness

   "blood-and-guts competition"

adjective

1. Carried or transmitted by the blood

   "a blood-borne disease"

noun

1. A naturally occurring barrier created by the modification of brain capillaries (as by reduction in fenestration and formation of tight cell-to-cell contacts) that prevents many substances from leaving the blood and crossing the capillary walls into the brain tissues

noun

1. A brother by birth
2. One of two men pledged to mutual loyalty by a ceremonial use of each other's blood

noun

1. A cell normally present in blood

noun

1. The determination of the blood cells in a definite volume of blood

noun

1. A technique for temporarily improving athletic performance in which oxygen-carrying red blood cells from blood previously withdrawn from an athlete are reinjected just before an event

noun

1. A feud between different clans or families