Word Meanings - CLOTTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To concrete into lumps; to clot. "Clottered blood." Chapman.
Related words: (words related to CLOTTER)
- BLOODSUCKER
Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species. 2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. Shak. 3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an - BLOODSHEDDER
One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer. - CONCRETE
grow together; con- + crescere to grow; cf. F. concret. See 1. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form. The first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be of the - BLOODULF
The European bullfinch. - BLOODROOT
A plant , with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant - BLOODY-MINDED
Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden. - BLOODSHEDDING
Bloodshed. Shak. - BLOODINESS
1. The state of being bloody. 2. Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness. All that bloodiness and savage cruelty which was in our nature. Holland. - CLOTTER
To concrete into lumps; to clot. "Clottered blood." Chapman. - BLOODWORT
A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot , and to an extensive order of plants , the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing. - BLOODSHOT
Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated. His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens. - BLOODWOOD
A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood. Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree (Baloghia lucida), from which the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name, chiefly on account of the - CONCRETELY
In a concrete manner. - BLOODED
Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock. Note: Used also in composition in phrases indicating a particular condition or quality of blood; as, cold-blooded; warm-blooded. - BLOOD
Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood. 5. The fleshy nature of man. - BLOODLESS
1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. Dryden. 2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. Froude. 3. Without spirit or activity. - BLOODHOUND
A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for - BLOOD-BOLTERED
Having the hair matted with clotted blood. The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me. Shak. - BLOODLETTING
The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection. - BLOODLETTER
One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist. - 'SBLOOD
An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath. Shak. - INCONCRETE
Not concrete. L. Andrews. - HALF-BLOODED
1. Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep. 2. Degenerate; mean. - CLUMPS
A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups, - DRAGON'S BLOOD; DRAGON'S HEAD; DRAGON'S TAIL
See DRAGON - LIFEBLOOD
1. The blood necessary to life; vital blood. Dryden. 2. Fig.: That which gives strength and energy. Money the lifeblood of the nation. Swift.