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Maintaining a uniform temperature; hæmatothermal; homothermic; -- applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded animals,

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Maintaining a uniform temperature; hæmatothermal; homothermic; -- applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.

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    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
  • MAINTAIN
    by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace;
  • APPLICABLE
    Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
  • BLOODSHEDDER
    One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.
  • DISTINCTNESS
    1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth. 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated
  • UNIFORMISM
    The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
  • BLOODULF
    The European bullfinch.
  • GREAT-HEARTED
    1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
  • GREAT-GRANDFATHER
    The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
  • APPLICATIVE
    Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
  • 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
  • APPLICANCY
    The quality or state of being applicable.
  • UNIFORMAL
    Uniform. Herrick.
  • DISTINCTURE
    Distinctness.
  • APPLICABILITY
    The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
  • DISTINCTIVENESS
    State of being distinctive.
  • UNIFORMLY
    In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild. To vary uniformly , to vary with the ratio of the corresponding increments constant; -- said of
  • SPITE
    1. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. Pope. This is the deadly spite that angers. Shak. 2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. Shak. In spite
  • GREAT-GRANDSON
    A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
  • GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
    The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
  • 'SBLOOD
    An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath. Shak.
  • UNEMBODIED
    1. Free from a corporeal body; disembodied; as, unembodied spirits. Byron. 2. Not embodied; not collected into a body; not yet organized; as, unembodied militia.
  • INGREAT
    To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby.
  • CONTRADISTINCT
    Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.
  • UNDISTINCTLY
    Indistinctly.
  • UNAPPLIABLE
    Inapplicable. Milton.
  • DISEMBODIMENT
    The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.
  • REAPPLICATION
    The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
  • MESOCUNEIFORM; MESOCUNIFORM
    One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.

 

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