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  • 21blood — Synonyms and related words: Beau Brummel, Christmas disease, Hand Schuller Christian disease, Letterer Siwe syndrome, Rh factor, Rh negative, Rh positive, Rh type, Rhesus factor, acute leukemia, affiliation, agnate, agnation, alliance, ancestry,… …

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  • 22blood — {{11}}blood (n.) O.E. blod blood, from P.Gmc. *blodam blood (Cf. O.Fris. blod, O.S. blôd, O.N. bloð, M.Du. bloet, Du. bloed, O.H.G. bluot, Ger. Blut, Goth. bloþ), from PIE *bhlo to , perhaps meaning to swell, gush, sp …

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  • 23kindred — 1. noun his mother s kindred Syn: family, relatives, relations, kin, kith and kin, one s own flesh and blood; kinsfolk, kinsmen/kinswomen, people; informal folks 2. adjective 1) industrial relations and kindred subjects Syn: related, all …

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  • 24kindred — /ˈkɪndrəd / (say kindruhd) noun 1. a body of persons related to one another, or a family, tribe, or people. 2. one s relatives collectively; kinsfolk; kin. 3. relationship by birth or descent or sometimes by marriage; kinship. 4. natural… …

  • 25blood — [[t]blʌd[/t]] n. 1) anat. the red fluid that circulates through the heart, arteries, and veins of vertebrates, consisting of plasma in which red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended 2) zool. a comparable circulating fluid… …

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  • 26blood — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English blōd; akin to Old High German bluot blood Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) the fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins of a vertebrate… …

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  • 27blood — n. 1. Vital fluid, vital current, life blood, life current. 2. Posterity, descendants, offspring, children, progeny. 3. Kin, kindred, relations, family, house, line. 4. Lineage, descent, kinship, kindred, consanguinity, relationship, common… …

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  • 28kindred — Synonyms and related words: affiliated, affiliation, affinal, agnate, agnation, akin, alliance, allied, analogous, ancestry, associated, avuncular, blood, blood relation, blood relationship, blood relative, brotherhood, brothership, clan,… …

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  • 29kindred — Relatives. Kin. Usually relatives by blood, but for some purposes only relatives born in lawful wedlock, as where the word appears in a statute of descent. Anno: 48 ALR2d 764, § 3 (c); 10 Am J2d Bast § 149. For some purposes, including relatives… …

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  • 30blood — n 1. fluid, life fluid, Class. Myth. ichor, whole blood; grume, Obs. cruor, gore, plasma; juice, sap, latex, milk. 2. vital principle, vital force, Fr. elan vital. life blood, life, being, vitality. 3. temperament, humor, nature, temper, state of …

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