craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor - the liquid parts of the body

arterial blood - blood found in arteries; "except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen"

gore - coagulated blood from a wound

lifeblood - the blood considered as the seat of vitality

bloodstream - the blood flowing through the circulatory system

blood clot, grume - a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells

menorrhea, menstrual blood, menstrual flow - flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years

venous blood - blood found in the veins; "except in the pulmonary vein venous blood is rich in carbon dioxide and poor in oxygen"

whole blood - blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant; "whole blood is normally used in blood transfusions"

blood serum, serum - watery fluid of the blood that resembles plasma but contains fibrinogen

blood plasma - plasma that separates from blood in coagulation

blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle - either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets

kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

breed - a special lineage; "a breed of Americans"

side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"

family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin

murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"

debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained

people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

daub, smear - cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"