the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more races
a mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood; serves to protect the central nervous system
temperament or disposition
a dissolute man in fashionable society
smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
