sanguiferous /-gwifˈər-əs/ adjective

(L ferre to bear) blood-carrying

sanguificāˈtion noun

Blood-making

sangˈuify /-fī/ intransitive verb

To make blood

To turn into blood

sanguinaria /-gwi-nāˈri-ə/ noun

The dried rhizome of the bloodroot Sanguinaria used as an emetic

sangˈuinarily /-gwin-ə-ri-li/ adverb

sangˈuinariness noun

sangˈuinary adjective

1. Bloody
2. Bloodthirsty

sanguine /sangˈgwin/ adjective

1. (in old physiology) of the complexion or temperament in which blood was supposed to predominate over the other humours
2. Confident and inclined to hopefulness
3. Abounding in blood
4. Blood-red
5. Bloody
6. Ruddy
7. Florid
8. Of blood (rare)

1. A blood-red colour
2. A red chalk
3. A drawing in red chalks

1. To colour blood-red
2. To stain with blood

sangˈuinely adverb

sangˈuineness noun

sanguinˈeous adjective

1. Referring or relating to blood
2. Of or having blood
3. Blood-red
4. Bloody
5. Sanguine
6. Full-blooded

sanguinˈity noun

Sanguineness

sanguinˈolent adjective

Bloody

Sanguisorba /-sörˈbə/ noun

(L sorbēre to absorb) a genus of rosaceous plants, supposed to have styptic qualities

sanguivˈorous or sanguinivˈorous adjective

(L vorāre to devour) feeding on blood