Definition of blast

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Blast (n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast..

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Blastoderm :: Blastoderm (n.) The germinal membrane in an ovum, from which the embryo is developed..
Gymnoblastea :: Gymnoblastea (n. pl.) The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.
Blastematic :: Blastematic (a.) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal..
Hypoblastic :: Hypoblastic (a.) Relating to, or connected with, the hypoblast; as, the hypoic sac..
Hydrocaulus :: Hydrocaulus (n.) The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or branched. See Illust. of Gymnoblastea and Hydroidea..
Blastoidea :: Blastoidea (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form.
Idioblast :: Idioblast (n.) An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents..
Osteoplast :: Osteoplast (n.) An osteoblast.
Triploblastic :: Triploblastic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that condition of the ovum in which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which the blastoderm splits into three layers..
Holoblastic :: Holoblastic (a.) Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic..
Pentremites :: Pentremites (n.) A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.
Gymnoblastic :: Gymnoblastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.
Blasting :: Blasting (n.) A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause..
Protoplasm :: Protoplasm (n.) The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secretion, and growth go forward; the so-called physical basis of life; the original cell substance, cytoplasm, cytoblastema, bioplasm sarcode, etc..
Odontoplast :: Odontoplast (n.) An odontoblast.
Blasting :: Blasting (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
Fuse :: Fuse (n.) A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See Fuze..
Blast :: Blast (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast..
Rendrock :: Rendrock (n.) A kind of dynamite used in blasting.
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