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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Spermatocyte :: Spermatocyte (n.) Same as Spermoblast.
Blastide :: Blastide (n.) A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the precursor of the nucleus..
Entoblast :: Entoblast (n.) The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.
Converter :: Converter (n.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal..
Hypoderm :: Hypoderm (n.) Same as Hypoblast.
Amphiblastic :: Amphiblastic (a.) Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
Haematoplast :: Haematoplast (n.) Same as Haematoblast.
Blastogenesis :: Blastogenesis (n.) Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.
Hydrocaulus :: Hydrocaulus (n.) The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or branched. See Illust. of Gymnoblastea and Hydroidea..
Epiblastic :: Epiblastic (a.) Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast..
Stemmed :: Stem (v. t.) To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole..
#NAME? :: -mere () A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere..
Gust :: Gust (n.) A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw..
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To confound by a loud blast or din.
Spire :: Spire (n.) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.
Blast :: Blast (n.) A violent gust of wind.
Endoblastic :: Endoblastic (a.) Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer..
Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace..
Holoblast :: Holoblast (n.) an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.
Ectoblast :: Ectoblast (n.) The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall.
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