Definition of blast

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Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel..

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Entoderm :: Entoderm (n.) See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm..
Epiblastic :: Epiblastic (a.) Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast..
Refinery :: Refinery (n.) A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.
Blow-out :: Blow-out (n.) The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam..
Spermo- :: Spermo- () Combining forms from Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast..
Blasting :: Blasting (n.) A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause..
Periplast :: Periplast (n.) Same as Periblast.
Diploblastic :: Diploblastic (a.) Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.
Gonotheca :: Gonotheca (n.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian..
Proliferous :: Proliferous (a.) Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid.
Osteoblast :: Osteoblast (n.) One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast..
Set :: Set (v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom)..
Blastemata :: Blastemata (pl. ) of Blastem.
Blower :: Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc..
Mesoblastic :: Mesoblastic (a.) Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer..
Archaeostomatous :: Archaeostomatous (a.) Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely close up.
Endoderm :: Endoderm (n.) The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
Planoblast :: Planoblast (n.) Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa.
Amphiblastic :: Amphiblastic (a.) Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
Odontoblast :: Odontoblast (n.) One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.
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