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#NAME? :: -blast () A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc..

Holoblast :: Holoblast (n.) an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.

Bosh :: Bosh (n.) One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace..

Endoblastic :: Endoblastic (a.) Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer..

Blastophoral :: Blastophoral (a.) Alt. of Blastophori.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.

Blow-out :: Blow-out (n.) The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam..

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.

Blastostyle :: Blastostyle (n.) In certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid, whose special function is to produce medusoid buds. See Hydroidea, and Athecata..

Cnidocil :: Cnidocil (n.) The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast.

Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To confound by a loud blast or din.

Cytoblast :: Cytoblast (n.) The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place..

Spermo- :: Spermo- () Combining forms from Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast..

Epiblast :: Epiblast (n.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination..

Mesoplast :: Mesoplast (n.) The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast.

Blastematic :: Blastematic (a.) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal..

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..

Blasty :: Blasty (a.) Affected by blasts; gusty.

Pentremites :: Pentremites (n.) A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.

Reed :: Reed (n.) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.

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