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- English Word Spendthrift Definition Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
- English Word Spendthrifty Definition Spendthrift; prodigal.
- English Word Spenserian Definition Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faerie Queene."
- English Word Spent Definition of Spend
- English Word Spent Definition Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force.
- English Word Spent Definition Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.
- English Word Sper Definition Alt. of Sperre
- English Word Sperable Definition Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for.
- English Word Sperable Definition See Sperable.
- English Word Sperage Definition Asperagus.
- English Word Sperate Definition Hoped for, or to be hoped for.
- English Word Spere Definition To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire.
- English Word Spere Definition A sphere.
- English Word Sperge Definition A charge of wash for the still.
- English Word Sperling Definition A smelt; a sparling.
- English Word Sperling Definition A young herring.
- English Word Sperm Definition The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen.
- English Word Sperm Definition Spermaceti.
- English Word Sperm whale Definition A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
- English Word Spermaceti Definition A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin.
- English Word Spermalist Definition See Spermist.
- English Word Spermaphore Definition That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.
- English Word Spermary Definition An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle.
- English Word Spermatheca Definition A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa.
- English Word Spermathecae Definition of Spermatheca
- English Word Spermatia Definition of Spermatium
- English Word Spermatic Definition Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc.
- English Word Spermatical Definition Spermatic.
- English Word Spermatin Definition A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous character.
- English Word Spermatism Definition The emission of sperm, or semen.