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  • English Word Sphacelate Definition To affect with gangrene.
  • English Word Sphacelate Definition Alt. of Sphacelated
  • English Word Sphacelated Definition of Spacelate
  • English Word Sphacelated Definition Affected with gangrene; mortified.
  • English Word Sphacelating Definition of Spacelate
  • English Word Sphacelation Definition The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification.
  • English Word Sphacelus Definition Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.
  • English Word Sphaerenchyma Definition Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded cells, -- a modification of parenchyma.
  • English Word Sphaeridia Definition of Sphaeridium
  • English Word Sphaeridium Definition A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ.
  • English Word Sphaerospore Definition One of the nonsexual spores found in red algae; a tetraspore.
  • English Word Sphaerulite Definition Same as Spherulite.
  • English Word Sphagnicolous Definition Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.
  • English Word Sphagnous Definition Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.
  • English Word Sphagnum Definition A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
  • English Word Sphalerite Definition Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a).
  • English Word Sphene Definition A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite.
  • English Word Sphenethmoid Definition Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.
  • English Word Sphenethmoid Definition The sphenethmoid bone.
  • English Word Sphenethmoidal Definition Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid.
  • English Word Spheniscan Definition Any species of penguin.
  • English Word Spheno- Definition A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine.
  • English Word Sphenodon Definition Same as Hatteria.
  • English Word Sphenoethmoidal Definition Sphenethmoid.
  • English Word Sphenogram Definition A cuneiform, or arrow-headed, character.
  • English Word Sphenographer Definition One skilled in sphenography; a sphenographist.
  • English Word Sphenographic Definition Of or pertaining to sphenography.
  • English Word Sphenographist Definition A sphenographer.
  • English Word Sphenography Definition The art of writing in cuneiform characters, or of deciphering inscriptions made in such characters.
  • English Word Sphenoid Definition Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.