Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 127
Spell (n.) The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead.
A spell at the wheel is called a trick. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Spell (n.) The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.
Nothing new has happened in this quarter, except the setting in of a severe spell of cold weather. -- Washington.
Spell (n.) One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells. [R.]
Their toil is so extreme that they can not endure it above four hours in a day, but are succeeded by spells. -- Garew.
Spell (n.) A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell. [Local, U.S.]
Spell (n.) A story; a tale. [Obs.] "Hearken to my spell." -- Chaucer.
Spell (n.) A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.
Start not; her actions shall be holy as You hear my spell is lawful. -- Shak.
Spelled (imp. & p. p.) of Spell.
Spelt () of Spell.
Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spell.
Spell (v. t.) To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.]
Might I that legend find, By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes. -- T. Warton.
Spell (v. t.) To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. "Spelled with
words of power." -- Dryden.
He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot. -- Sir G. Buck.
Spell (v. t.) To constitute; to measure. [Obs.]
The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together did spell but one in effect. -- Fuller.
Spell (v. t.) To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
The word "satire" ought to be spelled with i, and not with y. -- Dryden.
Spell (v. t.) To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
To spell out a God in the works of creation. -- South.
To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon every accident. -- Milton.
Spell (v. i.) To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.
When what small knowledge was, in them did dwell, And he a god, who could but read or spell. -- Dryden.
Spell (v. i.) To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study. [Obs.]
Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew. -- Milton.
Spell (n.) A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation [syn: enchantment, spell, trance].
Spell (n.) A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go, spell, tour, turn].
Spell (n.) A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather" [syn: while, piece, spell, patch].
Spell (n.) A verbal formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese" [syn: spell, magic spell, magical spell, charm].
Spell (v.) Orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of; "How do you spell this word?" "We had to spell out our names for the police officer" [syn: spell, spell out].
Spell (v.) Indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!" [syn: spell, import].
Spell (v.) Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter" [syn: spell, write].
Spell (v.) Relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn; "She spelled her husband at the wheel."
Spell (v.) Place under a spell [ant: unspell].
Spell (v.) Take turns working; "the workers spell every four hours."
Spell (n.) Syn. incantation.
Incantation
Spell, () Any particularly arbitrary or obscure command that one must mutter at a system to attain a desired result. Not used of passwords or other explicit security features. Especially used of tricks that are so poorly documented that they must be learned from a wizard. "This compiler normally locates initialised data in the data segment, but if you mutter the right incantation they will be forced into text space."
Spellable (a.) Capable of being spelt. -- Carlyle.
Spellbound (a.) 被咒語所鎮住的，被迷住的，茫然不知所之的 Bound by, or as by, a spell.
Spellbind (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Spellbound; p. pr. & vb. n. Spellbinding.] To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to
entrance or fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. -- Spell"bind`er, n.
Spellbound (a.) Having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: {fascinated}, {hypnotized}, {hypnotised}, {mesmerized}, {mesmerised}, {spellbound}, {spell-bound}, {transfixed}].
Speller (n.) One who spells.
Speller (n.) A spelling book. [U. S.]
Speller (n.) Someone who spells words [syn: speller, good speller, poor speller].
Speller (n.) An introductory textbook to teach spelling.
Spellful (a.) Abounding in spells, or charms.
Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mystery explained he views. -- Hoole.
Spelling (n.) The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
Spelling (a.) Of or pertaining to spelling.
Spelling bee, A spelling match. [U.S.]
Spelling book, A book with exercises for teaching children to spell; a speller.
Spelling match, A contest of skill in spelling words, between two or more persons.
Spelling (n.) Forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage.
Spelling, () The art of putting the proper letters in words.
Spelling, () It is a rule that when it appears with certainty what is meant, bad spelling will not avoid a contract; for example, where a man agreed to pay thirty pounds, he was held bound to pay thirty pounds; and sentence was holden to be seventeen. Cro. Jac. 607; 10 Coke, 133, a; 2 Roll. Ab. 147.
Spelling, () Even in an indictment undertood has been holden as understood. 1 Chit. Cr. Law.
Spelling, () A misspelling of a name in a declaration, will not be sufficient to defeat the plaintiff, on the ground of variance between the writing produced, and the declaration, if such name be idem sonans; as Kay for Key. 16 East, 110; 2 Stark. 29; Segrave for Seagrave. 2 Str. 889. See Idem Sonans.
Spellken (n.) A theater. [Slang] -- Byron.
Spellwork (n.) Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment.
Like those Peri isles of light That hang by spellwork in the air. -- Moore.
Spelt () imp. & p. p. of Spell. Spelled.
Spelt (n.) (Bot.) A species of grain ({Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat.
Spelt (n.) (Metal.) Spelter. [Colloq.]
Spelt (v. t. & i.) To split; to break; to spalt. [Obs.] -- Mortimer.
Spelt (n.) Hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed [syn: spelt, Triticum spelta, Triticum aestivum spelta].
Spelter (n.) (Metal.) Zinc; -- especially so called in commerce and arts.
Spelter (n.) Impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots).
Spelunc (n.) A cavern; a cave. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman.
Spelunker (n.) A person who explores caves [syn: {potholer}, {spelunker},{speleologist}, {spelaeologist}].
Spence (n.) A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.
In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. -- Sir W. Scott.
Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls adrift. -- Tennyson.
Spence (n.) The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Spencer
(n.) One
who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] -- Promptorium Parvulorum.
Spencer (n.) A short jacket worn by men and by women. -- Ld.
Lutton.
Spencer (n.) (Naut.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].
Spencer mast, A small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. -- R. H. Dana, Jr.
Compare: Trysail
Trysail (n.) (Naut.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer. -- Totten.
Spencer (n.) English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903) [syn: Spencer, Herbert Spencer].
Spencer -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000): 11766
Housing Units (2000): 4555
Land area (2000): 185.902414 sq. miles (481.485022 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.893165 sq. miles (15.263226 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 191.795579 sq. miles (496.748248 sq. km)
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.036096 N, 85.336802 W
Headwords:
Spencer
Spencer, KY
Spencer County
Spencer
County, KY
Spencer -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 20391
Housing Units (2000): 8333
Land area (2000): 398.685928 sq. miles (1032.591768 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.546198 sq. miles (6.594621 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 401.232126 sq. miles (1039.186389 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.024372 N, 87.013205 W
Headwords:
Spencer
Spencer, IN
Spencer County
Spencer County, IN
Spencer, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 1932
Housing Units (2000): 852
Land area (2000): 1.988430 sq. miles (5.150010 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.988430 sq. miles (5.150010 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75400
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 44.756406 N, 90.298178 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 54479
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, WI
Spencer
Spencer, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 541
Housing Units (2000): 272
Land area (2000): 0.524644 sq. miles (1.358822 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.524644 sq. miles (1.358822 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46275
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.874589 N, 98.700147 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68777
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, NE
Spencer
Spencer, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 731
Housing Units (2000): 316
Land area (2000): 1.032548 sq. miles (2.674287 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.011895 sq. miles (0.030807 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.044443 sq. miles (2.705094 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70167
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.212423 N, 76.496345 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 14883
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, NY
Spencer
Spencer, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 3355
Housing Units (2000): 1427
Land area (2000): 2.653586 sq. miles (6.872755 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.653586 sq. miles (6.872755 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63760
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.693672 N, 80.431906 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 28159
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Headwords:
Spencer, NC
Spencer
Spencer, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
Population
(2000): 38
Housing Units (2000): 38
Land area (2000): 1.130412 sq. miles (2.927754 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.130412 sq. miles (2.927754 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75970
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 44.367316 N, 112.192170 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 83446
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, ID
Spencer
Spencer, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 747
Housing Units (2000): 296
Land area (2000): 0.988332 sq. miles (2.559769 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.007511 sq. miles (0.019453 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.995843 sq. miles (2.579222 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73992
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.099755 N, 82.122854 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 44275
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, OH
Spencer
Spencer, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 3746
Housing Units (2000): 1567
Land area (2000): 5.343550 sq. miles (13.839730 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.343550 sq. miles (13.839730 sq. km)
FIPS code: 69200
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.507760 N, 97.370662 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 73084
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, OK
Spencer
Spencer, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 2508
Housing Units (2000): 1193
Land area (2000): 1.263713 sq. miles (3.273001 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.263713 sq. miles (3.273001 sq. km)
FIPS code: 71972
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 39.286848 N, 86.764225 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 47460
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, IN
Spencer
Spencer, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 11317
Housing Units (2000): 5151
Land area (2000): 10.121546 sq. miles (26.214682 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.045650 sq. miles (0.118232 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.167196 sq. miles (26.332914 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74280
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 43.145318 N, 95.147209 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51301
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, IA
Spencer
Spencer, TN -- U.S. town in Tennessee
Population (2000): 1713
Housing Units (2000): 725
Land area (2000): 6.826178 sq. miles (17.679719 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.826178 sq. miles (17.679719 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70240
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.743740 N, 85.458408 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38585
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, TN
Spencer
Spencer, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
Population (2000): 157
Housing Units (2000): 73
Land area (2000): 0.263121 sq. miles (0.681479 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.263121 sq. miles (0.681479 sq. km)
FIPS code: 60060
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 43.727853 N, 97.592033 W
ZIP
Codes (1990): 57374
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, SD
Spencer
Spencer, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
Population (2000): 6032
Housing Units (2000): 2722
Land area (2000): 2.127531 sq. miles (5.510280 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.062640 sq. miles (0.162238 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.190171 sq. miles (5.672518 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66070
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 42.243276 N, 71.994370 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 01562
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, MA
Spencer
Spencer, WV -- U.S. city in West Virginia
Population (2000): 2352
Housing Units (2000): 1154
Land area (2000): 1.185292 sq. miles (3.069891 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.019538 sq. miles (0.050604 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.204830 sq. miles (3.120495 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75820
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 38.801690 N, 81.351689 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 25276
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Spencer, WV
Spencer
Spent (imp. & p. p.) of Spend.
Spending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spend.
Spend (v. t.) To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
Spend thou that in the town. -- Shak.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? -- Isa. lv. 2.
Spend (v. t.) To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
I . . . am never loath To spend my judgment. -- Herbert.
Spend (v. t.) To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
Spend (v. t.) To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.
We spend our years as a tale that is told. -- Ps. xc. 9.
Spend (v. t.) To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.
Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst. -- Knolles.
Spend (v. i.) To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.
He spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning. -- South.
Spend (v. i.) To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.
The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air. -- Bacon.
Spend (v. i.) To be diffused; to spread.
The vines that they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap spendeth into the grapes. -- Bacon.
Spend (v. i.) (Mining) To break ground; to continue working.
Spend (v.) Pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" [syn: spend, pass].
Spend (v.) Pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, expend, drop].
Spend (v.) Spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days."
Spender (n.) One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.
Spender (n.) English poet and critic (1909-1995) [syn: Spender, Stephen Spender, Sir Stephen Harold Spender].
Spender (n.) Someone who spends money prodigally [syn: spendthrift, spend-all, spender, scattergood].
Spender (n.) Someone who spends money to purchase goods or services [syn: spender, disburser, expender].
Spending (n.) 開銷，花費 The act of expending; expenditure.
Spending money, Money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.]
Spending (n.) The act of spending or disbursing money [syn: {spending}, {disbursement}, {disbursal}, {outlay}].
Spending (n.) Money paid out; an amount spent [syn: {outgo}, {spending}, {expenditure}, {outlay}] [ant: {income}].
Spendthrift (n.) One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.
A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. -- Mrs. R. H. Davis.
Spendthrift (a.) Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
Spendthrift (a.) Recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn: extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift].
Spendthrift (n.) Someone who spends money prodigally [syn: spendthrift, spend-all, spender, scattergood].
Spendthrift. () By the Rev. Stat. of Vermont, tit. 16, c. 65, s. 9, spendthrift is defined to be a person who by excessive drinking) gaming, idleness or debauchery of any kind, shall so spend, waste, or lessen his estate as to expose himself or his family to want or suffering, or expose the town to charge or expense, for support of himself or family.
Spendthrifty (a.) Spendthrift; prodigal. [R.]
Spenserian (a.) Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faerie Queene."
Spent (a.) Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force.
Now thou seest me Spent, overpowered, despairing of success. -- Addison.
Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground. -- Dryden.
Spent (a.) (Zool.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.
Spent ball, A ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an object without having sufficient force to penetrate it. Sper
Spent (a.) Depleted of energy, force, or strength; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells" [syn: exhausted, spent] [ant: unexhausted].
Spent (a.) Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out" [syn: exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out(a), worn out(p)].
Sper (v. t.) Alt. of Sperre
Sperre (v. t.) To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten. [Obs.] "To sperre the gate." -- Spenser.
Sperable (a.) Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Sperable (n.) See Sperable.
Sperage (n.) Asperagus. [Obs.] -- Sylvester.
Sperate (a.) Hoped for, or to be hoped for. [R.] -- Bouvier.
Sperate. () That of which there is hope.
Sperate. () In the accounts of an executor and the inventory of the personal assets, he should distinguish between those assets which are sperate, and those which are desperate; he will be prima facie responsible for the former, and discharged for the latter. 1 Chit. Pr. 520; 2 Williams Ex. 644; Toll. Ex. 248. See Desperate.
Spere (v. i.) To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also speer, speir.] -- Jamieson.
Spere (n.) A sphere. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Sperge (n.) (Distilling) A charge of wash for the still. -- Knight.
Sperling (n.) (Zool.) A smelt; a sparling. [Prov. Eng.]
Sperling (n.) (Zool.) A young herring. [Local, U.S.]
Compare: Gamete
Gamete (n.) (Biol.) A sexual cell or germ cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; a conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual. In Bot., gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore.
The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, sperm (male) and egg (female); their union is called fertilization, and the resulting zygote an oospore. In Zool., gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms.
Sperm (n.) The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen.
Sperm cell (Physiol.), One of the cells from which the spermatozoids are developed.
Sperm morula. (Biol.) Same as Spermosphere.
Sperm (n.) Spermaceti.
Sperm oil, A fatty oil found as a liquid, with spermaceti, in the head cavities of the sperm whale.
Sperm whale. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Sperm (n.) The male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material" [syn: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan].
Spermaceti (n.) 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.
Spermaceti whale (Zool.), The sperm whale.
Compare: Cachalot
Cachalot (n.) (Zool.) The sperm whale ({Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.
Spermaceti (n.) A white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale.
Spermalist (n.) (Biol.) See Spermist.
Spermaphore (n.) (Bot.) That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.
Spermary (n.) (Anat.) An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle.
Compare: Antheridium
Antheridium (n.; pl. Antheridia.) (Bot.) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower plants, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a.
Spermathecae (n. pl. ) of Spermatheca.
Spermatheca (n.) (Zool.) A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa.
Spermatic (a.) (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc.
Spermatic cord (Anat.), The cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying vessels and nerves.
Spermatic (a.) Consisting of or resembling spermatozoa [syn: spermous, spermatic].
Spermatical (a.) Spermatic.
Spermatin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous character.
Spermatism (n.) (Physiol.) The emission of sperm, or semen.
Spermatia (n. pl. ) of Spermatium.
Spermatium (n.) [NL.] (Bot.) One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi. -- J. H. Balfour.
Spermatize (v. i.) To yield seed; to emit seed, or sperm. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne. Spermato
Spermato- () Alt. of Spermo-.
Spermo- () Combining forms from Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.
Spermatoblast (n.) Same as Spermoblast.
Spermatocyte (n.) (Physiol.) Same as Spermoblast.
Spermatocyte (n.) A male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids.
Spermatogemma (n.) (Physiol.) Same as Spermosphere.
Spermatogenesis (n.) (Biol.) The development of the spermatozoids.
Spermatogenesis (n.) Development of spermatozoa.
Spermatogenetic (a.) (Physiol.) Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.
Spermatogenous (a.) (Physiol.) Sperm-producing.
Spermatogonium (n.) (Physiol.) A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.
Spermatoid (a.) (Physiol.) Spermlike; resembling sperm, or semen.
Spermatoa (n. pl. ) of Spermatoon.
Spermatoon (n.) (Anat.) A spermoblast. -- Sper`ma*to"al, a. -- Owen.
Spermatophore (n.) (Physiol.) Same as Spermospore.
Spermatophore (n.) (Zool.) A capsule or pocket inclosing a number of spermatozoa. They are present in many annelids, brachiopods, mollusks, and crustaceans. In cephalopods the structure of the capsule is very complex.
Spermatophorous (a.) (Physiol.) Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.
Spermatorrhea (n.) Alt. of Spermatorrhoea.
Spermatorrhoea (n.) (Med.) Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation.
Spermatospore (n.) Same as Spermospore.
Spermatozoid (n.) (Biol.) The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid.
Spermatozoid (n.) A motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm [syn: antherozoid, spermatozoid].