SPHACELATE | • sphacelate v. (Transitive, medicine) To affect with gangrene. • sphacelate adj. Affected with gangrene; necrotic. • SPHACELATE v. to cause or affect with gangrene or mortification. |
SPHAERIDIA | • sphaeridia n. Plural of sphaeridium. • SPHAERIDIUM n. a minute spheroidal body on the surface of a sea urchin, perhaps a sense organ. |
SPHAERITES | • sphaerites n. Plural of sphaerite. • SPHAERITE n. a hydrous aluminium phosphate. |
SPHALERITE | • sphalerite n. (Mineralogy) A yellow, brown or black, sometimes red, green white or colorless mineral with cubic crystals… • SPHALERITE n. zinc sulphide, the chief source of zinc. |
SPHENDONES | • sphendones n. Plural of sphendone. • SPHENDONE n. (Greek) a headband or fillet worn by women in ancient Greece. |
SPHENODONS | • sphenodons n. Plural of sphenodon. • SPHENODON n. a member of the Sphenodont group of lizards, to which the tuatara belongs. |
SPHENODONT | • sphenodont n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Sphenodontida. • SPHENODONT n. a member of the Sphenodont group of lizards, to which the tuatara belongs. |
SPHENOGRAM | • sphenogram n. A cuneiform character. • SPHENOGRAM n. a cuneiform character. |
SPHENOIDAL | • sphenoidal adj. Synonym of sphenoid. • SPHENOIDAL adj. wedge-shaped, also SPHENOID. |
SPHENOPSID | • sphenopsid n. Any horsetail of the former order Sphenopsida, now Equisetopsida. • SPHENOPSID n. any of a class of tracheophyte with jointed ribbed stems. |
SPHERELESS | • sphereless adj. (Poetic) Without a sphere or spheres; planetless. • SPHERELESS adj. without a sphere. |
SPHERELIKE | • spherelike adj. Resembling a sphere. • SPHERELIKE adj. like a sphere. |
SPHERICITY | • sphericity n. (Chiefly uncountable) The quality of being spherical, being a sphere. • sphericity n. (Geometry, countable) The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere… • SPHERICITY n. a descriptive term to describe how close a particle's shape is to a sphere. |
SPHEROCYTE | • spherocyte n. (Cytology) A red blood cell that is spherical rather than biconcave, as occurs in spherocytosis. • SPHEROCYTE n. an abnormal red-blood cell that is spherical rather than disc-shaped. |
SPHEROIDAL | • spheroidal adj. Like a spheroid; roughly spherical. • spheroidal n. A spheroid. • SPHEROIDAL adj. having the form of a spheroid. |
SPHERULITE | • spherulite n. A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic… • SPHERULITE n. a radiating spherical group of minute crystalline fibres occurring in certain rocks. |
SPHINCTERS | • sphincters n. Plural of sphincter. • SPHINCTER n. a ringlike muscle whose contraction narrows or shuts an orifice, e.g. the anus. |
SPHINXLIKE | • sphinxlike adj. Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx. Especially, not showing emotion. • sphinxlike adj. Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance. • SPHINXLIKE adj. like a sphinx. |
SPHYGMUSES | • SPHYGMUS n. (Greek) the pulse. |