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SPARROWGRASS n.
Asparagus. [Colloq.] See the Note under Asparagus.
SQUITCH GRASS n.
Quitch grass.
STANDERGRASS n.
A plant (Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.
STONEBRASH n.
A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash.
STRASS n.
A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. Glass.
SUPPARASITATION n.
The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
SUPPARASITE v.
To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. [Obs.] Dr. R. Clerke.
SUPRASCALPULAR; SUPRASCALPULARY a.
Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula.
SUPRASPHENOIDAL a.
Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body.
SUPRASPINAL a. 2 definitions
Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous.
SUPRASPINATE; SUPRASPINOUS a.
Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.
SUPRASTAPEDIAL a. 2 definitions
The suprastapedial part of the columella.
SUPRASTERNAL a.
Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.
TARRAS n.
See Trass. [Obs.]
TERRAS n.
See .
TETRASCHISTIC a.
Characterized by division into four parts.
TETRASEPALOUS a.
Having four sepals.
TETRASPASTON n.
A machine in which four pulleys act together. Brande & C.
TETRASPERMOUS a.
Having four seeds. Tetraspermous plant, a plant which produces four seeds in each flower.
TETRASPORE n.
A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds. -- Tet`ra*spor"ic, a.
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