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Pert. to or designating any form of spark tube the electric discharge within which is used in spectroscopic observations.

A spermoblast. -- Sper`ma*to"al, a. Owen.

Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation.

Same as Spermatozoid.

Sphenethmoid.

Having the toe square. Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox.

A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly. Thackeray.

or pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as, a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid.

See Stoichiology, Stoichiometry, etc.

One who stuccoes.

quity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. [Written also subpena.] Subpoena ad testificandum (. Etym: [NL.] A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for the purpose of testifying. -- Subpoena duces tecum (. Etym: [NL.] A writ which requires a witness to attend and bring certain documents.…

Required or done under penalty. Gauden.

Superfetation.

See Supra-esophagal.

Same as Synalepha.

Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle.

The central canal of the spinal cord. B. G. Wilder.

The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.

A metazoan.

The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.