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2,237 words match “SPA”

SPASMODICAL a.
Same as Spasmodic, a. -- Spas*mod"ic*al*ly, adv.
SPASTIC a.
Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.
SPASTICALLY adv.
Spasmodically.
SPASTICITY n. 2 definitions
A state of spasm.
SPAT v. 7 definitions
To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.
SPATANGOID a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the Spatangoidea. -- n.
SPATANGOIDEA n.
An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side.
SPATANGUS n.
A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea.
SPATCHCOCK n.
See Spitchcock.
SPATE n.
river flood; an overflow or inundation. Burns. Gareth in a showerful spring Stared at the spate. Tennyson.
SPATHA n.
A spathe.
SPATHACEOUS a.
Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spathal.
SPATHAL a.
Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers. Howitt.
SPATHE n.
A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix.
SPATHED a.
Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath.
SPATHIC a.
Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose. Spathic iron (Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a).
SPATHIFORM a.
Resembling spar in form. "The ocherous, spathiform, and mineralized forms of uranite." Lavoisier (Trans.).
SPATHOSE a. 2 definitions
See Spathic.
SPATHOUS a.
Spathose.
SPATHULATE a.
See Spatulate.
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