Nouns

sphaerocarpaceae

noun

liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; someti...

sphaerocarpales

noun

small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales

sphaerocarpos

noun

type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-l...

sphaerocarpus

noun

type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-l...

sphagnales

noun

coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications...

sphecidae

noun

mud daubers; some digger wasps

sphecius

noun

large solitary wasps: cicada killer

sphecoid

noun

any of various solitary wasps

sphecoidea

noun

families Sphecidae and Stizidae

sphecotheres

noun

a genus of Old World orioles

sphenion

noun

the anterior tip of the parietal bone

spheniscidae

noun

comprising all existing penguins

sphenisciformes

noun

penguins

spheniscus

noun

type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins

sphenodon

noun

coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras

sphenopsida

noun

horsetails and related forms

sphericalness

noun

the roundness of a 3-dimensional object

spherocyte

noun

an abnormal spherical red blood cell

sphingidae

noun

hawkmoths

sphyraena

noun

type and sole genus of the Sphyraenidae: barracuda

sphyraenidae

noun

monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subt...

sphyrapicus

noun

a genus of Picidae

sphyrna

noun

type genus of the Sphyrnidae

sphyrnidae

noun

hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks

spicemill

noun

a mill for grinding spices

spicery

noun

the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flav...

spiculum

noun

small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in var...

spiderflower

noun

any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cle...

spikemoss

noun

any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella

spillane

noun

United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 19...

spiller

noun

an attacker who sheds or spills blood

spillikins

noun

a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spill...

spilogale

noun

a genus of Mustelidae

spinacia

noun

spinach

spindleberry

noun

any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus havin...

spindleshanks

noun

long thin legs

spininess

noun

the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

spinmeister

noun

a public relations person who tries to forestall negative pu...

spinnability

noun

the quality of being suitable for spinning or the capability...

spinnbarkeit

noun

the capacity of a viscous liquid (especially the cervical mu...

spinus

noun

in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis:...

spiranthes

noun

large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchi...

spirilla

noun

any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted r...

spirillaceae

noun

rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria

spiritism

noun

concern with things of the spirit

spiritualisation

noun

the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spir...

spiritualization

noun

the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spir...

spirochaeta

noun

the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium th...

spirochaetaceae

noun

large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt...

spirochaetales

noun

higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms