Nouns

spirodela

noun

minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consistin...

spirogram

noun

a recording of breathing made with a spirograph

spirometry

noun

the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity

spironolactone

noun

a synthetic corticosteroid (trade name Aldactone) used to tr...

spirula

noun

a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prom...

spirulidae

noun

coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Be...

spittlebug

noun

small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of pro...

spizella

noun

chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow

splashiness

noun

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffe...

splayfoot

noun

a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened an...

splitsaw

noun

a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood

splitworm

noun

greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm

spodoptera

noun

moths whose larvae are armyworms

spodumene

noun

a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate;...

spoilation

noun

the act of stripping and taking by force

spondias

noun

tropical trees having one-seeded fruit

spondylarthritis

noun

arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joi...

spondylolisthesis

noun

a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath i...

sponginess

noun

the property of being able to occupy less space

spongioblastoma

noun

a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblas...

spoonfeeding

noun

feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon

spoonflower

noun

tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked...

sporangiophore

noun

stalk bearing one or more sporangia

sporanox

noun

an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for case...

sporobolus

noun

cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or ru...

sporophyl

noun

leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia

sporozoa

noun

strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; inc...

sporozoan

noun

parasitic spore-forming protozoan

sportfishing

noun

the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

sporulation

noun

asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores

spotlessness

noun

the state of being spotlessly clean

spotsylvania

noun

a battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wild...

spouter

noun

an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

sprachgefuhl

noun

an intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language

spraguea

noun

small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody tap...

sprawler

noun

a person who sprawls

spreadhead

noun

two facing pages of a book or other publication

sprigger

noun

a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves...

sprightliness

noun

animation and energy in action or expression

springbuck

noun

a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the...

springiness

noun

the elasticity of something that can be stretched and return...

spruceness

noun

the state of being neat and smart and trim

spurner

noun

a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt

spyeria

noun

fritillaries

spymaster

noun

someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities

squabbler

noun

someone who quarrels about a small matter

squalidae

noun

dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin

squalus

noun

spiny dogfishes

squamata

noun

diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards

squamule

noun

a minute scale