Webster's Dictionary 1913

7966

Spere (2)

Spere, n. [See Sphere.] A sphere. Chaucer.

7967

Sperge

Sperge (?), n.(Distilling) A charge of wash for the still. Knight.

7968

Sperling

Sper″ling (?), n. [See Sparling.] (Zoöl.) (a) A smelt; a sparling. (b) A young herring.

7969

Sperm

Sperm (?), n.[F. sperme, L. sperma, Gr. ���, ���, from ���� to sow. Cf. Spore.] (Physiol.) The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen.Sperm cell(Physiol.), one of the cells fr...

7970

Sperm (2)

Sperm, n.[Contr. fr. spermaceti.] Spermaceti.Sperm oil, a fatty oil found as a liquid, with spermaceti, in the head cavities of the sperm whale. — Sperm whale. (Zoöl.) See in th...

7971

Sperm whale

Sperm″ whale′ (?). (Zoöl.) A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the hea...

7972

Spermaceti

Sper′ma‐ce″ti (?), n. [L. sperma sperm + cetus,gen. ceti, any large sea animal, a whale, Gr. ���. See Sperm, Cetaceous.] A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the hea...

7973

Spermalist

Sper″mal‐ist (?), n.(Biol.) See Spermist.

7974

Spermaphore

Sper″ma‐phore (?), n.(Bot.) That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.

7975

Spermary

Sper″ma‐ry (?), n.(Anat.) An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle.

7976

Spermatheca

‖Sper′ma‐the″ca (?), n.; pl.Spermathecæ (#). (Zoöl.) A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and re...

7977

Spermatic

Sper‐mat″ic (?), a. [L. spermaticus, Gr. ����: cf. F. spermatique. See Sperm.] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc.Spermati...

7978

Spermatical

Sper″mat″ic‐al (?), a. Spermatic.

7979

Spermatin

Sper″ma‐tin (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous character.

7980

Spermatism

Sper″ma‐tism (?), n.(Physiol.) The emission of sperm, or semen.

7981

Spermatium

‖Sper‐ma″ti‐um (?), n.; pl.Spermatia (#). (Bot.) One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi. J. H. Balfour.

7982

Spermatize

Sper″ma‐tize (?), v. i. [Gr. ���. See Sperm.] To yield seed; to emit seed, or sperm. Sir T. Browne.

7983

Spermato-

{ Sper″ma‐to– (?), Sper″mo– (?) }. Combining forms from Gr. σπέρμα, -ατοσ, seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.

7984

Spermatoblast

Sper″ma‐to‐blast (?), n. Same as Spermoblast.

7985

Spermatocyte

Sper″ma‐to‐cyte (?), n. [Spermato- + Gr. ���� a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) Same as Spermoblast.

7986

Spermatogemma

Sper′ma‐to‐gem″ma (?), n. [NL. See Spermato-, and Gemma.] (Physiol.) Same as Spermosphere.

7987

Spermatogenesis

Sper′ma‐to‐gen″e‐sis (?), n. [Spermato- + genesis.] (Biol.) The development of the spermatozoids.

7988

Spermatogenetic

Sper′ma‐to‐ge‐net″ic (?), a.(Physiol.) Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.

7989

Spermatogenous

Sper′ma‐tog″e‐nous (?), a. [Spermato- + -genous.] (Physiol.) Sperm-producing.

7990

Spermatogonium

‖Sper′ma‐to‐go″ni‐um (?), n.(Physiol.) A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), w...

7991

Spermatoid

Sper″ma‐toid (?), a. [Spermato- + -oid.] (Physiol.) Spermlike; resembling sperm, or semen.

7992

Spermatoön

‖Sper′ma‐to″ön (?), n.; pl.Spermatoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. σπέρμα, -ατοσ, seed + ��� an egg.] (Anat.) A spermoblast. — Sper′ma‐to″al (#), a.Owen.