Webster's Dictionary 1913

8047

Sphenethmoid

Sphe‐neth″moid (?), a. [Sphenoid + ethmoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.Sph...

8048

Sphenethmoid (2)

Sphe‐neth″moid, n.(Anat.) The sphenethmoid bone.

8049

Sphenethmoidal

Sphe′neth‐moid″al (?), a.(Anat.) Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid.

8050

Spheniscan

Sphe‐nis″can (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of penguin.

8051

Spheno-

Sphe″no– (?). A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine.

8052

Sphenodon

Sphe″no‐don (?), n. [Gr. σφήν a wedge + ���, ���, a tooth.] (Zoöl.) Same as Hatteria.

8053

Sphenoethmoidal

Sphe″no‐eth‐moid′al (?), a.(Anat.) Sphenethmoid.

8054

Sphenogram

Sphe″no‐gram (?), n. [Gr. σφήν a wedge + -gram.] A cuneiform, or arrow-headed, character.

8055

Sphenographer

Sphe‐nog″ra‐pher, n. One skilled in sphenography; a sphenographist.

8056

Sphenographic

Sphe′no‐graph″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to sphenography.

8057

Sphenographist

Sphe‐nog″ra‐phist (?), n. A sphenographer.

8058

Sphenography

Sphe‐nog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. σφήν a wedge + -graphy.] The art of writing in cuneiform characters, or of deciphering inscriptions made in such characters.

8059

Sphenoid

Sphe″noid (?), a. [Gr. ���; σφήν a wedge + εἰ̑δοσ form: cf. F. sphénoïde.] 1. Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.Sphenoid bone...

8060

Sphenoid (2)

Sphe″noid (?), n. 1. (Crystallog.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.2. (Anat.) The sphenoid bone.

8061

Sphenoidal

Sphe‐noid″al (?), a. 1. Sphenoid.2. (Crystalloq.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid.

8062

Sphenotic

Sphe‐not″ic (?), a. [Spheno- + ���, ���, the ear.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone.Sphenotic bone(Anat.), a bone on the anterior side of the audito...

8063

Sphenotic (2)

Sphe‐not″ic, n.(Anat.) The sphenotic bone.

8064

Spheral

Spher″al (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a sphere or the spheres.2. Rounded like a sphere; sphere-shaped; hence, symmetrical; complete; perfect.

8065

Sphere

Sphere (?), n. [OE. spere, OF. espere, F. sphère, L. sphaera,. Gr. ��� a sphere, a ball.] 1. (Geom.) A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equ...

8066

Sphere (2)

Sphere (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sphered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sphering.] 1. To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to insphere.The glorious planet SolIn noble eminence enthron...

8067

Spherical

{ Spher″ic‐al (?), Spher″ic (?), } a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. ���: cf. F. sphérique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.2. Of ...

8068

Sphericity

Sphe‐ric″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. sphéricité.] The quality or state of being spherial; roundness; as, the sphericity of the planets, or of a drop of water.

8069

Sphericle

Spher″i‐cle (?), n. A small sphere.

8070

Spherics

Spher″ics (?), n.(Math.) The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes in...

8071

Spherobacteria

‖Sphe′ro‐bac‐te″ri‐a (?), n. pl.; sing. Spherobacterium (�). [NL. See Sphere, and Bacterium.] (Biol.) See the Note under Microbacteria.

8072

Spheroconic

Sphe′ro‐con″ic (?), n.(Geom.) A nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the surface of an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is at the vertex of the cone.

8073

Spherograph

Spher″o‐graph (?), n. [Sphere + -graph.] An instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics in navigation and astronomy, being constructed of two cardboards containing...