Webster's Dictionary 1913

8020

Sperrylite

Sper″ry‐lite (?), n.[Named after F. L. Sperry, who discovered it.] (Min.) An arsenide of platinum occuring in grains and minute isometric crystals of tin-white color. It is foun...

8021

Sperse

Sperse (?), v. t. To disperse. Spenser.

8022

Spessartite

Spes″sart‐ite (?), n.[From Spessart, in Germany.] (Min.) A manganesian variety of garnet.

8023

Spet

Spet (?), v. t. [AS. sp�tan. See Spit.] To spit; to throw out.

8024

Spet (2)

Spet, n. Spittle.

8025

Spetches

Spetch″es (?), n. pl. Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made.

8026

Spew

Spew (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Spewing.] [OE. spewen, speowen, AS. spīwan;n to D. spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. spīwan, G. speien, Icel. sp�ja to spew, Sw. ...

8027

Spew (2)

Spew, v. i. 1. To vomit. Chaucer.2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.

8028

Spew (3)

Spew, n. That which is vomited; vomit.

8029

Spewer

Spew″er (?), n. One who spews.

8030

Spewiness

Spew″i‐ness (?), n. The state of being spewy.

8031

Spewy

Spew″y (?), a. Wet; soggy; inclined to spew.

8032

Sphacel

Sphac″el (?), n. [Gr. ���: cf. F. sphacèle.] (Med.) Gangrene.

8033

Sphacelate

Sphac″e‐late (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sphacelated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sphacelating.] [NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum, mortify: cf. F. sphacéler. See Sphacelus.] (Med.) To die, decay...

8034

Sphacelate (2)

Sphac″e‐late, v. t.(Med.) To affect with gangrene.

8035

Sphacelate (3)

{ Sphac″e‐late (?), Sphac″e‐la′ted (?), } a.(Med.) Affected with gangrene; mortified.

8036

Sphacelation

Sphac′e‐la″tion (?), n.(Med.) The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification.

8037

Sphacelus

‖Sphac″e‐lus (?), n.(Med.) Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.

8038

Sphærenchyma

‖Sphæ‐ren″chy‐ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ��� sphere + -enchyma as in parenchima.] (Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded cells, — a modification of parenchyma.

8039

Sphæridium

‖Sphæ‐rid″i‐um (?), n.; pl.Sphæridia (#). (Zoöl.) A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmoun...

8040

Sphærospore

Sphæ″ro‐spore (?), n. [Gr. ���� sphere + E. spore.] (Bot.) One of the nonsexual spores found in red algæ; a tetraspore.

8041

Sphærulite

Sphær″u‐lite (?), n.(Min.) Same as Spherulite.

8042

Sphagnicolous

Sphag‐nic″o‐lous (?), a. [Sphagnum + L. colere to inhabit.] (Bot.) Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.

8043

Sphagnous

Sphag″nous (?), a.(Bot.) Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.

8044

Sphagnum

‖Sphag″num (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.

8045

Sphalerite

Sphal″er‐ite (?), n. [Gr. ��� slippery, uncertain. See Blende.] (Min.) Zinc sulphide; — called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a).

8046

Sphene

Sphene (?), n. [F. sphène, fr. Gr. σφήν a wedge.] (Min.) A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium...