All English words - page 3513

Meanings of Spendthrifts:

noun

A person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way.

Usage examples:

Putt was a spendthrift and a heavy gambler

Meanings of Spenserian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the english poet edmund spenser or his works.

Usage examples:

A prose romance of spenserian allegory

noun

An admirer, imitator, or student of the english poet edmund spenser or his works.

Usage examples:

A small group of eighteenth-century irish spenserians

Meanings of Sperm:

noun

Semen.

Usage examples:

If there is a problem with the male partner sperm, then sperm from an anonymous donor may be used.

Meanings of Spermathecae:

noun

(in a female or hermaphrodite invertebrate) a receptacle in which sperm is stored after mating.

Usage examples:

To ensure that we counted all sperm transferred, we assessed the number of sperm contained in both …

Meanings of Spermatic:

adjective

Relating to sperm or semen.

Usage examples:

The spermatic fluid may be rich, ordinary, poor or insufficient, or absolutely worthless.

Meanings of Spermatid:

noun

An immature male sex cell formed from a spermatocyte, which may develop into a spermatozoon without further division.

Usage examples:

These haploid cells - now called spermatids - thus contain 23 single half chromosomes.

Meanings of Spermatocyte:

noun

A cell produced at the second stage in the formation of spermatozoa, formed from a spermatogonium and dividing by meiosis into spermatids.

Usage examples:

Lying between, and nurtured by, the sertoli cells, the primary spermatocytes undergo two meiotic di…

Meanings of Spermatogenesis:

noun

The production or development of mature spermatozoa.

Usage examples:

Reproductive maturity is achieved with the establishment of regular menstruation and ovulation in f…

Meanings of Spermatogonia:

noun

A cell produced at an early stage in the formation of spermatozoa, formed in the wall of a seminiferous tubule and giving rise by mitosis to spermatocytes.

Usage examples:

In severely degenerated tubules, only spermatogonia and sertoli cells were observed, and pachytene …

Meanings of Spermatogonium:

noun

A cell produced at an early stage in the formation of spermatozoa, formed in the wall of a seminiferous tubule and giving rise by mitosis to spermatocytes.

Usage examples:

In severely degenerated tubules, only spermatogonia and sertoli cells were observed, and pachytene …

Meanings of Spermatophore:

noun

A protein capsule containing a mass of spermatozoa, transferred during mating in various insects, arthropods, cephalopod molluscs, etc.

Usage examples:

A male produces spermatophores that it transfers to the female's genital pore by means of a special…

Meanings of Spermatophyte:

noun

A plant of a large division that comprises those that bear seeds, including the gymnosperms and angiosperms.

Usage examples:

In the spermatophytes, the situation is reversed, and the gametophyte is the smaller and dependent …

Meanings of Spermatozoid:

noun

A motile male gamete produced by a lower plant or a gymnosperm.

Usage examples:

When mature, the operculum cells dissociate and release blocks of spermatozoids individually enclos…

Meanings of Spermatozoon:

noun

The mature motile male sex cell of an animal, by which the ovum is fertilized, typically having a compact head and one or more long flagella for swimming.

Usage examples:

Mutated dna can only be passed to the next generation if it is present in a germ cell such as sperm…

Meanings of Spermicidal:

adjective

Containing a substance that kills spermatozoa.

Usage examples:

Spermicidal cream

Meanings of Spermicide:

noun

A substance that kills spermatozoa, used as a contraceptive.

Usage examples:

The diaphragm had to be smeared with spermicide

Meanings of Spermidin:

noun

A colourless compound with a similar distribution and effect to spermine.

Usage examples:

The present study indicates that dna resolubilization at high concentrations of spermine and spermi…

Meanings of Spermidine:

noun

A colourless compound with a similar distribution and effect to spermine.

Usage examples:

The present study indicates that dna resolubilization at high concentrations of spermine and spermi…

Meanings of Spermine:

noun

A deliquescent compound which acts to stabilize various components of living cells and is widely distributed in living and decaying tissues.

Usage examples:

The binding model displayed in fig.8 a has been observed from crystallographic studies on b-dna dod…

Meanings of Sperms:

noun

Semen.

Usage examples:

If there is a problem with the male partner sperm, then sperm from an anonymous donor may be used.

Meanings of Spessartine:

noun

A form of garnet containing manganese and aluminium, occurring as orange-red to dark brown crystals.

Usage examples:

Another garnet, a mixture of pyrope and spessartine, is called malaya garnet in the gem trade.

Meanings of Spew:

verb

Expel large quantities of (something) rapidly and forcibly.

Usage examples:

Buses were spewing out black clouds of exhaust

noun

Vomit.

Usage examples:

I am convinced of my son's comic timing as he always manages to hit me with this surprise spew only…

Meanings of Spewed:

verb

Expel large quantities of (something) rapidly and forcibly.

Usage examples:

Buses were spewing out black clouds of exhaust

noun

Vomit.

Usage examples:

I am convinced of my son's comic timing as he always manages to hit me with this surprise spew only…

Meanings of Spewing:

verb

Expel large quantities of (something) rapidly and forcibly.

Usage examples:

Buses were spewing out black clouds of exhaust

noun

Vomit.

Usage examples:

I am convinced of my son's comic timing as he always manages to hit me with this surprise spew only…

Meanings of Sphagnums:

noun

A plant of a genus that comprises the peat mosses.

Usage examples:

Rotted cow manure, compost, shredded sphagnum, granulated peat moss, sawdust and ground corncobs ar…