| spayade | <zoology> A spay. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| SPCA | <abbreviation> Serum prothrombin conversion accelerator. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spear | To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire. 1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance. See: Illust. Of Spearhead] "A sharp ground spear." "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks." (Micah iv. 3) 2. A spearman. 3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. 4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire. 5. The feather of a horse. See Feather. 6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. Spear foot, the off hind foot of a horse. Spear grass. The common thistle (Cnicus lanceolatus). Origin: OE. Spere, AS. Spere; akin to D. & G. Speer, OS. & OHS. Sper, Icel. Spjor, pl, Dan. Spaer, L. Sparus. To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish. Origin: Speared; Spearing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spearer | One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spearfish | <zoology> A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean. The carp sucker. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spearmint | <botany> A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha. Origin: So named from its spiry, not capitate, inflorescence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spearmint oil | The volatile oil, distilled with steam from the fresh overground parts of the flowering plant of Mentha viridis or M. Cardiaca, a flavoring agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spearwood | <botany> An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spearwort | <botany> A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves. Origin: AS. Sperewyrt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| specht | <zoology> A woodpecker. See: Speight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| special anatomy | The anatomy of certain definite organs or groups of organs involved in the performance of special functions; descriptive anatomy dealing with the separate systems. (05 Mar 2000) |
| special aquatic site | Those sites identified in 40 CRF 230, Subpart E (i.e., sanctuaries and refuges, wetlands, mud flats, vegetated shallows, coral reefs, and riffle and pool complexes). They are geographic areas, large or small, possessing special ecological characteristics of productivity, habitat, wildlife protection, or other important and easily disrupted ecological values. These areas are generally recognised as significantly influencing or positively contributing to the general overall environmental health or vitality of the entire ecosystem of a region. Source: Environmental Protection Agency, 40 CFR |
| special hospital | A hospital for the medical and surgical care of patients with specific types of diseases, as of the ear, nose, and throat, eyes, or mental illness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| special nurse | A nurse, who might be a registered nurse or a practical nurse, assigned to limited, specialised functions; usually synonymous with private duty nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| special sensation | A sensation referred to a stimulus produced by an external body and acting on any of the sense organs. Subjective sensation, a sensation not readily referrable to a denotably verifiable stimulus. (05 Mar 2000) |