| spineback | <zoology> A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| spinebill | <ornithology> Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spinelle | <chemical> A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colours, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium. The spinel group includes spinel proper, also magnetite, chromite, franklinite, gahnite, etc, all of which may be regarded as composed of a sesquioxide and a protoxide in equal proportions. Origin: F. Spinelle, or LL. Spinellus, perhaps from L. Spina a thorn, a prickle, in allusion to its pointed crystals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Spinelli operation | An operation splitting the anterior wall of the prolapsed uterus and reversing the organ preliminary to reduction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Spinelli, Pier | <person> Italian gynecologist, 1862-1929. See: Spinelli operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spinescent | Ending in a spine, modified to form a spine. (09 Oct 1997) |
| spinetail | <zoology> Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines. Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds. The ruddy duck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spinifugal | An obsolete term for conducting in a direction away from the spinal cord; denoting the efferent fibres of the spinal nerves. Origin: spine + L. Fugio, to flee (05 Mar 2000) |
| spinii-spirulate | <zoology> Having spines arranged spirally. See Spicule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spinipetal | An obsolete term for conducting in a direction toward the spinal cord; denoting the afferent fibres of the spinal nerves. Origin: spine + L. Peto, to seek (05 Mar 2000) |
| spink | <zoology> The chaffinch. Origin: Cf. Dial. Sw. Spink a kind of small bird, Gr, and E. Finch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spinnbarkeit | The stringy, elastic character of cervical mucus during the ovulatory period; in contrast to other times in the menstrual cycle, cervical secretions at midcycle are clear, abundant, and of low viscosity. Origin: Ger. Spinnbarkeit, visxosity, ability to form a thread (05 Mar 2000) |
| spinner | 1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine. 2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." 3. <zoology> A goatsucker; so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air. 4. <zoology> A spinneret. Ring spinner, a machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spinneret | <zoology> One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spinnerule | <zoology> One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spinal tap |
Spinal Tap is a semi-fictitious heavy metal rock band that first appeared in the 1984 Rob Reiner film This Is Spinal Tap. The band is portrayed as being British, although several of the band members are played by Americans. The film was a make-believe documentary (a mockumentary or "rockumentary") that satirized the wild personal behaviour and musical pretensions of bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Who, the latter-day Beatles, Judas Priest, and Queen among many others. ...
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Vertebrae (singular: vertebra) are the individual bones that make up the vertebral column (aka spine), is a flexuous and flexible column.There are thirty-three (33) vertebrae in humans, including the five that are fused to form the sacrum and the four coccygeal bones.The upper three regions comprise the remaining 24, and are grouped under the names cervical (7 vertebrae), thoracic (12 vertebrae) and lumbar (5 vertebrae), according to the regions they occupy. ...
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Spiders are invertebrate animals that produce silk, have eight legs and no wings. More precisely, a spider is any member of the arachnid order Araneae, an order divided into three sub-orders in newer systems: the Mygalomorphae (the primitive spiders), the Araneomorphae (the modern spiders) and the Mesothelae, which contains the Family Liphistiidae, rarely seen burrowing spiders from Asia. ...
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| spitting cobra |
The spitting cobra refers to a group of cobras that spit venom when defending themself against predators. The venom of the spitting cobras though not generally fatal, often causes blindness and/or facial/body scars. Despite the name these snakes don't spit. They rather spray the venom, using air expelled from the lungs to pump the toxin from their fangs (much like a squirt gun). When cornered, it can "spit" up to 2 meters. ...
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| spirit |
In religion and spirituality, the term spirit has two core meanings: # The nature and essential substance of human souls, through which each is connected to all others, and by the experience of such connection is a primary basis for spiritual belief. In theological terms, a "spirit" (singular lowercase) is the deepest part of the soul of man, and the transmitting organ by which human beings can contact God. ...
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| SPI | beet lacking swollen root |
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| SPI | a disease of spinach plants |
| SPI | Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage |
| SPI | southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves |
| SPI | spinach |
| SPI | southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves |
| SPI | anesthesia of the lower half of the body |
| SPI | of or relating to the spine or spinal cord |
| SPI | arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the accessory nerve trunk |
| SPI | anesthesia of the lower half of the body |
| SPI | an anesthetic that is injected into the spine |
| SPI | anesthesia of the lower half of the body |