Spew, n. That which is vomited; vomit.
Spew"er (?), n. One who spews.
Spew"i*ness (?), n. The state of being spewy.
Spew"y (?), a. Wet; soggy; inclined to spew.
Sphac"el (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;: cf. F. sphacèle.] (Med.) Gangrene.
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, or become gangrenous, as flesh or
bone; to mortify.
Sphac"e*late, v. t. (Med.) To affect with gangrene.
{ Sphac"e*late (?), Sphac"e*la`ted (?), } a. (Med.) Affected with
gangrene; mortified.
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Sphac`e*la"tion (?), n. (Med.) The process of becoming or making
gangrenous; mortification.
||Sphac"e*lus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;.] (Med.) Gangrenous
||part; gangrene; slough.
||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.
||Sphæ*rid"i*um (?), n.; pl. Sphæridia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; a
||sphere.] (Zoöl.) A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of
||most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head
||surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an
||olfactory organ.
Sphæ"ro*spore (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; sphere + E. spore.] (Bot.) One
of the nonsexual spores found in red algæ; a tetraspore.
Sphær"u*lite (?), n. (Min.) Same as Spherulite.
Sphag*nic"o*lous (?), a. [Sphagnum + L. colere to inhabit.] (Bot.)
Growing in moss of the genus Sphagnum.
Sphag"nous (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or
bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.
||Sphag"num (?), n. [NL., fr/ Gr. &?;&?;&?; a kind of moss.] (Bot.) A
||genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green
||and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
Sphal"er*ite (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; slippery, uncertain. See Blende.]
(Min.) Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena,
etc. See Blende (a).
Sphene (?), n. [F. sphène, fr. Gr. sfh`n 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 and calcium; titanite.
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.
Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds the
anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone.
Sphe*neth"moid, n. (Anat.) The sphenethmoid bone.
Sphe`neth*moid"al (?), a. (Anat.) Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone;
sphenoethmoid.
Sphe*nis"can (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of penguin.
Sphe"no- (?). A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection
with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary,
sphenopalatine.
Sphe"no*don (?), n. [Gr. sfh`n a wedge + &?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, a
tooth.] (Zoöl.) Same as Hatteria.
Sphe"no*eth*moid`al (?), a. (Anat.) Sphenethmoid.
Sphe"no*gram (?), n. [Gr. sfh`n a wedge + -gram.] A cuneiform, or
arrow- headed, character.
Sphe*nog"ra*pher, n. One skilled in sphenography; a sphenographist.
Sphe`no*graph"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to sphenography.
Sphe*nog"ra*phist (?), n. A sphenographer.
Sphe*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. sfh`n a wedge + -graphy.] The art of
writing in cuneiform characters, or of deciphering inscriptions made in
such characters.
Sphe"noid (?), a. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;; sfh`n a wedge + e'i^dos form: cf. F.
sphénoïde.] 1. Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.