Word Meanings - OUTTRAVEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To exceed in speed o Mad. D' Arblay.
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- SPECTACLE
An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Something exhibited to view; usually, - EXCEEDING
More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. "The exceeding riches of his grace." Eph. ii. 7. -- Ex*ceed"ing*ness, n. Sir P. Sidney. - SPERMATOCYTE
See SPERMOBLAST - SPECIFICNESS
The quality or state of being specific. - SPERMATIC
Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying - EXCEPT
1. To take or leave out from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton. Wherein all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. To object to; to protest against. Shak. - SPERMATICAL
Spermatic. - SPECTROGRAPH
An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum. A photograph or picture of a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*graph"ic , a. --Spec`tro*graph"ic*al*ly , adv. --Spec*trog"ra*phy , n. - SPECK
The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel. - SPECE
Species; kind. Chaucer. - SPECTATORSHIP
1. The office or quality of a spectator. Addison. 2. The act of beholding. Shak. - SPEECHLESS
1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. -- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n. - SPENDTHRIFT
One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis. - SPEED COUNTER
A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simply counter. - SPENCE
despendre to spend, distribute, L. dispendere, dispensum. See 1. A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. Chiefly Brit. dial. In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately - SPERMATOZOOID
A spermatozoid. - SPERGE
A charge of wash for the still. Knight. - SPERMOPHYTE
Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace phænogam. - SPENDER
One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift. - SPEEDINESS
The quality or state of being speedy. - ASPER
Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. "An asper sound." Bacon. - ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
Producing one seed only in a seed pod. - OOSPERM; OOESPERM
The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour. - DISPENSE
1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. 2. - MISPENSE
See HALL - INDISPENSABLENESS
The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke. - SUSPENSORY
Of or pertaining to a suspensorium. (more info) 1. Suspended; hanging; depending. 2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. Ray. - DISPERSION
The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. Dispersion of the optic axes , the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values - JASPERATED
mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated agate. - DISRESPECTABILITY
Want of respectability. Thackeray. - CIRCUMSPECTNESS
Vigilance un guarding against evil from every quarter; caution. forces circumspectness on those abroad, who at home are nursed in security. Sir H. Wotton. - TRACHYSPERMOUS
Rough-seeded. Gray.