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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

speech production
noun the utterance of intelligible speech

speech spectrum
noun the average sound spectrum for the human voice

speech therapist
noun a therapist who treats speech defects and disorders

speech therapy
noun any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech

speech-endowed
adjective capable of speech; `the speaking animal`

speechless
adjective unable to speak temporarily; `struck dumb`; `speechless with shock`

speechlessly
adverb without speaking; `he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door`

speechlessness
noun the property of being speechless

speechwriter
noun a writer who composes speeches for others to deliver

speed
swiftness noun a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; `the project advanced with gratifying speed`

speed bump
noun a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway

speed freak
noun addict who habitually uses stimulant drugs (especially amphetamines)

speed limit
noun regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road

speed of light
light speed noun the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second

speed skate
racing skate noun an ice skate with a long blade; worn for racing

speed skating
noun competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course)

speed trap
noun a trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders

speed-reading
noun reading at speeds significantly faster than normal

speedboat
noun a fast motorboat

speeder
speed demon noun a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit

speeding
adjective moving with great speed; `the speeding car`

speeding ticket
noun a ticket issued for driving above the speed limit

speedometer
speed indicator noun a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed

speedskater
speed skater noun an ice-skater who races competitively; usually around an oval course

speedway
noun a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles

speedy
adjective characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; `a rapid movement`; `a speedy car`; `a speedy errand boy`

Speer
Albert Speer noun German Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981)

Speke
John Speke noun English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864)

speleology
spelaeology noun the pastime of exploring caves

spell
magic spell noun a verbal formula believed to have magical force; `he whispered a spell as he moved his hands`; `inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese`

spell
verb indicate or signify; `I`m afraid this spells trouble!`

spell-checker
spelling checker noun an electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled words

spellbinder
noun an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound

speller
noun an introductory textbook to teach spelling

spelling
noun forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

spelling bee
spelldown noun a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly

spelt
Triticum spelta noun hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed

spelter
noun impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots)

Spencer
Herbert Spencer noun English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)

Spender
Stephen Spender noun English poet and critic (1909-1995)

spender
expender noun someone who spends money to purchase goods or services

spending
disbursement noun the act of spending or disbursing money

spending cut
noun the act of reducing spending

spending spree
noun a brief period of extravagant spending

spendthrift
spend-all noun someone who spends money prodigally

spendthrift trust
noun a trust created to maintain a beneficiary but to be secure against the beneficiary`s improvidence

Spengler
Oswald Spengler noun German philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936)

Spenser
Edmund Spenser noun English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)

Spenserian sonnet
noun a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee

Spenserian stanza
noun a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c; `the Spenserian stanza was introduced by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene`

Spergula
genus Spergula noun small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry

Spergularia
genus Spergularia noun chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry

sperm
sperm cell noun the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; `a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material`

sperm bank
noun a depository for storing sperm

sperm count
noun the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate

sperm oil
noun an animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale

sperm whale
cachalot noun large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris

sperm-filled
adjective filled with sperm

spermaceti
noun a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale

spermatic cord
noun a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves

spermatid
noun an immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte; develops into a spermatozoon

spermatocele
noun a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa

spermatocyte
noun a male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids

spermatogenesis
noun development of spermatozoa

Spermatophyta
division Spermatophyta noun seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots)

spermatophyte
phanerogam noun plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores

spermicidal
adjective destructive to spermatozoa

spermicide
spermatocide noun a contraceptive agent that kills spermatozoa

spermous
spermatic adjective consisting of or resembling spermatozoa

Sperry
Elmer Ambrose Sperry noun United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930)

Sphacelotheca
genus Sphacelotheca noun genus of smut fungus

Sphaeralcea
genus Sphaeralcea noun large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows

Sphaeriaceae
family Sphaeriaceae noun parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia

Sphaeriales
order Sphaeriales noun large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders

Sphaerobolaceae
family Sphaerobolaceae noun monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity

Sphaerocarpaceae
family Sphaerocarpaceae noun liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales

Sphaerocarpales
order Sphaerocarpales noun small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales

Sphaerocarpus
genus Sphaerocarpus noun type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus

Sphagnales
order Sphagnales noun coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass

sphagnum
sphagnum moss noun any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

Sphecidae
family Sphecidae noun mud daubers; some digger wasps

Sphecius
genus Sphecius noun large solitary wasps: cicada killer

sphecoid wasp
sphecoid noun any of various solitary wasps

Sphecoidea
superfamily Sphecoidea noun families Sphecidae and Stizidae

Sphecotheres
genus Sphecotheres noun a genus of Old World orioles

sphenion
noun the anterior tip of the parietal bone

Spheniscidae
family Spheniscidae noun comprising all existing penguins

sphenisciform seabird
noun flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins

Sphenisciformes
order Sphenisciformes noun penguins

Spheniscus
genus Spheniscus noun type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins

Sphenodon
genus Sphenodon noun coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras

sphenoid bone
sphenoid noun butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull

sphenoid fontanelle
sphenoid fontanel noun the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified

Sphenopsida
class Sphenopsida noun horsetails and related forms

sphere
sphere of influence noun the geographical area in which one nation is very influential

spherical
adjective of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere; `spherical geometry`

spherical aberration
noun a optical aberration resulting in a distorted image

spherical angle
noun an angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles

spherical geometry
noun the geometry of figures on the surface of a sphere

spherical polygon
noun a figure on the surface of a sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circles