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Spell-Checkernounan electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled wordsverified
Spellingnounforming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usageverified
Spelling BeenounMWEa contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctlyverified
Spelling CheckernounMWEan electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled wordsverified
Spelling ContestnounMWEa contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctlyverified
Spelternounimpure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots)verified
Spendthrift TrustnounMWEa trust created to maintain a beneficiary but to be secure against the beneficiary's improvidenceverified
Spermatic CordnounMWEa structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nervesverified
Sphacelusnounthe localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)verified
Sphagnumnounany of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peatverified
Sphagnum MossnounMWEany of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peatverified
Sphenoid FontanelnounMWEthe 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 meetverified
Sphenoid FontanellenounMWEthe 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 meetverified
Sphenoidal FontanelnounMWEthe 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 meetverified
Sphenoidal FontanellenounMWEthe 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 meetverified
Spherenouna three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the centerverified
Spherical PolygonnounMWEa figure on the surface of a sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circlesverified
Spheroid JointnounMWEa freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other boneverified
Sphingidnounany of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feedverified
Sphinxnounone of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptiansverified
Sphinx MothnounMWEany of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feedverified
Spice BushnounMWEdeciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berriesverified
Spice TreenounMWEPacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruitverified
Spiculenounsmall pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and coralsverified
Spiculumnounsmall pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and coralsverified
Spidernounpredatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the bodyverified
Spider AngiomanounMWEa dilation of superficial capillaries with a central red dot from which blood vessels radiateverified