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Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words

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n. zinc<br />

speluncar<br />

a., speluncean a. pertaining to or like a cave.<br />

spermaceti<br />

n. wax-like substance used in candles, ointments, etc., obtained from oil <strong>of</strong><br />

sperm-whale, etc.<br />

spermatic<br />

a. pertaining to or like sperm. spermatise,, v.t. impregnate with sperm.<br />

spermatism, n. emission <strong>of</strong> sperm. spermatoblast, n. sperm-producing cell.<br />

spermatocyte, n. cell producing spermatozoa. spermatogenesis, n. formation <strong>of</strong><br />

spermatozoa. spermatoid, a. like sperm. spermatorrhoea, n. involuntary and<br />

frequent spermatism. spermatozoon, n. ( pl. -oa) male sexual cell, which<br />

fertilises egg.<br />

spermology<br />

n. bot. study <strong>of</strong> seeds. spermological, a. spermologist, n.<br />

spermophile<br />

n. gopher.<br />

sphacel<br />

n. gangrene. sphacelate, v.i. & t. affect with gangrene; mortify; a. gangrenous.<br />

sphacelation, sphacelism, n. sphacelous, a. sphacelus, n. gangrene; necrosis.

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