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Word Meanings - SPERMATOPHOROUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.

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  • SPERMATOCYTE
    See SPERMOBLAST
  • CALLOSUM
    The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
  • CALLOW
    1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
  • 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
  • CALLE
    A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
  • SPERMATICAL
    Spermatic.
  • PRODUCIBILITY
    The quality or state of being producible. Barrow.
  • SPERMATOZOOID
    A spermatozoid.
  • SPERMOPHYTE
    Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace phænogam.
  • SPERMISM
    The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoön contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism.
  • PRODUCEMENT
    Production.
  • SPERMATOGENETIC
    Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.
  • CALL
    callen, AS. ceallin; akin to Icel & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen 1. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain Shak. 2. To summon to the discharge of a particular
  • SPERMATOPHOROUS
    Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.
  • SPERMIC
    Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.
  • SPERMATOPHORE
    See SPERMOSPORE
  • SPERM WHALE
    A very large toothed whale , having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the
  • SPERMIDIUM
    An achenium.
  • SPERMATO-; SPERMO-
    Combining forms from Gr. seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.
  • CALLIOPE
    The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses. (more info) beautiful) +
  • ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
    Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
  • GYMNASTICALLY
    In a gymnastic manner.
  • HYPERCRITICALLY
    In a hypercritical manner.
  • UNEMPIRICALLY
    Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
  • SCALLION
    A kind of small onion , native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc.
  • OOSPERM; OOESPERM
    The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour.
  • UNIVOCALLY
    In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally. How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin Bp. Hall.
  • PARABOLICALLY
    1. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner. 2. In the form of a parabola.
  • STEREOGRAPHICALLY
    In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
  • HEMEROCALLIS
    A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.
  • TRACHYSPERMOUS
    Rough-seeded. Gray.
  • ACRONYCALLY
    In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vise versâ.
  • DIAMETRICALLY
    In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite. Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. Macaulay.

 

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