Word Meanings - SPERMIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.
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- SPERMATOCYTE
See SPERMOBLAST - 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 - SPERMATICAL
Spermatic. - 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. - SPERMATOGENETIC
Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function. - SPERMATOPHOROUS
Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells. - SPERMATOPHORE
See SPERMOSPORE - SPERMIC
Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen. - 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. - SPERMOCOCCUS
The nucleus of the sperm cell. - SPERMATORRHEA; SPERMATORRHOEA
Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation. - SPERMIST
A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male , in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being the true animal head and the tail the body. - SPERMATOGENESIS
The development of the spermatozoids. - SPERM
Spermaceti. Sperm oil, a fatty oil found as a liquid, with spermaceti, in the head cavities of the sperm whale. -- Sperm whale. See in the Vocabulary. - SPERMULE
A sperm cell. Haeckel. - SPERMATOGONIUM
A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass of small cells , which in turn give rise to spermatozoids. - ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
Producing one seed only in a seed pod. - DISPOSEMENT
Disposal. Goodwin. - OOSPERM; OOESPERM
The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour. - EXCUSEMENT
Excuse. Gower. - EMBOYSSEMENT
An ambush. Chaucer. - CASEMENTED
Having a casement or casements. - TRACHYSPERMOUS
Rough-seeded. Gray. - RENVERSEMENT
A reversing. - REIMBURSEMENT
The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton. - INCASEMENT
1. The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased. 2. That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure. - PENTASPERMOUS
Containing five seeds. - DISBURSEMENT
1. The act of disbursing or paying out. The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes. 2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income. - ASPERMOUS
Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.