Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Spelsbury A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3421). spelt A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon. spelter zinc, often in blocks or ingot form. speltering A process which directly combines copper and metallic zinc to form an alloy. spelterman A person involved in the manufacture of spelter (type of metal). Spelthorne A local government district with borough status of Surrey, England, comprising the part of Surrey north of the River Thames that was in Middlesex until 1965. It includes the towns of Ashford, Shepperton, Staines and Sunbury-on-Thames. speltmeal A coarse flour made of spelt. Speltz A surname from German. speluncaphobia A morbid fear of caves or caverns. speluncar Underground, as if in a cave. speluncean Of or relating to spelunking, the exploration of underground caverns. spelunk A cave, cavern or grotto. spelunker One who explores caves; one who spelunks. spelunking The practice or hobby of exploring underground caverns. spenard A surname from French spence A buttery or pantry. Spencean Of or relating to Thomas Spence (1750–1814), English radical and advocate of the common ownership of land and a democratic equality of the sexes. spencer A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries. Spencerian Of or relating to Platt Rogers Spencer, US business school activist, or the style of handwriting he developed. Spencerianism The Spencerian system of social Darwinism. Spencerism A hypothesis of social Darwinism, propounded by Herbert Spencer (1820–1903). spencerite A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc. Spencerport A village in the town of Ogden, Monroe County, New York, United States. spend To pay out (money). spendability The quality of being spendable. spendable Capable of being spent. spendaholic A person who is addicted to spending money. spendathon A period of intense spending spender A person who spends money. Spenderfic Fan fiction about the character Jeffrey Spender from The X-Files. Spenderian Of or relating to Stephen Spender (1909–1995), English poet, novelist and essayist focusing on themes of social injustice and the class struggle. spendful Inclined to spend money. spendicitis Excessive spending viewed as a medical disorder. spending An amount that has been, or is planned to be spent. spendless That cannot be spent or used up; inexhaustible. Spendlove A surname. spendocracy A government supporting excessive spending. spendocrat A politician or bureaucrat supporting excessive spending. spendthrift Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. spendthriftily in a spendthrift manner spendthriftiness The quality of being spendthrifty. spendthriftism The condition of being a spendthrift; profligacy. spendthriftness The condition of being a spendthrift; profligacy. spendthrifty spendthrift; prodigal spendworthy Worth the expenditure or expense; worth buying. spendy Expensive, costly. Spenerian Of or relating to Philipp Spener (1635–1705), German Lutheran theologian who essentially founded what would come to be known as pietism. Spenerism The religious doctrines of Philipp Spener (1635–1705), German Lutheran theologian. Spengler A surname from German. Spenglerian Of or relating to Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), German historian and philosopher of history, who postulated that human cultures and civilizations are akin to biological entities, with limited and predictable lifespans. Spennithorne A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1389). spenno Expensive. spenny Expensive. Spennymoor A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2533). Spenser A surname originating as an occupation, variant of Spencer, a rare spelling variant of Spencer. Spenserian Of or pertaining to Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599), English poet, or his works. Spenseriana Objects, materials, or documents relating to the poet Edmund Spenser. Spenserianism writing in a Spenserian style Spenserism A word or phrase due to Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599), English poet. Spensonian Relating to or characteristic of Thomas Spence or his fictional Utopian country Spensonia. spent Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted. Speonk A hamlet in Southampton, Suffolk County, New York. speos A tomb or temple carved from the solid rock Sper A surname. Spera A surname. sperable hopeful or hoped for speract A decapeptide from the outer jelly of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus sea urchin egg that binds with sperm. speradine Any of a group of polycyclic oxindole alkaloids present in some fungi Sperandio A surname from Italian. Speranza A surname from Italian. sperate hoped for Sperduto A surname from Italian. spere The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house. sperg A person with Asperger's syndrome; an Aspergerian. sperge A charge of wash for the still. sperglord A person who displays awkward, pedantic, or obsessive behavior that is (sometimes stereotypically) associated with Asperger's syndrome. spergula Any of the plants of the genus Spergula. spergulin A fluorescent substance found in the seeds of Spergula. spergy Showing an awkward, pedantic, or obsessive nature stereotypically associated with Asperger's syndrome. Sperl A surname. Sperlich A surname from German. sperling A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus). sperm The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon. spermaceti A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics, etc; humans separate it out from sperm oil. spermadhesin Any of a family of proteins associated with the surface of sperm cells of some mammals spermaduct Synonym of vas deferens. spermageddon The (disputed) phenomenon of human sperm count decreasing over time, potentially leading to human extinction. spermagglutinate To undergo spermagglutination spermagglutinating Causing spermagglutination spermagglutination agglutination of sperm spermaholic One who is addicted to consuming sperm. spermalege A special-purpose organ found in bedbugs that appears to have evolved to mitigate the effects of traumatic insemination. It has two embryologically distinct parts: the ectospermalege and mesospermalege. spermaphore the placenta (part of the ovary from ovules form) spermaphytic Synonym of spermatophytic. spermarche The beginning of production of sperm in the testicles at puberty. spermarium Synonym of spermary. spermary An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle. spermatangial Relating to spermatangia spermatangium Synonym of gametangium. spermatheca A small sac within the reproductive tract of some female invertebrates, such as insects, which stores sperm until it is used to fertilize the ova. spermathecal Of or pertaining to a spermatheca. spermatial Of or relating to the spermatium. spermatic Of, pertaining to, or resembling sperm. spermatical spermatic spermatically In a spermatic manner. spermatid A haploid cell, produced by meiosis of a spermatocyte, that develops into a spermatozoon spermatidogenesis The creation of spermatids from secondary spermatocytes during spermatogenesis. spermatiferous Bearing the spermatium. spermatin A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous character. spermatism Spermism. spermatist Synonym of spermist. spermatium One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi. spermatization The process, or the result of spermatizing spermatize To produce or emit sperm. spermatoblast A spermatocyte. spermatoblastic of or relating to a spermatoblast spermatocele A retention cyst of a tubule of the rete testis or the head of the epididymis distended with barely watery fluid that contains spermatozoa. spermatocidal Synonym of spermicidal. spermatocide spermicide spermatocrit An indicator of spermatozoa density based on the proportion of solid packed material in semen after centrifugation. spermatocyst Synonym of spermatocele. spermatocystic Relating to spermatocysts. spermatocystitis inflammation of the seminal vesicles spermatocytal Relating to spermatocytes. spermatocyte A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops. spermatocytic Relating to, or having the form of spermatocytes spermatocytogenesis The production of spermatocytes spermatodactyl A modified chelicera used to transfer sperm from the male to the female spermatogemma spermosphere spermatogenesis The process of sperm production in the testes. spermatogenetic Of or pertaining to spermatogenesis. spermatogenic of or relating to spermatogenesis spermatogenically With reference to spermatogenesis spermatogenous Producing sperm. spermatogeny The generation of spermatozoa. spermatogonangium The structure that carries the spermatogonia spermatogonial Of or pertaining to the spermatogonia. spermatogonially By means of a spermatogonium spermatogonic Relating to spermatogonia spermatogonium Any of the undifferentiated cells in the male gonads that become spermatocytes; a spermatoblast spermatoid Resembling sperm or semen. spermatokinetic Tending to produce the male element. spermatological Relating to spermatology. spermatologist One who studies spermatology. spermatology The scientific study of sperm. spermatoon A spermatid. spermatophagous Relating to spermatophagy spermatophagy Phagocytosis of sperm cells. spermatophobia A form of hypochondriasis in which the patient erroneously believes himself to be suffering from spermatorrhea. spermatophoral Relating to spermatophores