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- English Word Sphincter Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a sphincter muscle.
- English Word Sphingid Definition A sphinx.
- English Word Sphingid Definition Of or pertaining to a sphinx, or the family Sphingidae.
- English Word Sphinx Definition In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
- English Word Sphinx Definition On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.
- English Word Sphinx Definition Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
- English Word Sphinx Definition Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.
- English Word Sphinx Definition The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
- English Word Sphragide Definition Lemnian earth.
- English Word Sphragistics Definition The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.
- English Word Sphrigosis Definition A condition of vegetation in which there is too abundant growth of the stem and leaves, accompanied by deficiency of flowers and fruit.
- English Word Sphygmic Definition Of or pertaining to the pulse.
- English Word Sphygmogram Definition A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a series of curves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by the application of the sphygmograph.
- English Word Sphygmograph Definition An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram.
- English Word Sphygmographic Definition Relating to, or produced by, a sphygmograph; as, a sphygmographic tracing.
- English Word Sphygmometer Definition An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; a sphygmograph.
- English Word Sphygmophone Definition An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.
- English Word Sphygmoscope Definition Same as Sphygmograph.
- English Word Sphyraenoid Definition Of or pertaining to the Sphyraenidae, a family of marine fishes including the barracudas.
- English Word Spial Definition A spy; a scout.