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- English Word Spicule Definition Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in most Alcyonaria.
- English Word Spiculiform Definition Having the shape of a spicule.
- English Word Spiculigenous Definition Producing or containing spicules.
- English Word Spiculispongiae Definition A division of sponges including those which have independent siliceous spicules.
- English Word Spiculum Definition Same as Spicule.
- English Word Spicy Definition Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.
- English Word Spicy Definition Producing, or abounding with, spices.
- English Word Spicy Definition Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.
- English Word Spider Definition Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.
- English Word Spider Definition Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).
- English Word Spider Definition An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth.
- English Word Spider Definition A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.
- English Word Spider Definition A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.
- English Word Spider web Definition Alt. of Spider's web
- English Word Spider's web Definition The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.
- English Word Spidered Definition Infested by spiders; cobwebbed.
- English Word Spiderlike Definition Like a spider.
- English Word Spiderwort Definition An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.
- English Word Spied Definition imp. & p. p. of Spy.
- English Word Spied Definition of Spy