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Reference > American Heritage® > Dictionary > Entry Index > Page 255   PREVIOUS NEXT   CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.   2000.   Entry Index   spectrohelioscope to spirea   spectrohelioscope spectrometer spectrophotometer spectroscope spectroscopic analysis spectroscopic binary spectroscopy spectrum specula specular speculate speculation speculative speculator speculum sped speech speech act speech community speechify speechless speechmaker speech pathology speech therapy speechwriter speed speedball speedboat speedboating speed brake speed bump speed chess speeder speeding speed limit speed metal speedometer speed-read speed-reading speed shop speed skate speed skating speedster speed trap speedup speedway Speedway speedwell speedwriting speedy Speer, Albert speiss Speke, John Hanning speleology spell1 spell2 spell3 spellbind spellbinder spellbound spell checker spelldown speller spelling spelling bee spelling pronunciation spelt1 spelt2 spelter spelunker Spemann, Hans spencer1 spencer2 Spencer, Herbert Spencer Gulf Spencerian1 Spencerian2 Spencerism spend Spender, Stephen Harold spending money spendthrift Spengler, Oswald Spenser, Edmund Spenserian sonnet Spenserian stanza spent sperm1 sperm2 sperm– –sperm sperma– spermaceti spermagonium spermary spermat– spermatangium spermatheca spermatic spermatic cord spermatid spermatium spermato– spermatocide spermatocyte spermatogenesis spermatogonium spermatophore spermatophyte spermatorrhea spermatozoid spermatozoon spermi– spermicide spermidine spermine spermiogenesis spermo– spermogonium sperm oil spermophile sperm washing sperm whale Sperry, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Roger Wolcott sperrylite spessartite spew Speyer SPF sp gr sphagnum sphalerite sphen– sphene sphenic spheno– sphenodon sphenogram sphenoid sphenoid bone spher– spheral sphere sphere of influence spherical spherical aberration spherical angle spherical coordinate spherical excess spherical geometry spherical polygon spherical triangle spherical trigonometry spherics1 spherics2 sphero– spheroid spherometer spheroplast spherule spherulite sphery sphincter sphinges sphingid sphingosine sphinx sphinx moth sphragistics sp ht sphygmic sphygmo– sphygmogram sphygmograph sphygmoid sphygmomanometer spic spica Spica spic-and-span spicate spiccato spice spiceberry spicebush spicebush swallowtail Spice Islands spicery spick spick-and-span spiculation spicule spiculum spicy spider spider crab spider flower spider lily spider mite spider monkey spider plant spiderwort spidery spied spiegeleisen spiel Spielberg, Steven spies spiff spiffy spigot spike1 spike2 spike heel spike lavender spikelet spikenard spiky spile spill1 spill2 spillage Spillane, Mickey spillikin spillover spillway spilt spilth spin spina bifida spinach spinal spinal anesthesia spinal canal spinal column spinal cord spinal ganglion spinal meningitis spinal nerve spin angular momentum spin casting spindle spindle cell spindle fiber spindle tree spindling spindly spin doctor spindrift spine spine-chilling spinel spineless spinelle spinescent spinet spin fishing Spingarn, Joel Elias spinifex spinmeister spinnaker spinner spinneret spinney spinning spinning frame spinning jenny spinning mule spinning wheel spinocerebellar spinoff spinose spinous spinous process spinout Spinoza, Baruch Spinozism spinster spinthariscope spin-the-bottle spinto spinule spinulose spin wave spiny spiny anteater spiny-finned spiny-headed worm spiny lobster spiny-rayed spiracle spiraea spiral spiral binding spiral galaxy spirant spire1 spire2 spirea   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 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