Spermaceti

sper-ma-se'ti, n. a waxy matter from the head of the sperm-wh.de (L ht the sperm of the whale —sperm a [see Sperm), and cet us, a whale—Gr. ketosi] Spermatic, sper-mat'ik, SpermatJcai, sper-rnatik-al, adj. pertaining to or consisting 0 sperm or seed seminal Sperm-oil, sperm'-oil, oil from the sperm whale. Sperm-whale, spcrm'-hwal, n a speeds of whale from which sperm nr sperm art-u obtained. Spew, Spue, sptj, v and to sonuc to eject with loathing [A.S spiwan cog. uuh Out. spuzt’in, Ger speien also conn wjtn s/uo, Gr. ptyh, and with Spit Sphere, sfer, «, a hall or globe an orb circuit of motion: province or duty* rank; geont a surface every point of which eqmdistuu from one and the.same point, called rhe c cut re -adj Spheral. [Fr. L splurra -Kix. spkana.\ Spheric, sfer'ik, Sphenoal, *.fci'ik-%[, a,// pciteunuig to or like a sphere.—adv Spherically. Sphericity, sfer-is'i-ti, «. slate or quality of being spherical: loundne Spheroid,.sfer'oid, « a hodv or figure having the Jbrnt of a sphere, but n»t quite r/uind Fr sphProlde— Gr. sfihatra, and eider, b,ini Spheroidal, sfgr-oid'al, adj having the form of a spheroid Spherule, sfer'ul, u. a little sphere. Sphincter, sfingk'ter, « >anaf.\ a muscle that contracts or shuts an orifice or opening which surrounds. fGr, ‘that which bind,, tight’ sphmggo, to bind tight.]