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Spider's Web
- noun - a web resembling the webs spun by spiders
- a web spun by spiders to trap insect prey
- The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; -- also called cobweb. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.
Spiderflower
- noun - any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers
Spiegel Iron
- noun - pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel
Spiegeleisen
- noun - pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel
Spina Bifida
- noun - a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis
Spinach Beet
- noun - beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
- long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
Spinal Canal
- noun - the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes
Spinal Fluid
- noun - clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord
Spinal Nerve
- noun - any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal)
Spindle Horn
- noun - cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat