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Spiodea
- - An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes.
Spiraea
- noun - a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae
- a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming
- any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers
Spirals
- noun - a continuously accelerating change in the economy
- a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
- a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
- flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
- form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"
- move in a spiral or zigzag course
- ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
- to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
Spirant
- adjective - A constant expressed as by a part of the breath against a part of the oral passage. Such as 'sh'.
- a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Spireas
- noun - a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming
- any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers
Spireme
- unknown - The tangle of filaments that appears at the beginning of the prophase portion of meiosis or mitosis.
Spiring
- - Shooting up in a spire or spires.
Spirits
- noun - a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
- an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"
- animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
- any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
- infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up"
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
- the intended meaning of a communication
- the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose"
- the vital principle or animati
Spirted
- verb - gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth"
- move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy