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Speckles
- noun - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
- mark with small spots; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots"
- produce a mottled effect; "The sunlight stippled the trees"
Specular
- adjective - capable of reflecting light like a mirror; "mirrorlike surface of the lake"; "a specular metal"
Speculum
- noun - a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
- a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
Spengler
- noun - German philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936)
Spicular
- - Resembling a dart; having sharp points.
Spicules
- noun - small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
Spiculum
- noun - small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
Spikelet
- noun - a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
Spinally
- adverb - in the spine; "spinally administered"
Spindles
- noun - (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis"
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order"
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts