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Spinifex
- - A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of which bear an elastic spine. Spinifex hirsutus (black grass) and Spinifex longifolius are useful as sand binders. Spinifex paradoxusis a valuable perennial fodder plant. Also, a plant of this genus.
Spiricle
- - One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.
Spirifer
- - Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side.
Spirilla
- noun - any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form
- spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water
Spirited
- verb - displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
- infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up"
- made lively or spirited; "a meal enlivened by the music"; "a spirited debate"
- marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"
- willing to face danger
Spoliate
- - To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.
Spurious
- adjective - born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
- intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"
- plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"
Stabiles
- noun - a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support