Word Meanings - SPERMATOPHOROUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.

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• SPERMATOCYTE
  See SPERMOBLAST
• CALLOSUM
  The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
• CALLOW
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
• SPERMATIC
  Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying
• CALLE
  A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
• SPERMATICAL
  Spermatic.
• PRODUCIBILITY
  The quality or state of being producible. Barrow.
• SPERMATOZOOID
  A spermatozoid.
• SPERMOPHYTE
  Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace phænogam.
• SPERMISM
  The theory, formerly held by many, that the sperm or spermatozoön contains the germ of the future embryo; animalculism.
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• SPERMATOGENETIC
  Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.
• CALL
  callen, AS. ceallin; akin to Icel & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen 1. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain Shak. 2. To summon to the discharge of a particular
• SPERMATOPHOROUS
  Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.
• SPERMIC
  Of or pertaining to sperm, or semen.
• SPERMATOPHORE
  See SPERMOSPORE
• SPERM WHALE
  A very large toothed whale , having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the
• SPERMIDIUM
  An achenium.
• SPERMATO-; SPERMO-
  Combining forms from Gr. seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.
• CALLIOPE
  The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses. (more info) beautiful) +
• ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
  Producing one seed only in a seed pod.
• GYMNASTICALLY
  In a gymnastic manner.
• HYPERCRITICALLY
  In a hypercritical manner.
• OOSPERM; OOESPERM
  The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour.
• UNEMPIRICALLY
  Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
• SCALLION
  A kind of small onion , native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc.
• UNIVOCALLY
  In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally. How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin Bp. Hall.
• PARABOLICALLY
  1. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner. 2. In the form of a parabola.
• STEREOGRAPHICALLY
  In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
• HEMEROCALLIS
  A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.
• TRACHYSPERMOUS
  Rough-seeded. Gray.
• ACRONYCALLY
  In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vise versâ.
• DIAMETRICALLY
  In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite. Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. Macaulay.