sparseness
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
sparsity
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
sparta
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC
spartan
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a resident of Sparta
spartan
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
spartan
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"
spartan
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage"
Spartan
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
spartina
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands
Spartina pectinmata
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns
Spartina cynosuroides
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ tall reedlike grass common in salt meadows
Spartium
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ one species: Spanish broom
Spartium junceum
— Navneord
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~ tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California
spasm
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
spasm
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
spasmodic laryngitis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
spasmodic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire"
spasmodic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements"
spasmodically
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ with spasms; "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked violently and spasmodically at one corner"
spasmodically
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ in spurts and fits; "I began to write intermittently and spasmodically"