spenser
— Noun
– English
~ English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)
Spenserian sonnet
— Noun
– English
~ a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee
spent
— Adjective
– English
~ drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out"
spent
— Adjective
– English
~ depleted of energy, force, or strength; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells"
Spergula
— Noun
– English
~ small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry
Spergula arvensis
— Noun
– English
~ small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers
Spergularia rubra
— Noun
– English
~ prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America
sperm count
— Noun
– English
~ the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate
sperm count
— Noun
– English
~ the number of sperm in an ejaculate; "the sperm count is used as an indicator of male fertility"
sperm cell
— Noun
– English
~ the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"
sperm
— Noun
– English
~ the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material"
sperm oil
— Noun
– English
~ an animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale
sperm bank
— Noun
– English
~ a depository for storing sperm
sperm-filled
— Adjective
– English
~ filled with sperm
spermaceti
— Noun
– English
~ a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale
spermatic cord
— Noun
– English
~ a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves
spermatic
— Adjective
– English
~ consisting of or resembling spermatozoa
spermatid
— Noun
– English
~ an immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte; develops into a spermatozoon
spermatocele
— Noun
– English
~ a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa