A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.

imp. p. p. of Spill. Spilled.

Any one of the small branches on a stag's head.

Anything spilt, or freely poured out; slop; effusion.

The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.

a spokesperson for a political party or candidate who tries to forestall negative publicity.

a machine that uses centrifugal motion to dry the clothes that are put into it.

a party game in which a player spins a bottle and kisses the person that it points to when it stops spinning; -- usually played by children.

a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant spinach, or the family of plants to which it belongs.

a beet lacking a swollen root; it is grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks.

a disease of spinach plants.

A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family.

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral.

Bearing a spine; spiniform.

To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender.

Having long, slender legs.

Having long, slender legs.

Having the shape of a spindle.

A spindleshanks.

A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.

The pintail duck.

The larva of a noctuid moth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment.

Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy.

Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, spindly legs.. Used in some cases to suggest weakness.

Same as Spoondrift.

A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.

Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.

A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.

Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters.

Furnished with spines; spiny.

Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

Having no spine, or vertebral column.

A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.

The state or quality of being spinescent or spiny; also, a spiny growth or covering, as of certain animals.

Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines.

A spinny.

Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines. Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds. The ruddy duck.

Slit; cleft.

Having spines arranged spirally. See Spicule.

Producing spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny.

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.

Shaped like a spine.

Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing.

Quality of being spiny.

The chaffinch.

A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind.

One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.

One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets.

One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.

Same as Spinny.

a. n. from Spin.

Thin and long; slim; slender.

Full of spines; armed with thorns; thorny.

The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess.

Spinose; thorny.

The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God.

A believer in Spinozism.

A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.

The business of one who spins; spinning.

A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radium compound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewed with magnifying lenses. The tiny flashes produced by the continual bombardment of the screen by the / rays are thus rendered visible.

A minute spine.

Having small spines; somewhat thorny.

Covered with small spines.

See Spinny.

An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes.

Capable of being breathed; respirable.

The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals.

Of or pertaining to a spiracle.

A genus of shrubs or perennial herbs including the meadowsweet and the hardhack.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the meadowsweet (Spiraea); formerly, designating an acid which is now called salicylic acid.

A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix.

The quality or states of being spiral.

In a spiral form, manner, or direction.

One of the special defensive zooids of certain hydroids. They have the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso cells.

A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208.

The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.

The act of breathing.

A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.

Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired steeple.

One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.

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.

A genus of common gram-negative motile microorganisms (family Spirillaceae) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. They are obligately microaerophilic, and do not ferment carbohydrates.

Shooting up in a spire or spires.

To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.

By means of the breath.

Animated or possessed by a spirit.

Full of spirit; spirited.

Spiritualsm.

A spiritualist.

Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.

Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner.

Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure.

Quality of being spiritous.

A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.

Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections.

The quality or state of being spiritual.

Spiritualistic.

Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.

The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.

The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized.

To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul.

One who spiritualizes.

In a spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a spirit.

The quality or state of being spiritual or spiritual-minded; spirituality.

An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality.

Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal.

The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.

Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure.

The quality or state of being spirituous.

The planking from the waterways up to the port sills.

Sparling.

See the Note under Microbacteria.

A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the Spirochaete Obermeyeri, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever.

An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse.

An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after the deepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer.

The act or process of measuring the chest capacity by means of a spirometer.

A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs.

Pertaining to, or designating, a substance now called salicylal.