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Terms
11,012- Spawn
- Spawner
- Spay
- Spayad; Spayade
- Speak
- Speakable
- Speaker
- Speakership
- Speaking
- Spear
- Spearer
- Spearfish
- Spearhead
- Spearman
- Spearmint
- Spearwood
- Spearwort
- Speary
- Spece
- Specht
- Special
- Specialism
- Specialist
- Speciality
- Specialization
- Specialize
- Specially
- Specialty
- Specie
- Species
- Specifiable
- Specific
- Specifical
- Specifically
- Specificalness
- Specificate
- Specification
- Specificness
- Specify
- Specillum
- Specimen
- Speciosity
- Specious
- Speck
- Speckle
- Speckled
- Speckled-Belly
- Speckled-Bill
- Speckledness
- Specksioneer
- Speckt
- Spectacle
- Spectacled
- Spectacular
- Spectant
- Spectation
- Spectator
- Spectatorial
- Spectatorship
- Spectatress; Spectatrix
- Specter; Spectre
- Spectioneer
- Spectral
- Spectrally
- Spectre
- Spectrobolometer
- Spectroelectric
- Spectrogram
- Spectrograph
- Spectroheliogram
- Spectroheliograph
- Spectrological
- Spectrology
- Spectrometer
- Spectrometry
- Spectrophone
- Spectrophotometer
- Spectrophotometry
- Spectroscope
- Spectroscopic; Spectroscopical
- Spectroscopist
- Spectroscopy
- Spectrum
- Specular
- Speculate
- Speculation
- Speculatist
- Speculative
- Speculator
- Speculatorial
- Speculatory
- Speculist
- Speculum
- Sped
- Speece
- Speech
- Speechful
- Speechification
- Speechifier
- Speechify
- Speechifying
- Speeching
- Speechless
- Speechmaker
- Speed
- Speed Counter
- Speeder
- Speedful
- Speedfully
- Speedily
- Speediness
- Speedless
- Speedwell
- Speedy
- Speer
- Speet
- Speight
- Speir
- Speiskobalt
- Speiss
- Spekboom
- Speke
- Spekehouse
- Spelding
- Spelicans
- Spelk
- Spell
- Spellable
- Spellbind
- Spellbound
- Speller
- Spellful
- Spelling
- Spellken
- Spellwork
- Spelt
- Spelter
- Spelunc
- Spence
- Spencer
- Spend
- Spender
- Spending
- Spendthrift
- Spendthrifty
- Spenserian
- Spent
- Sper; Sperre
- Sperable
- Sperage
- Sperate
- Spere
- Sperge
- Sperling
- Sperm
- Sperm Whale
- Spermaceti
- Spermalist
- Spermaphore
- Spermary
- Spermatheca
- Spermatic
- Spermatical
- Spermatin
- Spermatism
- Spermatium
- Spermatize
- Spermato-; Spermo-
- Spermatoblast
- Spermatocyte
- Spermatogemma
- Spermatogenesis
- Spermatogenetic
- Spermatogenous
- Spermatogonium
- Spermatoid
- Spermatoon; Spermatooen
- Spermatophore
- Spermatophorous
- Spermatophyta
- Spermatophyte
- Spermatorrhea; Spermatorrhoea
- Spermatospore
- Spermatozoid
- Spermatozooid
- Spermatozoon; Spermatozooen
- Spermic
- Spermidium
- Spermism
- Spermist
- Spermoblast
- Spermococcus
- Spermoderm
- Spermogonium
- Spermologist
- Spermophile
- Spermophore
- Spermophyta
- Spermophyte
- Spermophytic
3 entries 1 source
Spawn
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
3. The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
4. The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. Spawn eater (Zoöl.), a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. One edition [of books] spawneth another. Fuller.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
2. To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.