Spirifer (n.) 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.
Spirillum (n.) A genus of common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever.
Spiring (a.) Shooting up in a spire or spires.
Spirit (n.) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
Spirit (n.) A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
Spirit (n.) Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
Spirit (n.) The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
Spirit (n.) Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
Spirit (n.) Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
Spirit (n.) Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
Spirit (n.) One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
Spirit (n.) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.
Spirit (n.) Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
Spirit (n.) Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
Spirit (n.) Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
Spirit (n.) Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
Spirit (n.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
Spirit (n.) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
Spirit (n.) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
Spirited (imp. & p. p.) of Spirit
Spiriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spirit
Spirit (v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
Spirit (v. t.) To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.
Spiritally (adv.) By means of the breath.
Spirited (a.) Animated or possessed by a spirit.
Spirited (a.) Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.
Spiritful (a.) Full of spirit; spirited.
Spiritism (n.) Spiritualsm.
Spiritist (n.) A spiritualist.
Spiritless (a.) Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.
Spiritless (a.) Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire.
Spiritless (a.) Having no breath; extinct; dead.
Spiritoso (a. & adv.) Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner.
Spiritous (a.) Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure.
Spiritous (a.) Ardent; active.
Spiritousness (n.) Quality of being spiritous.
Spiritual (a.) Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.
Spiritual (a.) Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
Spiritual (a.) Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.
Spiritual (a.) Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; -- opposed to carnal.
Spiritual (a.) Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.
Spiritual (n.) A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.
Spiritualism (n.) The quality or state of being spiritual.
Spiritualism (n.) The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte.
Spiritualism (n.) A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.
Spiritualist (n.) One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
Spiritualist (n.) One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.
Spiritualist (n.) One who believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called mediums, by means of physical phenomena; one who attempts to maintain such intercourse; a spiritist.
Spiritualist (a.) Spiritualistic.
Spiritualistic (a.) Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.
Spiritualities (pl. ) of Spirituality
Spirituality (n.) The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.
Spirituality (n.) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
Spirituality (n.) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
Spiritualization (n.) The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized.
Spiritualized (imp. & p. p.) of Spiritualize
Spiritualizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spiritualize
Spiritualize (v. t.) 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.
Spiritualize (v. t.) To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.
Spiritualize (v. t.) To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
Spiritualizer (n.) One who spiritualizes.
Spiritually (adv.) In a spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a spirit.
Spiritual-minded (a.) Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections.
Spiritualness (n.) The quality or state of being spiritual or spiritual-minded; spirituality.
Spiritualty (n.) An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality.
Spiritielle (a.) Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal.
Spirituosity (n.) The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.
Spirituous (a.) Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure.
Spirituous (a.) Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic (esp. distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors.
Spirituous (a.) Lively; gay; vivid; airy.
Spirituousness (n.) The quality or state of being spirituous.
Spirketing (n.) The planking from the waterways up to the port sills.
Spirling (n.) Sparling.
Spirobacteria (n. pl.) See the Note under Microbacteria.
Spirochaeta (n.) Alt. of Spirochaete
Spirochaete (n.) 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.
Spirograph (n.) An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse.
Spirometer (n.) 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.
Spirometry (n.) The act or process of measuring the chest capacity by means of a spirometer.
Spiroscope (n.) A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs.
Spiroylic (a.) Alt. of Spiroylous
Spiroylous (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance now called salicylal.
Spirt (v. & n.) Same as Spurt.
Spirtle (v. t.) To spirt in a scattering manner.
Spirula (n.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact.
Spirulate (n.) Having the color spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally.
Spiry (a.) Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
Spiry (a.) Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets.
Spiss (a.) Thick; crowded; compact; dense.
Spissated (a.) Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened.
Spissitude (n.) The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum.
Spit (n.) A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
Spit (n.) A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand.
Spit (n.) The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
Spitted (imp. & p. p.) of Spit
Spitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spit
Spit (n.) To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
Spit (n.) To spade; to dig.
Spit (v. i.) To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
Spit (imp. & p. p.) of Spit