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spermaceti |
spermalist |
spermaphore |
spermary |
spermatheca |
spermatic
| spermatic cord
| spermatical
| spermatid
| spermatin
| spermatism
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spermatic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective spermatic has 1 sense
- spermatic(a = adj.pert) spermous - consisting of or resembling spermatozoa; Array Derived form noun sperm1
CIDE DICTIONARY
spermatic, a. [L. spermaticus, Gr. : cf. F. spermatique. See Sperm.].
Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spermatic, adj. of or relating to a sperm or spermary.
Idiom
spermatic cord a bundle of nerves, ducts, and blood vessels passing to the testicles.
Etymology
LL spermaticus f. Gk spermatikos (as SPERM)
THESAURUS
spermatic
cervical, clitoral, excretory, fecundative, fertilizing, gametic, gamic, genital, germinal, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, life-giving, multiparous, ovarian, penial, penile, phallic, procreant, procreative, propagative, reproductive, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, scrotal, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal, serous, sexual, sialagogic, spermatozoal, spermatozoan, spermatozoic, spermic, sporal, sporogenous, sporoid, sporous, testicular, uterine, vaginal, vulval, vulvar, watering, wateryROGET THESAURUS
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Productiveness
N productiveness, fecundity, fertility, luxuriance, uberty, pregnancy, pullulation, fructification, multiplication, propagation, procreation, superfetation, milch cow, rabbit, hydra, warren, seed plot, land flowing with milk and honey, second crop, aftermath, aftercrop, aftergrowth, arrish, eddish, rowen, protoplasm, fertilization, productive, prolific, teeming, teemful, fertile, fruitful, frugiferous, fruit-bearing, fecund, luxuriant, pregnant, uberous, procreant, procreative, generative, life-giving, spermatic, multiparous, omnific, propagable, parturient, profitable.
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