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71spo|li|a|tion — «SPOH lee AY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of plundering or pillaging; robbery; despoliation. SYNONYM(S): brigandage. 2. the authorized plundering of neutrals at sea in time of war. 3. Law. a) the act of destroying a document, or of tampering with it… …
72spo|li|a|tive — «SPOH lee AY tihv», adjective. (of a disease) diminishing the quantity of blood …
73spo|ra|dic|i|ty — «SPR uh DIHS uh tee, SPOHR », n sporadic quality …
74spo|ra|do|sid|er|ite — «SPR uh doh SIHD uh ryt, SPOHR », noun. a stony meteorite containing grains of iron. ╂[< Greek sporás, ados scattered + English siderite] …
75spo|ral — «SPR uhl, SPOHR », adjective. of or having to do with spores …
76spo|ran|gi|al — «spuh RAN jee uhl», adjective. 1. of or having to do with the sporangium: »the sporangial layer. 2. containing spores. 3. having the character of a sporangium …
77spo|ran|gi|a — «spuh RAN jee uh», noun. plural of sporangium …
78spo|ran|gi|o|phore — «spuh RAN jee uh fr, fohr», noun. the structure or receptacle which bears sporangia …
79spo|ran|gi|um — «spuh RAN jee uhm», noun, plural gi|a. a receptacle or case in which asexual spores are produced; spore case. The little brown spots sometimes seen on the underside of ferns are groups of sporangia. The sporangium receives different names… …
80spo|ri|cid|al — «SPR uh SY duhl, SPOHR », adjective. destructive of spores. ╂[< spore + icidal, as in fungicidal] …
