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  • spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
  • sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • sporocystic — of or like a sporocyst
  • spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
  • stereoptics — the branch of stereoscopy that is concerned with optics
  • stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
  • symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
  • term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
  • terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
  • the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
  • theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
  • thixotropic — the property exhibited by certain gels of becoming liquid when stirred or shaken.
  • thyrotropic — capable of stimulating the thyroid gland.
  • tomographic — relating to tomography
  • topocentric — as seen from, with reference to, or coordinating to a point on the surface of the earth
  • topographic — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
  • traffic cop — a police officer who directs the flow of traffic, usually at an intersection.
  • triceratops — any of various dinosaurs of the genus Triceratops, of the late Cretaceous Period, having a bony crest on the neck, a long horn over each eye, and a shorter horn on the nose.
  • trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
  • trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
  • tropic bird — any of several web-footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatly elongated central tail feathers.
  • tropicality — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
  • tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
  • turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
  • typographic — of or relating to typography.
  • unisotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
  • unpatriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • unprophetic — not prophetic, not seeing future events correctly
  • uranoscopid — any fish of the family Uranoscopidae, comprising the stargazers.
  • venographic — of or relating to venography
  • woodchipper — a motor-driven machine that cuts wood into chips.
  • xenographic — Of or pertaining to xenography.
  • xenomorphic — in an unusual form; having a strange form.
  • xeromorphic — of or relating to structural adaptations of xerophytes that help them store water and withstand drought.
  • xylographic — Of or pertaining to xylographs.
  • zincographs — Plural form of zincograph.
  • zincography — the art or process of producing a printing surface on a zinc plate, especially of producing one in relief by etching away unprotected parts with acid.
  • zoanthropic — relating to or displaying zoanthropy
  • zygomorphic — having bilateral symmetry; divisible lengthwise into similar or symmetrical halves.
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