Glossary

(spän): To produce young especially in large numbers.

(spir fish ǝr): A person who fishes with a spear.

(spe sh(ǝ) lǝ zā shǝn): Being designed, trained, or fitted for one particular purpose or job or area of study.

(spe shə līzd): Designed, trained, or fitted for one particular purpose or occupation.

(spē sēz or spē shēz): A category of living things that ranks below a genus, is made up of related individuals able to produce fertile offspring, and is identified by a two-part scientific name.

(spe sǝ fǝ kā shǝn): A description of work to be done or materials to be used—usually used in plural.

(spes (ǝ) mǝn): A part or a single thing that shows what the whole thing or group is like.

(spek trä mə tər): An instrument that spreads particles or radiation into an ordered sequence (such as by mass or energy).

(spe kyǝ lāt): To think or wonder about a subject; to theorize.

(spē lē ō thǝm): A cave formation formed by groundwater.

(spȯi(-ə)l): (noun) Earth and rock that has been excavated or dredged.

(spȯ(ǝ)r): A reproductive body that is produced by fungi and by some plants and microorganisms (like ferns and bacteria) and that usually consists of a single cell and is able to produce a new individual either by developing by itself or after fusion with another spore.

(spriŋ): The season between winter and summer.

(stǝ bi lǝ tē): The quality, state, or degree of being stable, such as the strength to stand or endure.

(stā bəl ī sə tōp): An isotope that shows no tendency to undergo radioactive decomposition.

(stand): A group of plants growing in a continuous area.

(stan dǝr dīz): To compare with or make agree with a standard; to bring into conformity with a standard especially in order to assure consistency and regularity.

(stan dürds): Things set up as a rule or model with which other things like it are to be compared.

(stā shə ner ē): (1) Not moving; (2) staying in one place or position.

(stə ti sti kəl): Of, relating to, based on, or employing the principles of statistics.