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Meaning of "spermous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPERMOUS

spermous  [ˈspɜːməs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPERMOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spermous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPERMOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pyrroline

Pyrrolines, also known under the name dihydropyrroles, are three different heterocyclic organic chemical compounds that differ in the position of the double bond. Pyrrolines are formally derived from the aromate pyrrole by hydrogenation. 1-Pyrroline is a cyclic imine, whereas 2-pyrroline and 3-pyrroline are cyclic amines. 1-Pyrroline 2-Pyrroline 3-Pyrroline...

Definition of spermous in the English dictionary

The definition of spermous in the dictionary is of or relating to the sperm whale or its products.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPERMOUS


angiospermous
ˌændʒɪəˈspɜːməs
cyclospermous
ˌsaɪkləʊˈspɜːməs
diathermous
ˌdaɪəˈθɜːməs
dispermous
daɪˈspɜːməs
enormous
ɪˈnɔːməs
eurythermous
ˌjʊərɪˈθɜːməs
ginormous
dʒaɪˈnɔːməs
gymnospermous
ˌdʒɪmnəʊˈspɜːməs
homeothermous
ˌhəʊmɪəʊˈθɜːməs
homoeothermous
ˌhɒmɪəʊˈθɜːməs
homothermous
ˌhəʊməʊˈθɜːməs
humus
ˈhjuːməs
monospermous
ˌmɒnəʊˈspɜːməs
Nostradamus
ˌnɒstrəˈdɑːməs
osteodermous
ˌɒstɪəʊˈdɜːməs
pachydermous
ˌpækɪˈdɜːməs
Polyphemus
ˌpɒlɪˈfiːməs
Remus
ˈriːməs
sclerodermous
ˌsklɪərəˈdɜːməs
Thermos
ˈθɜːməs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPERMOUS

spermatozoal
spermatozoan
spermatozoic
spermatozoid
spermatozoon
spermic
spermicidal
spermicide
spermiduct
spermine
spermiogeneses
spermiogenesis
spermiogenetic
spermogone
spermogonia
spermogonium
spermophile
spermophyte
spermophytic
sperre

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPERMOUS

abnormous
Alcoholics Anonymous
anadromous
anonymous
autonomous
blasphemous
cormous
dichotomous
eponymous
famous
infamous
monogamous
posthumous
pseudonymous
pusillanimous
squamous
synonymous
unanimous
venomous
world-famous

Synonyms and antonyms of spermous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spermous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPERMOUS

Find out the translation of spermous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spermous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spermous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

spermous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

spermous
570 millions of speakers

English

spermous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spermous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spermous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

spermous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spermous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spermous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spermous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sperma
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spermous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

spermous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spermous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spermous
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

spermous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spermous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निमुळता होत जाणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spermous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spermous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spermous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

spermous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spermous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spermous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spermous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spermous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spermous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spermous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPERMOUS»

The term «spermous» is normally little used and occupies the 144.973 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPERMOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spermous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPERMOUS»

Discover the use of spermous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spermous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fragrance Chemistry: Science of the Sense of Smell, The
E. The Spermous Modality In 1968, Amoore and his co-workers observed that a few of their panel members did not report the odor of putrescine (1,4- diaminobutane) to be offensive and were unable to perceive the odor of dilute solutions of ...
Ernst T. Theimer, 2012
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transactions of the botanical society volume ix
Strobilus, 4 scales, scales equal, 6-10 spermous, seeds two-winged, leaves alternate. Frenela. — Strobilus, 6 scales, scales small and alternate, poly spermous, seeds 2-winged, leaves ternate. Actinostrobns. — Strobilus, 6 scales, scales ...
‎1868
3
Japanese Mythology and the Primeval World: A Comparative ...
It would seem particularly appropriate to the cosmogony if it stood for a spermous froth, or if it symbolized the mating of air and water (upper and lower elements of a nascent cosmos). I believe a mythic mortality symbolism is to be seen here, ...
Peter Metevelis, 2009
4
A Vocabulary of English Rhymes Arranged on a New Plan
di spermous sea-wormwood ex ternal tri spermous | "firm & wood?] fra ternal in ermous in ternal tep i dermisl surname?! ma ternal pol y spermous | [urnum, below] noc turnal gym no spermous pa ternal mon o spermous furnace di urnal coel o ...
Samuel W. Barnum, 1904
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Myth in History: Mythological Essays
would seem particularly appropriate to the cosmogony if it stood for a spermous froth, or if it symbolized the mating of air and water (upper and lower elements of the nascent cosmos). Perhaps it represented both, though we have no evidence  ...
Peter Metevelis, 2002
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
-sperm, 2 -sperma, pl -spermae; 3 -spermum; adjj 4 -spermal or 5 -spermic or 6 - spermous or 7 Wtom; 8 -spermia or 9 -spermy;—10 sperma-; 11 spermati- or 12 spermafim; 13 spermat(o)-; 14 spermi-; 15 spermio-; 16 spermo-: ult, all from Gr ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
7
Olfaction and taste V
At present only line 25 (sweaty) and line 29 (spermous) represent reasonably confident assignments of primary odor status, epitomized by isovaleric acid and l- pyrroline. Each primary odor represents a distinct modality of the sense of smell.
Derek Denton, 2012
8
The Elements of Botany
624 pi), sometimes indehiscent and mono- spermous, sometimes dehiscent and polyspermous ; seeds, in which the small embryo is buried in the side of the hilum towards the extremity of a large horny perisperm (Jiff. 639) ; such are its ...
Adrien de Jussieu, James Hewetson Wilson, 1849
9
Antiperspirants and Deodorants, Second Edition,
This phenomenon is known as "specific anosmia," and such anosmias have been characterized for odors representing fishy, sweaty, spermous, uri- nous, and musky (62-63). These represent five of the more than 30 suggested anosmias, ...
Karl Laden, 1999
10
Outlines of botany
The Heuyotidx are herbaceous or shrubby Cinchonacea, with a 2- celled capsular fruit, either indehiscent or dehiscing loculicidally, the cells poly- spermous, the seeds not winged, and the albumen fleshy. (4148.) Rondeletiex. The Chyn-len of ...
Gilbert Thomas Burnett, 1835

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPERMOUS»

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Females in charge: Newly discovered insect has female penis, male …
... but anchors herself there for hours on end sufficient for the female to receive as much nourishment to sate her desires from the male's spermous side order. «allvoices, Apr 14»

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