sphene /sfēn/

The mineral titanite, occurring as wedge-shaped crystals in igneous and metamorphic rocks

sphēˈnic adjective

Wedge-like

Sphenisciformes /sfē-nis-i-förˈmēz/ plural noun

The penguin order of birds

Sphenisˈcus /-kəs/ noun

The jackass-penguin genus

Sphēˈnodon noun

1. (Gr odous, odontos a tooth) the reptilian genus, also known as Hatteria, to which the tuatara (qv) belongs
2. (without cap) an animal of this genus

sphēˈnogram noun

A cuneiform character

sphēˈnoid adjective

Wedge-shaped, applied to a set of bones at the base of the skull

1. A sphenoid bone
2. A wedge-shaped crystal form of four triangular faces

sphenoidˈal adjective

• suasive
• suasively
• suasiveness
• suasivenesses
• suasory
• suave
• suavely
• suaveolent
• suaver
• suavest
• suavities
• suavity
• sub
• sub-
• sub.
• subabbot
• subabbots
• subabdominal
• subacetate
• subacetates
• subacid
• subacidities
• subacidity
• subacidly
• subacidness