verb (used with object), spirantized, spirantizing. Phonetics.
to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
noun 1. any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
adjective 1. having a spire. noun 1. a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc. 2. a similar construction forming the upper part of a steeple. 3. a tapering, pointed part of something; a tall, sharp-pointed summit, peak, or the like: the distant spires of the mountains. 4. the […]
noun 1. a small spire, as on a turret. noun 1. another name for flèche (sense 1)
noun, Cell Biology. 1. the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis. noun 1. (cytology) the tangled mass of chromatin threads into which the nucleus of a cell is resolved at the start of mitosis