SPENCER
\spˈɛnsə], \spˈɛnsə], \s_p_ˈɛ_n_s_ə]\
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English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
By Princeton University
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English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].
By Oddity Software
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A short overjacket worn by men or women, named after a Lord Spencer who introduced it or made it fashionable.
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(in ships and barks) A fore-and-aft sail abaft the fore and main masts.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).