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spiracle or spiraculum
noun (spiracles or spiracula ) zool
1 any of various paired openings along the side of an insect's body that are used for breathing.
2 the breathing hole in whales, etc.
[17c: from Latin spiraculum , from spirare to breath]
spiraea or spirea
noun (spiraeas or spireas ) a deciduous northern temperate shrub of the rose family, which has clusters of small white or pink flowers.
[17c: Latin, from Greek speiraia privet, from speira coil]
spiral
noun
1 the pattern that is made by a line winding outwards from a central point in circles or near-circles of regularly increasing size.
2 non-technical the pattern that is made by a line winding upwards or downwards from a specific point in circles or near-circles of the same or ever-increasing size, as if it were describing the shape of a cylinder or cone.
3 a curve or course that makes this kind of a pattern.
4 a gradual but continuous rise or fall, eg of prices, wages, etc.
adjective being in or having the shape or nature of a spiral a spiral staircase .
verb (spiralled , spiralling ; US spiraled , spiraling )
1 intr to follow a spiral course or pattern.
2 to make something into a spiral.
3 intr said especially of prices, wages, etc: to go up or down, usually quickly Prices were spiralling out of control .
[16c: from Latin spiralis , from Greek speira coil]
spiraliform adjective .
spirality noun .
spiralled or (US) spiraled adjective .
spirally adverb .
spiral galaxy
noun , astron a class of galaxy that has older stars, etc in the centre, and structures called spiral arms, composed of dust, gas and younger stars, spiralling out from and around its nucleus.
spire1
noun
1 a tall thin structure tapering upwards to a point, especially the top of a tower on a church roof.
2 anything tall and tapering, eg a flower spike, the top of a tree, etc.
[Anglo-Saxon spir shoot or sprout]

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