Index of English words, starting with "sp"

(1) - Sphingid (a.) Of or pertaining to a sphinx, or the family Sphingidae.
(2) - Sphingid (n.) A sphinx.

(1) - Sphinx (n.) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
(2) - Sphinx (n.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.
(3) - Sphinx (n.) Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
(4) - Sphinx (n.) On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.
(5) - Sphinx (n.) In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.

(1) - Sphragistics (n.) The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.