Vocabulary : Sphinx to Sphygmophone
Sphinx : 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. ;; 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. ;; Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy. ;; Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth. ;; The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).Sphragide : Lemnian earth.
Sphragistics : The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.
Sphrigosis : A condition of vegetation in which there is too abundant growth of the stem and leaves, accompanied by deficiency of flowers and fruit.
Sphygmic : Of or pertaining to the pulse.
