| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| spial | noun | A spy; a scout. |
| spica | noun | A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; — so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley., A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo. |
| spice | noun | Species; kind., A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc., Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief., To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one’s words with wit., To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices., To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous. |
| spick | noun | A spike or nail. |
| spicy | superl. | Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes., Producing, or abounding with, spices., Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate. |
| spied | imp. & p. p. of Spy., of Spy | |
| spike | noun | A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward., Anything resembling such a nail in shape., An ear of corn or grain., A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis., To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks., To set or furnish with spikes., To fix on a spike., To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it., Spike lavender. See Lavender. |
| spiky | adjective | Like a spike; spikelike., Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes. |
| spile | noun | A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask., A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple., A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile., To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask. |
| spill | noun | A bit of wood split off; a splinter., A slender piece of anything., A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile., A metallic rod or pin., A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc., One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground., A little sum of money., To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay., To destroy; to kill; to put an end to., To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste., To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; — applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour., To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another’s blood, or his own blood., To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain., To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste., To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted. |
| spilt | imp. & past participle | of Spill, of Spill, imp. & p. p. of Spill. Spilled. |
| spine | noun | A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn., A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal., One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish., The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; — so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae., Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge. |
| spink | noun | The chaffinch. |
| spiny | adjective | Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree., Like a spine in shape; slender., Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances., See Spinny. |
| spire | verb i. | To breathe., A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat., A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself., A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting., The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit., To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire., A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist., The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n. |
| spirt | verb & noun | Same as Spurt. |
| spiry | adjective | Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine., Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets. |
| spiss | adjective | Thick; crowded; compact; dense. |
| spite | noun | Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite., Vexation; chargrin; mortification., To be angry at; to hate., To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart., To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. |
| spies | plural | of Spy |