| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| speaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Speak, Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube., Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness. |
| spearing | present participle & vb. noun | of Spear |
| spearmen | plural | of Spearman |
| spearman | noun | One who is armed with a spear. |
| specific | adjective | Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice., Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement., Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria., A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3., Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied. |
| specimen | noun | A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man’s handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one’s art. |
| specious | adjective | Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy., Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument. |
| specking | present participle & vb. noun | of Speck |
| speckled | imp. & past participle | of Speckle, Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface. |
| spectant | adjective | Looking forward. |
| spectral | adjective | Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty., Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis. |
| spectrum | noun | An apparition; a specter., The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope., A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum. |
| specular | adjective | Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface., Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum; as, a specular examination., Assisting sight, as a lens or the like., Affording view. |
| speculum | plural | of Speculum, A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology., A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below., An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations., A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female. |
| speeding | present participle & vb. noun | of Speed |
| speedful | adjective | Full of speed (in any sense). |
| speedily | adverb | In a speedy manner. |
| spekboom | noun | The purslane tree of South Africa, — said to be the favorite food of elephants. |
| spelding | noun | A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun; — called also speldron. |
| spelling | present participle & vb. noun | of Spell, of Spell, The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography., Of or pertaining to spelling. |
| spellful | adjective | Abounding in spells, or charms. |
| spellken | noun | A theater. |
| spending | present participle & vb. noun | of Spend, The act of expending; expenditure. |
| sperable | adjective | Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for., See Sperable. |
| sperling | noun | A smelt; a sparling., A young herring. |
| spermary | noun | An organ in which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle. |
| spermist | noun | A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male (see Encasement), in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being the true animal head and the tail the body. |
| spermule | noun | A sperm cell. |
| spetches | noun pl. | Parings and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made. |