| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| spaceless | adjective | Without space. |
| spacially | adverb | See Spatially. |
| spadassin | noun | A bravo; a bully; a duelist. |
| spadebone | noun | Shoulder blade. |
| spadefish | noun | An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; — called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy. |
| spadefoot | noun | Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; — called also spade toad. |
| spadefuls | plural | of Spadeful |
| spadicose | adjective | Spadiceous. |
| spaghetti | noun | A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter. |
| spagyrist | noun | A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits., One of a sect which arose in the days of alchemy, who sought to discover remedies for disease by chemical means. The spagyrists historically preceded the iatrochemists. |
| spanaemia | noun | A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient. |
| spanaemic | adjective | Of or pertaining to spanaemia; having impoverished blood. |
| spanceled | imp. & past participle | of Spancel |
| spangling | present participle & vb. noun | of Spangle |
| spanpiece | noun | The collar of a roof; sparpiece. |
| sparadrap | noun | A cerecloth., Any adhesive plaster. |
| spareless | adjective | Unsparing. |
| spareness | noun | The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness. |
| spar-hung | adjective | Hung with spar, as a cave. |
| sparkling | present participle & vb. noun | of Sparkle, Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. |
| sparpiece | noun | The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. |
| sparsedly | adverb | Sparsely. |
| sparteine | noun | A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste. |
| spasmodic | adjective | Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma., Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry., A medicine for spasm. |
| spatangus | noun | A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea. |
| spatially | adverb | As regards space. |
| spattered | imp. & past participle | of Spatter |
| spatulate | adjective | Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base. |
| speakable | adjective | Capable of being spoken; fit to be spoken., Able to speak. |
| spearfish | noun | A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean., The carp sucker. |
| spearhead | noun | The pointed head, or end, of a spear. |
| spearmint | noun | A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha. |
| spearwood | noun | An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears. |
| spearwort | noun | A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves. |
| specially | adverb | In a special manner; particularly; especially., For a particular purpose; as, a meeting of the legislature is specially summoned. |
| specialty | noun | Particularity., A particular or peculiar case., A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified., That for which a person is distinguished, in which he is specially versed, or which he makes an object of special attention; a speciality. |
| specified | imp. & past participle | of Specify |
| specollum | noun | See Stylet, 2. |
| speckling | present participle & vb. noun | of Speckle |
| spectacle | noun | Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock., A spy-glass; a looking-glass., An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light., Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight. |
| spectator | noun | One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show. |
| speculate | verb i. | To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events., To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori., To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; — often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock., To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing. |
| speculist | noun | One who observes or considers; an observer. |
| speechful | adjective | Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious. |
| speechify | verb i. | To make a speech; to harangue. |
| speeching | noun | The act of making a speech. |
| speedless | adjective | Being without speed. |
| speedwell | noun | Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off. |
| spelicans | noun pl. | See Spilikin. |
| spellable | adjective | Capable of being spelt. |
| spellwork | noun | Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment. |
| spermatic | adjective | Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. |
| spermatin | noun | A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous character. |
| spermatia | plural | of Spermatium |
| spermato- | Alt. of Spermo- | |
| spermatoa | plural | of Spermatoon |
| spermidia | plural | of Spermidium |
| spewiness | noun | The state of being spewy. |
| spacelate | verb i. | To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify. |
| sphacelus | noun | Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough. |
| sphagnous | adjective | Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss. |
| sphenodon | noun | Same as Hatteria. |
| sphenotic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone., The sphenotic bone. |
| spherical | adjective | Alt. of Spheric |
| sphericle | noun | A small sphere. |
| sphincter | noun | A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder., Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a sphincter muscle. |
| sphragide | noun | Lemnian earth. |
| spicebush | noun | Spicewood. |
| spicewood | noun | An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; — called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush. |
| spiciform | adjective | Spike-shaped. |
| spiciness | noun | The quality or state of being spicy. |
| spicosity | noun | The state of having, or being full of, ears like corn. |
| spiculate | adjective | Covered with, or having, spicules., Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets., To sharpen to a point. |
| spigurnel | noun | Formerly the title of the sealer of writs in chancery. |
| spikebill | noun | The hooded merganser., The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). |
| spikefish | noun | See Sailfish (a) |
| spikenard | noun | An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still prepared in India., A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi. |
| spiketail | noun | The pintail duck. |
| spilikins | plural | of Spilikin |
| spillikin | noun | See Spilikin. |
| spindling | present participle & vb. noun | of Spindle, Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy. |
| spineback | noun | A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins. |
| spinebill | noun | Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters. |
| spineless | adjective | Having no spine. |
| spinetail | noun | Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines., Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds., The ruddy duck. |
| spiniform | adjective | Shaped like a spine. |
| spininess | noun | Quality of being spiny. |
| spinnaker | noun | A large triangular sail set upon a boom, — used when running before the wind. |
| spinneret | noun | One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets. |
| spinosity | noun | The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess. |
| spinozism | noun | The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God. |
| spinozist | noun | A believer in Spinozism. |
| spinulose | adjective | Alt. of Spinulous |
| spinulous | adjective | Covered with small spines. |
| spirality | noun | The quality or states of being spiral. |
| spiranthy | noun | The occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower. |
| spiration | noun | The act of breathing. |
| spirillum | noun | A genus of common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever. |
| spiriting | present participle & vb. noun | of Spirit |
| spiritful | adjective | Full of spirit; spirited. |
| spiritism | noun | Spiritualsm. |
| spiritist | noun | A spiritualist. |
| spiritoso | adjective & adverb | Spirited; spiritedly; — a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner. |
| spiritous | adjective | Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure., Ardent; active. |
| spiritual | adjective | Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being., Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual., Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits., Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; — opposed to carnal., Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation., A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2. |
| spiroylic | adjective | Alt. of Spiroylous |
| spirulate | noun | Having the color spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally. |
| spissated | adjective | Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened. |
| spit curl | A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance. | |
| spitously | adverb | Spitefully. |
| spitz dog | A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white; — called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup. | |
| splandrel | noun | See Spandrel. |
| splashing | present participle & vb. noun | of Splash |
| splayfeet | plural | of Splayfoot |
| splayfoot | noun | A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot., Alt. of Splayfooted |
| spleenful | adjective | Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy. |
| spleenish | adjective | Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful. |
| splenculi | plural | of Splenculus |
| splendent | adjective | Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4., Very conspicuous; illustrious. |
| splenetic | adjective | Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful., A person affected with spleen. |
| splenical | adjective | Splenic. |
| splenitis | noun | Inflammation of the spleen. |
| spleuchan | noun | A pouch, as for tobacco. |
| splinting | present participle & vb. noun | of Splint |
| splintery | adjective | Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral. |
| splitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Split |
| splitfeet | noun pl. | The Fissipedia. |
| spodumene | noun | A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green color, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great size. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. See Hiddenite. |
| spoilable | adjective | Capable of being spoiled. |
| spoilfive | noun | A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled. |
| spoilsmen | plural | of Spoilsman |
| spoilsman | noun | One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service. |
| spokesmen | plural | of Spokesman |
| spokesman | noun | One who speaks for another. |
| spoliated | imp. & past participle | of Spoliate |
| spoliator | noun | One who spoliates; a spoiler. |
| spongelet | noun | See Spongiole. |
| spongeous | adjective | Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge. |
| spongilla | noun | A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water. |
| spongiole | noun | A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; — called also spongelet. |
| spongiose | adjective | Alt. of Spongious |
| spongious | adjective | Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities like sponge; as, spongious bones. |
| sponsible | adjective | responsible; worthy of credit. |
| spnsorial | adjective | Pertaining to a sponsor. |
| spoonbill | noun | Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip., The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2., The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy., The paddlefish. |
| spoonfuls | plural | of Spoonful |
| spoonwood | noun | The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia). |
| spoonworm | noun | A gephyrean worm of the genus Thalassema, having a spoonlike probiscis. |
| spoonwort | noun | Scurvy grass. |
| sporadial | adjective | Sporadic. |
| sporangia | plural | of Sporangium |
| sporidium | noun | A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi., A spore. |
| sporocarp | noun | A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia., A sporangium. |
| sporocyst | noun | An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvae by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia., Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation. |
| sporogony | noun | The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ. |
| sporozoid | noun | Same as Zoospore. |
| sportless | adjective | Without sport or mirth; joyless. |
| sportling | noun | A little person or creature engaged in sports or in play. |
| sportsmen | plural | of Sportsman |
| sportsman | noun | One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes, etc. |
| sportulae | plural | of Sportula |
| spoutfish | noun | A marine animal that spouts water; — applied especially to certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams (Mya), which spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into their holes. |
| spoutless | adjective | Having no spout. |
| spragging | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprag |
| spraining | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprain |
| sprawling | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprawl |
| spreading | present participle & vb. noun | of Spread |
| sprechery | noun | Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as have been collected by depredation. |
| sprigging | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprig |
| sprightly | superl. | Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. |
| sprigtail | noun | The pintail duck; — called also sprig, and spreet-tail., The sharp-tailed grouse. |
| springing | present participle & vb. noun | of Spring, The act or process of one who, or that which, springs., Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant. |
| springald | adjective | Alt. of Springall |
| springall | adjective | An active, springly young man. |
| springbok | noun | Alt. of Springbuck |
| springlet | noun | A little spring. |
| sprinkled | imp. & past participle | of Sprinkle |
| sprinkler | noun | One who sprinkles., An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot. |
| sprinting | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprint |
| spriteful | adjective | Alt. of Spritely |
| spritsail | noun | A sail extended by a sprit., A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard. |
| sprouting | present participle & vb. noun | of Sprout |
| spuminess | noun | The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence. |
| sputation | noun | The act of spitting; expectoration. |
| sputative | adjective | Inclined to spit; spitting much. |
| sputtered | imp. & past participle | of Sputter |
| sputterer | noun | One who sputters. |