Words starting with S

splrchThe sound of (something) squishing or squelching, being squished or squelched; representing a soft, wet or mushy sound; a squelch.
splungeTo plunge.
splunkThe sound of something heavy landing in a liquid.
splurchaseA spur-of-the-moment purchase.
splurgeTo (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush.
splurgerOne who splurges.
splurgyextravagant; expensive
splurtTo spit out violently, as with disgust or surprise.
splutterA forceful emission of something, especially in small drops or particles; a spluttering or sputtering.
spluttererSomeone or something that splutters.
splutteringlyWith spluttering noises.
splutteryCharacterised by spluttering.
SPNAKOn Usenet, a situation where one of the participants in a dispute (especially a flame war) claims victory after the other party appears to stop engaging due to a perceived inability to present new arguments.
SpocanianA constructed language created by Dutch linguist Rolandt Tweehuysen, intended to serve as the language of Spocania, a fictional island group in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpockA person or character like a Star Trek Vulcan; someone resembling Star Trek's character Spock.
SpockerySynonym of Spockism.
SpockianRelated to, or characteristic of, Dr. Benjamin Spock or his parenting philosophy.
SpockingThe practice of defacing certain editions of the Canadian five-dollar banknote, using ink to alter Sir Wilfrid Laurier's features to resemble the character Spock from Star Trek.
SpockishResembling or characteristic of the Star Trek character Mr. Spock, especially in being excessively logical and emotionless.
SpockismThe permissive parenting style popularized by American pediatrician Benjamin Spock.
spodOne who uses talkers, an early form of chat room.
SpoddenA minor river in England, flowing from Whitworth, Lancashire, to Rochdale, Greater Manchester, where it joins the River Roch.
spoddyLike a spod; swotty; dorky.
SpodenA surname from German.
spodicFormed by illuvial accumulation of amorphous organic matter
spodikA tall hat made of black fur, traditionally worn by Hassidic Polish Jews.
spodiositeAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, oxygen, and phosphorus.
spodiumBone charcoal, used as bleaching material or in the purification of sugar.
spodochrousOf a gray color.
spodogenousCaused by waste products; applied to an enlargement of the spleen caused by waste red blood cells.
spodomancyDivination by means of ashes.
spodomanticRelating to spodomancy.
spodopteranAny moth of the genus Spodoptera.
spodoptericinA defensin present in moths of the genus Spodoptera infected with bacteria
spodosolA type of soil that has a spodic horizon; includes most podsols.
spodumeneThe mineral lithium aluminium inosilicate (LiAl(SiO₃)₂), a pyroxene and ore of lithium, sometimes regarded as a gemstone, which may be greenish, yellowish or pinkish in appearance.
SpoerlA surname from German.
spoetryIrreverent poetry constructed from the subject lines of spam e-mail messages.
spoffishearnest and active in matters of no importance; bustling
spoffleTo fuss or bustle.
SpoffordA surname.
SpofforthA village in Spofforth with Stockeld parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3651).
spogA sweet.
spoggyA sparrow.
SpohnA surname.
SpohrA surname from German.
spoilTo strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of arms or armour.
spoilabilityThe quality of being spoilable.
spoilableLiable to spoil or go bad.
spoilageThe part of something that has spoiled.
spoilationA spoiling or ruining; destruction.
spoiledThat has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible.
spoilednessThe quality of being spoiled.
spoileeA person or thing that is spoiled.
spoilerOne who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
spoilerageSpoilers generally; information about a TV series, film, etc. that will harm the viewer's enjoyment by spoiling a surprise.
spoileredFitted with a spoiler (of a specified kind).
spoileretteA minor or unimportant spoiler (disclosure of the ending to a story etc.).
spoilerificContaining significant spoilers of a story.
spoileronA spoiler panel which is extended on one wing of an aircraft in order to decrease the lift and increase the drag generated by said wing, rolling and yawing the aircraft towards that wing.
spoilervirginA person who seeks to avoid spoilers for a work of fiction.
spoilerwhoreA person who actively seeks out spoilers for a work of fiction.
spoileryInvolving or relating to spoilers (disclosures of a story's twists or ending).
spoilfiveA casino-style trick-taking card game in which a player must win three of the five tricks to win the pot. If nobody wins three tricks, the game is said to be "spoiled", and the pot is carried over to the next round.
spoilfulDestructive, pillaging.
spoilingplunder; pillage
spoillessWithout spoils or plunder.
spoilsThat which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.
spoilsmanA politician who serves only for a share of the spoils.
spoilsmongerOne who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.
spoilsomeCharacterised by spoiling or ruin; ruinous
spoilsportSomeone who puts an end to others' fun, especially harmless fun.
spoilsportismThe behaviour of a spoilsport, putting an end to the fun of others.
spoiltHaving lost its original value
SpokA surname from Czech.
SpokaneA Native American Plateau tribe who inhabited the eastern portion of Washington state and parts of northern Idaho.
SpokaniteA person from the city of Spokane in Washington, United States.
spokeA support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
spokedHaving spokes.
spokelessWithout spokes (parts of a wheel).
spokenExpressed in speech.
spokennessThe state or condition of being spoken.
spokesbabeA physically attractive spokeswoman.
spokesbearA bear mascot who gives speeches or advice.
spokesbeingA spokesperson, whether human or extraterrestrial.
spokesbirdAn avian mascot.
spokescatA feline mascot.
spokescharacterA character used as a spokesperson.
spokescouncilAn assembly of people, each representing a group of activists, who meet to discuss and coordinate their activities and make decisions by consensus.
spokescreatureA creature used as a spokesperson.
spokescritterAn animal or animated creature that is used as a brand representative or spokesperson.
spokesdogA canine mascot.
spokesdroidA robot spokesman.
spokesfolksSynonym of spokespeople.
spokeshaveA hand tool, mainly for woodworking, used to shape and smooth rods and shafts; often used in carving wheel spokes, chair legs, or arrows.
spokesladyspokeswoman
spokesmanOne who speaks as the voice of another person or a group of people.
spokesmanlyBefitting a spokesman.
spokesmanshipThe position of being a spokesman.
spokesmodelA spokesperson hired based on appearance or celebrity rather than credibility.
spokesorganA publication that officially represents an organization or community.
spokespersonA person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.
spokespersonshipThe position of being a spokesperson.
spokestoonA preestablished cartoon character licensed to endorse a product.
spokeswomanA woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people.
spokeswomanshipThe position of being a spokeswoman.
spokewiseRadial, like the spokes of a wheel.
spokinessThe state or condition of being spoky.
spokonA genre that focuses on sports, emphasizing perseverance, hard work, and overcoming adversity.
spokyOf a roll of film: incorrectly wound, resulting in humps that appear as radial lines.
spoleThe small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel.
spoliaOld objects, artifacts, and/or sculptural elements reused in a later work of architecture.
spoliariumSynonym of spoliary.
spoliaryThe place in an Ancient Roman amphitheatre where slaughtered gladiators were dragged and the clothes stripped from their bodies.
spoliateTo plunder
spoliationThe action of spoliating, or forcibly seizing property; pillage, plunder; also, the state of having property forcibly seized; (countable) an instance of this; a robbery, a seizure.
spoliativeServing to take away, diminish, or rob.
spoliatorOne who spoliates.
spoliatoryTending to spoil; destructive.
spoligoforestA graphical representation of the spoligotypes of bacteria
spoligopatternA pattern of spoligotypes.
spoligoprofileA spoligotype profile
spoligotypeA form of polymorphism in the repeat units of DNA.
spoligotypedSubjected to spoligotyping
spoligotypingA technique for the identification and analysis of polymorphism in certain types of repeat units in DNA.
spoliumThe property of a beneficed ecclesiastic not transmissible by will.
spolveroSynonym of pouncing (“type of reproduction by means of powder”).
spomenikA monument erected in former Yugoslavia to commemorate World War II.
SpomerA surname from German.
SponaugleA surname.
sponconAdvertisements, particularly in social media, misleadingly styled or presented similarly to non-advertising content such as editorials or magazine articles.
spondaicHaving or relating to spondees.
spondaicalHaving or relating to spondees.
spondaicallyIn a spondaic manner.
spondaicsPoetry written in spondees.
spondarthritisAny of several forms of arthritis characterised by inflammation of joints, especially of the spine, and a tendency to inflammation at tendon attachments
SpondeOne of the moons of Jupiter.
spondeeA word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.
spondinAny of a group of proteins that are involved in axon guidance.
spondistAn Ancient Egyptian priest responsible for pouring libations of water.
sponditiousgreat, excellent
SpondonA suburb and ward in the city of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4035).
spondonicleA metal tool used to pick up a hot pot or billycan which has been on a campfire or other heat source.
spondoniclesA metal tool used to pick up a hot pot or billycan which has been on a campfire or other heat source.
spondooliesSynonym of spondulicks.
spondulicksMoney.
spondylalgiaPain in the spine.
spondylarRelating to spondyles.
spondylarthrosisSynonym of spondyloarthropathy.
spondyleA joint of the backbone; a vertebra.

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