Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z spook A ghost or phantom. spookable Able to be spooked or frightened. spookdom The realm or sphere of spies. spooked A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence. spooker One who spooks, or practices spookery spookery The condition of being spooky. spookfest A frightening event. spookfish A fish, the barreleye. spookhouse A haunted house. spookily In a spooky manner; eerily. spookiness The property of being spooky. spooking A supernatural fright. spookish Frightening or unnerving in the manner of something eerie or supernatural; spooky. spookishly In a spookish manner. spookism Spooky or ghostly things; spookery. spookist A spiritualist or medium. spookless Without ghosts. Spooklight A mysterious ball or balls of light appearing in a small area known locally as the "Devil's Promenade" on the border between southwestern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma west of the small town of Hornet, Missouri. spookmaster A spymaster. spookocracy government by spies spookological Relating to the study of ghosts. spookologist One who studies ghosts. spookology The study of ghosts. spookshow A show that involves ghosts. spooksome Spooky; scary. spookspeak The jargon of espionage. spooktacular Spooky and spectacular; wonderfully frightening. spooktacularly In a spooktacular manner. spooktastic fantastically spooky; spine-tingling Spooktober Synonym of October. spooky Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural. spool A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle. spoolable Capable of being spooled, or wound onto a reel. spooldown The process of reduction of the rotational speed of a turbine engine, causing a reduction in thrust. spooler A device or person that winds thread onto a spool. spoolful Enough to fill a spool. spoolie A spool brush. spooling The operation of placing something in temporary storage, i.e. a spool. spoolless Without a spool. spoollike Resembling or characteristic of a spool. spoolup The process of increasing the rotational speed of a turbine engine, causing an increase in thrust. spoolwood The wood of the paper birch (Betula papyrifera). spoolwork Synonym of spindlework. spoom To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted. spoon An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle. spoonable Able to be dipped into with a spoon. spoonbait A spoon (type of fishing lure). spoonbender An illusionist who performs spoonbending. spoonbending A form of stage magic involving the apparent deformation of objects, especially metal cutlery, with little or no physical force. spoonbill Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill. spoonbilled Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end, as in the spoonbills. spoonbread Bread made from corn and eggs, of a soft consistency such that it is served with a spoon. spoonclam Any bivalve mollusc of the family Periplomatidae Spoone A surname. Spoonemore A surname. spooner A person who engages in kissing and petting. spoonerism A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed. spooneristic Having the form of a spoonerism. spooneristically In a spooneristic manner. spoonerize To produce the kind of play on words called a spoonerism (from). spoonflower A plant, the yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium). spoonful The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped. spoonie A northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata). spoonily In a spoony way. spooniness The quality of being spoony. spooning The act of picking something up with a spoon. spoonist A musician who plays the spoons. spoonless Without a spoon or spoons. spoonlike Resembling or characteristic of a spoon. spoonload A generous spoonful. spoonmaker A manufacturer of spoons. spoonmaking The manufacture of spoons. spoonmeat Food to be eaten from a spoon, such as a soup or pap. spoonplug A kind of fishing lure. spoonplugging The use of the spoonplug lure. spoons Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on). spoontray A tray for spoons. spoonula A cooking utensil resembling both a spoon and a spatula. spoonways Synonym of spoonwise. spoonwing Any neuropteran insect of the family Nemopteridae. spoonwise Closely nestled together, like spoons. spoonwood Kalmia latifolia, the mountain laurel. spoonworm A worm of the genus Thalassema, with a spoon-like proboscis. spoonwort scurvy-grass (Cochlearia) spoony Enamored in a silly or sentimental way; having a crush (on someone). spoonyism Foolish romantic infatuation. spoopy Synonym of spooky. spoor The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal. Spoore A surname. spoorer A hunter who tracks game by its spoor. Spoores A surname. spoorless Without spoor. spoors An occupational surname from Middle English Spor A surname. sporabola The trajectory of a basidiospore after it is discharged from a sterigma. sporades Stars not included in any constellation. sporadial sporadic sporadic (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic. sporadical sporadic. sporadically At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency. sporadicalness The quality of being sporadical. sporadicity The quality of being sporadic. sporadicness The state of being sporadic. sporadism The quality of being sporadic. sporal Of or pertaining to spores sporamin A storage protein found in the tubers of sweet potato sporange A sporangium. sporangial Relating to the sporangium. sporangiate Having sporangia. sporangiferous Bearing a sporangium. sporangiform Resembling a sporangium. sporangin An enzyme associated with the development and release of sporangia sporangiogenesis The creation and development of the sporangium sporangiogenic Relating to sporangiogenesis sporangioid Resembling a sporangium. sporangiole A fungal spore that is not enclosed by a sporangium sporangiolum a small sporangium sporangiophore A receptacle in ferns which bears the sporangia, usually a stalk, but sometimes a scale (as in horsetails). sporangiophorous Bearing sporangiophores. sporangiospore A spore produced by a sporangium (in many fungi, such as zygomycetes). sporangium A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism. sporangiumlike Resembling a sporangium. sporation sporulation spore A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another. sporebearer A sporebearing organism. sporebearing That bears spores. sporecoat A group of protein layers beneath the perispore of some spores spored Having spores. sporeformer An organism that forms spores. sporeforming That forms spores. sporeless Without spores. sporelessness Absence of spores. sporelike Resembling or characteristic of a spore. sporeling A young plant or fungus produced by a germinated spore Sporer A surname from German. spores A surname. sporf An eating utensil with opposite ends shaped respectively like a spoon and a fork. sporfle Expressing amusement, as though one had spat out one's drink while reading something amusing. sporge To engage in sporgery; to post a flood of articles to a Usenet newsgroup, the article headers having been falsified so as to make the articles appear to have been posted by people other than the true poster. sporgery The disruptive act of posting a flood of articles to a newsgroup, the article headers having been falsified so as to make the articles appear to have been posted by people other than the true poster. sporicidal Relating to a sporicide or having the activity of a sporicide. sporicide A substance that kills spores. sporid A sporidium. sporidesm A pluricellular body which becomes free like a simple spore, and in which every cell is capable of germination. sporidesmin Any of a class of indoles that are mycotoxins. sporidial Relating to a sporidium. sporidiferous Bearing sporidia. sporidiobolaceous Belonging to the family Sporidiobolaceae of fungi. sporidiolum A secondary sporidium. sporidium A secondary spore borne on a promycelium, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.