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 sportsmanlike Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner. sportsmanliness The quality of being sportsmanly. sportsmanly Befitting a sportsman; being or demonstrating the conduct expected of players of sport. sportsmanship The good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, magnanimity, courtesy towards opponents, and winning or losing gracefully. sportsmedical Relating to sports medicine. sportsome Characterised by sportiness or sportsmanship sportspeak The style of language associated with sports reporting or coaching. sportsperson Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender. sportspersonship Sportsmanship. sportsplex A complex offering sporting facilities. sportster A sporty automobile or motorcycle. sportswash To use sporting events to improve a polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses. sportswashing The use of sporting events to improve an organization or polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses. sportswatching The act of watching sports on television. sportswear Casual clothing that is comfortable to wear when exercising or partaking in sport; activewear. sportswise In terms of sport. sportswoman A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete. sportswomanlike sportsmanlike sportswomanship sportsmanship sportswriting Writing about sports. sportsy Relating to or characteristic of sports. sportula A gift or prize, especially ones given by rich Romans. sportulary Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions. sportule A charitable gift or contribution; alms; a sportula. sportwear Synonym of sportswear. sportweight A weight of yarn, somewhat lighter than worsted. sporty Fond of sports. sporular Of or relating to sporules. sporulate To produce spores. sporulating Producing spores sporulation The process of a bacterium becoming a spore. sporulative Relating to sporulation sporulator An organism that produces spores sporule A small spore sporuliferous Producing sporules. sporuloid Resembling a sporule. Sposato A surname. sposh Soft wet ground; mud or slush. sposhy Soft and wet; marshy; muddy. sposie A disposable diaper. Sposito A surname from Italian. spositron The supersymmetric partner of a positron. spot A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape. spotface a shallow machined face, especially a shallow circular or cylindrical recess, machined on (for example) a cast part to offer a flat face against which to seat a fastener (often a shallow counterbore). spotfin Any of various fish with spotted fins. spotflower Any flower of the genus Acmella. Spotland A township in in Rochdale borough, Greater Manchester, England. spotless Exceptionally clean. spotlessly In a spotless manner. spotlessness The property of being spotless. spotlight A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage. spotlighter Synonym of jacklighter (“a hunter who jacklights”). spotlighty Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of spotlights. spotlike Resembling or characteristic of a spot. Spotnitz A surname. Spoto A surname from Italian. spotproof Resistant to spotting. spotshank The spotted redshank. spotsman A smuggler responsible for selecting a suitable place on shore to land the smuggled goods. Spotswood A surname. Spotsylvania a battle in the American Civil War; see Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. spottable Capable of being spotted (seen or noticed). spotted Discoloured by spots; stained. spottedly In spots, or occasional places; here and there. spottedness The state or condition of being spotted. spottee One who receives a spot. spotter A person who observes something. spottie A spotlight, especially when used for hunting at night. spottily In a spotty manner. spottiness The state or quality of being spotty. spotting A spotted pattern. spottish Characterised by spots or spotlike markings; spotted; speckled. spottle A funnel-shaped container, usually made from a glass or plastic bottle with the bottom removed, that is used to inhale marijuana smoke or to cool the smoke if filled with ice. spotto a car game in which players try and spot yellow cars, especially popular among Australian children spotty Having spots; spotted. spotwise One spot at a time. spouge A genre of music that originated in Barbados, a fusion of ska and calypso. spounavirus Any virus of the subfamily Spounavirinae. spousage espousal spousal of or relating to marriage spousally As, or in terms of, a spouse. spouse A person in a marriage or marital relationship. spousebreach Adultery spousedom The state or quality of being a spouse. spousehood The condition or state of being married; wedlock, marriage. spouseless Without a spouse; unmarried. spouselessness Lack of a spouse. spousely Befitting a spouse. spousess A wife or bride. spouseware Synonym of creepware. spousification Treatment of one's child in a way considered more proper to a spousal relationship. spousy Spouse. spout A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. spouted Having a spout. spouter Anything that spouts. spoutfish Any of a number of marine animals that spout water; especially certain bivalve mollusks that squirt out water when retiring into their holes, for example, the thick shelled river mussel (Unio crassus). spouthole The hole from which a whale spouts. spoutiness The quality of being spouty. spouting That is propelled in a narrow stream or jet. spoutless Having no spout. spoutlike Resembling or characteristic of a spout. spouty spongy; soggy; waterlogged spow An imaginary action resembling the headcarrying of a teapot, used in the Wug Test to investigate the acquisition of the past participle form in English-speaking children. Spowage A surname. sprachbund A group of languages sharing a number of areal features (similar grammar, vocabulary, etc.) which are primarily due to language contact rather than cognation. Sprachraum Language area, language zone; geographical region where a language is spoken sprack lively, full of energy Spracklen A surname. sprackness The quality of being sprack, lively, full of energy. spraddle To spread apart (the legs). spraddlelegged that has spraddled legs Spradley A surname. Spradlin A surname. Spradling A surname. spraff To speak excessively or pointlessly. sprag A billet of wood, piece of timber, or similar solid object or constructed unit that is used as a prop. Spragg A surname. spragger A mineworker whose job is to control (i.e., to slow, check, stop, or prevent) the movement of wagons or mine cars by applying sprags to prop them or to apply braking to their wheels or axles. Sprague A surname. sprain To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation spraint A piece of otter dung. Spraker A surname. sprang A surname from German. Spranger A surname. sprangle To sprawl or straggle. sprangletop A grass of the genus Leptochloa, or some crabgrasses (Digitaria). sprankle A contrasting part that makes something more interesting and attractive. sprat Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae. Spratley A surname. spratlike Resembling or characteristic of a sprat. Spratlin A surname. Spratling A surname from Middle English. Spratlys The Spratly Islands spratmo News, gossip. Spratt A surname. spratter One who fishes for sprats. spratting Fishing for sprats. sprattle To scramble. Spratton A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7170). sprauchle To move in a clumsy manner; to stumble or sprawl; to clamber up with difficulty. sprauncy smart and showy sprawl To sit with the limbs spread out. sprawlbuster An opponent of suburban sprawl. sprawler Someone or something which sprawls; agent noun of sprawl sprawliness The quality of being sprawly. sprawling That sprawls; that spreads in a disorderly fashion. sprawlingly In a sprawling manner; widely and haphazardly. sprawlingness The quality of being sprawling. sprawlmart Suburban sprawl driven by the proliferation of malls and big-box stores, and the resulting weakening of downtowns and Main Streets. sprawly sprawling.