Space (n.) A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile.
Space (n.) Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time.
Space (n.) A short time; a while.
Space (n.) Walk; track; path; course.
Space (n.) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters.
Space (n.) The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books.
Space (n.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff.
Space (n.) To walk; to rove; to roam.
Spaced (imp. & p. p.) of Space
Spacong (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Space
Space (n.) To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.
Spaceful (a.) Wide; extensive.
Spaceless (a.) Without space.
Spacial (a.) See Spatial.
Spacially (adv.) See Spatially.
Spacious (n.) Extending far and wide; vast in extent.
Spacious (n.) Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall.
Spadassin (n.) A bravo; a bully; a duelist.
Spaddle (n.) A little spade.
Spade (n.) A hart or stag three years old.
Spade (n.) A castrated man or beast.
Spade (n.) An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel.
Spade (n.) One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
Spade (n.) A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
Spaded (imp. & p. p.) of Spade
Spading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spade
Spade (v. t.) To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
Spadebone (n.) Shoulder blade.
Spadefish (n.) An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.
Spadefoot (n.) Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade toad.
Spadefuls (pl. ) of Spadeful
Spadeful (n.) As much as a spade will hold or lift.
Spader (n.) One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
Spadiceous (a.) Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color.
Spadiceous (a.) Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.
Spadicose (a.) Spadiceous.
Spadille (n.) The ace of spades in omber and quadrille.
Spadices (pl. ) of Spadix
Spadixes (pl. ) of Spadix
Spadix (n.) A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.
Spadix (n.) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.
Spadones (pl. ) of Spado
Spado (n.) Same as Spade, 2.
Spado (n.) An impotent person.
Spadroon (n.) A sword, especially a broadsword, formerly used both to cut and thrust.
Spaed (imp. & p. p.) of Spae
Spaeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spae
Spae (v. i.) To foretell; to divine.
Spaeman (n.) A prophet; a diviner.
Spaewife (n.) A female fortune teller.
Spaghetti (n.) A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.
Spagyric (a.) Alt. of Spagyrical
Spagyrical (a.) Chemical; alchemical.
Spagyric (n.) A spagyrist.
Spagyrist (n.) A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits.
Spagyrist (n.) 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.
Spahi (n.) Alt. of Spahee
Spahee (n.) Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry.
Spahee (n.) An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
Spaid (n.) See 1st Spade.
Spake () imp. of Speak.
Spakenet (n.) A net for catching crabs.
Spaky (a.) Specky.
Spalding knife () A spalting knife.
Spale (n.) A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
Spale (n.) A strengthening cross timber.
Spall (n.) The shoulder.
Spall (n.) A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge.
Spall (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock.
Spall (v. t.) To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering.
Spall (v. i.) To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface.
Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.
Spalt (n.) Spelter.
Spalt (a.) Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber.
Spalt (a.) Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy.
Spalt (a.) To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax.
Spalting knife () A knife used in splitting codfish.
Span () imp. & p. p. of Spin.
Span (v. t.) The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.
Span (v. t.) Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
Span (v. t.) The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.
Span (v. t.) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
Span (v. t.) A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
Spanned (imp. & p. p.) of Span
Spanning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Span
Span (v. t.) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.
Span (v. t.) To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.
Span (v. t.) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
Span (v. i.) To be matched, as horses.
Spanaemia (n.) 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 (a.) Of or pertaining to spanaemia; having impoverished blood.
Spancel (n.) A rope used for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow.
Spanceled (imp. & p. p.) of Spancel
Spancelled () of Spancel
Spanceling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spancel
Spancelling () of Spancel
Spancel (v. t.) To tie or hobble with a spancel.
Spandogs (n. pl.) A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber.
Spandrel (n.) The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them.
Spandrel (n.) A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture.