Spatter-dock (n.) The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena).
Spattle (n.) Spawl; spittle.
Spattle (n.) A spatula.
Spattle (n.) A tool or implement for mottling a molded article with coloring matter
Spattling-poppy (n.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.
Spatula (n.) An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.
Spatulate (a.) Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base.
Spauld (n.) The shoulder.
Spavin (n.) A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed.
Spavined (a.) Affected with spavin.
Spaw (n.) See Spa.
Spawl (n.) A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.
Spawl (n.) Scattered or ejected spittle.
Spawled (imp. & p. p.) of Spawl
Spawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spawl
Spawl (v. i. & t.) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva.
Spawling (n.) That which is spawled, or spit out.
Spawned (imp. & p. p.) of Spawn
Spawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spawn
Spawn (v. t.) To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
Spawn (v. t.) To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
Spawn (v. i.) To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Spawn (v. t.) The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
Spawn (v. t.) Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Spawn (v. t.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
Spawn (v. t.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
Spawner (n.) A mature female fish.
Spawner (n.) Whatever produces spawn of any kind.
Spayed (imp. & p. p.) of Spay
Spaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spay
Spay (v. t.) To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
Spay (v. t.) The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
Spayad (n.) Alt. of Spayade
Spayade (n.) A spay.
Spoke (imp.) of Speak
Spake () of Speak
Spoken (p. p.) of Speak
Spoke () of Speak
Speaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speak
Speak (v. i.) To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
Speak (v. i.) To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
Speak (v. i.) To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.
Speak (v. i.) To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
Speak (v. i.) To give sound; to sound.
Speak (v. i.) To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
Speak (v. t.) To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
Speak (v. t.) To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
Speak (v. t.) To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.
Speak (v. t.) To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
Speak (v. t.) To address; to accost; to speak to.
Speakable (a.) Capable of being spoken; fit to be spoken.
Speakable (a.) Able to speak.
Speaker (n.) One who speaks.
Speaker (n.) One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker.
Speaker (n.) One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives.
Speaker (n.) A book of selections for declamation.
Speakership (n.) The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives.
Speaking (a.) Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube.
Speaking (a.) Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness.
Speking (n.) The act of uttering words.
Speking (n.) Public declamation; oratory.
Spear (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.
Spear (n.) Fig.: A spearman.
Spear (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
Spear (n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
Spear (n.) The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
Speared (imp. & p. p.) of Spear
Spearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spear
Spear (v. t.) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
Spear (v. i.) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
Spearer (n.) One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish.
Spearfish (n.) 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.
Spearfish (n.) The carp sucker.
Spearhead (n.) The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
Spearmen (pl. ) of Spearman
Spearman (n.) One who is armed with a spear.
Spearmint (n.) A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha.
Spearwood (n.) An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears.
Spearwort (n.) A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped leaves.
Speary (a.) Having the form of a spear.
Spece (n.) Species; kind.
Specht (n.) A woodpecker.
Special (a.) Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort.
Special (a.) Particular; peculiar; different from others; extraordinary; uncommon.
Special (a.) Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon.
Special (a.) Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study.
Special (a.) Chief in excellence.
Special (n.) A particular.
Special (n.) One appointed for a special service or occasion.
Specialism (n.) Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.
Specialist (n.) One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.
Specialities (pl. ) of Speciality
Speciality (n.) A particular or peculiar case; a particularity.
Speciality (n.) See Specialty, 3.
Speciality (n.) The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty.
Speciality (n.) An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
Specialization (n.) The act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized.
Specialization (n.) The setting apart of a particular organ for the performance of a particular function.