spice,n.condiment;piquancy, pungency.spicy,a.aromatic,fragrant;piquant,pungent,sharp.spider,n.araneidan; scorpion, tarantula;pl.Araneina, Arachnida.Associated words: arachnology, arachnologist, araneidan, araneiform,web, arachnoid, arachnophagous, spinneret, arachnean, falcer, cobweb, cocoon, retiary, arachnidium.spigot,n.stopper,plug, stopple.spin,v.whirl, twirl,revolve, gyrate; protract, prolong,extend.spinach,n.Associated word: spinaceous.spinal,a.vertebral, rachidian.spinal cord.myelon, myel.spindle-shaped,a.fusoid, fusiform.spindling,a.tall andslender.spine,n.backbone, spinalcolumn, rachis, chine.Associated words: Vertebrata, Invertebrata, vertebra, vertebrate, cyrtosis, chiropractic, chiropractor, spondyle, coccyx,rickets, ependyma, ependymis.spineless,a.invertebrate.spinet,n.virginal, clarichord.spinning,n.whirling, twirling.spiral,a.winding, cochleate, helical, turbinated, helicoid.spire,n.steeple;shoot,stalk,blade,spear;top,peak,summit.spirit,n.soul;shade,apparition,specter,ghost,phantom, revenant;animus; vivacity,energy,life,ardor,enthusiasm,zeal,force, intensity;temper,mood;meaning, intent,significance;pl.manes.spirit,v.inspirit,animate,encourage; spiritaway, carry off,kidnap, abduct.spirited,a.animated,lively,ardent,mettlesome,fervent,passionate.spit,v.expectorate; spawl, sputter;eject.spit,n.spittle, sputum,saliva.Associated words: salivary, salivous, salivant, salivate, salivation, ptyalin.spite,n.malignity,malice,rancor,hate,resentment,defiance,spleen.spiteful,a.malicious, malign, malignant,rancorous,hateful.spitting,n.expectoration.spittoon,n.cuspidor, spitbox.splash,v.plash,dash, spatter, dabble.--n.daub,splotch,blot.spleen,n.milt;anger,spite,malice, choler;melancholy,depression.Associated words: splenic, splenetic, splenography, splenology, splenotomy, splenitis, lienal, lienitis, splenalgia, splenocele, splenoid.spleeny,a.irritable,petulant,choleric, irascible;melancholy.splendid,a.bright,brilliant;magnificent,grand,superb,imposing, sumptuous; illustrious,glorious,distinguished,celebrated,famous.splendor,n.brilliancy,brightness;magnificence, pageantry,pomp,grandeur;renown,glory, eminence, sublimity,fame.splice,v.interweave,unite, braidtogether.splinter,n.sliver, flinder.split,v.rive,cleave, sunder,rend,divide,separate,rift, burst,rupture, disunite, disrupt.split,n.crack,rent, fissure,rift; (Colloq.)breach,separation, disunion,rupture.split,a.cleft,riven, divided, sundered,rent, disunitedcloven.splitting,n.fission, cleavage, riving, sundering, rupture disruption.Associated words: fissile, fissility.splotch,n.smear, smudge, smutch,daub,spot,stain.spoil,v.plunder,rob,pillage,ravage, depredate, despoildevastate,sack;corrupt,vitiate,debase,mar,demoralize, deprave, sophisticate, infect,defile,contaminate;disfigure,deface,damage;decay,addle, putrefy,rot.spoil,n.plunder,pillage,booty,prize,gain,loot;waste,robbery,devastation, sacking,rapine, spoliation;corruption,decay,vitiation.spoke,n.radius,ray;rung,round.spoken,a.oral, nuncupative, parole.spokesman,n.speaker,mouthpiece, prolocutor.sponge,v.imbibe,absorb; expunge,efface,erase,obliterate.sponger,n.parasite,hanger-on, trencherfriend.spongy,a.porous, spongoid, spongiform, incompact;absorbent,bibulous.sponsor,n.godparent;surety.Associated words: sponsorial, sponsorship, sponsion,ward, protégé.spontaneous,a.instinctive,voluntary,impulsive, unforcedspontaneous generation.abiogenesis.spook,n.ghost,spirit,specter,apparition,phantom,hobgoblin.spooney,a.(Colloq.)silly,sentimental, foolishlyfond.spoor,n.track, trail (of a wild animal).sporadic,a.separate,single,isolated.sport,n.amusement,game,recreation,fun,play,diversion,pastime, jollity,pleasantry, hilarity,gayety,merriment;derision,mockery,ridicule,jeer;plaything,toy;monstrosity; (Slang) sportsman.sport,v.frolic,play,caper, disport; (Colloq.) exhibit wear,display.sportive,a.frolicsome,merry,boon,frisky,sprightly,prankish, gamesome.spot,n.speck,speckle,mark,blot, discoloration, fleck, dapple,blotch, smutch;stain,reproach,blemish,flaw;place, locality; areola, areolet, areolation, ocellus.spot,v.dapple, variegate, mottle,speckle,blot, sully,stain, maculate.spotless,a.immaculate,unspotted,stainless, unsullied, irreproachable,blameless.spotted,a.speckled,dappled, dotted, discolored,variegated, bespeckled, flecked,freckled, spotty, soiled,piebald,mottled, blotched, pinto,pied, pintado,party-colored, specked, plashy, finchbacked, rubican, ocellated.spotted fever.cerebro-spinal meningitis, typhusfever.spotted sickness.pint.spout,v.spurt, squirt,gush;rant,harangue; (Cant)pawn.spout,h.nozzle; conduit, trough, adjutage; waterspout; gargoyle;dale.spouter,n.declaimer, ranter, haranguer.spout hole.blowhole, spiracle.spouting,n.harangue, declamation, magniloquence,ranting.spray,n.twig,sprig,branch.spray,n.Associated words: atomize, atomization, atomizer, spoondrift, nebulize, nebulizer, nebulization.spread,v.extend,stretch,expand,dilate; unfurl,unroll,open; disseminate,bruit,circulate, propagate, promulgate,diffuse, emit; suffuse;cover, overspread,mantle;expatiate.spread,n.extent,compass,reach; (Colloq.)feast;cover.spreadeagle,a.bombastic,boastful, magniloquent, grandiloquent.spreading,n.extension,expansion,dilation; dissemination, propagation, promulgation, diffusion,circulation; suffusion, circumfusion;radiation.spree,n.(Colloq.)carousal,debauch,revelry,orgies, bacchanals, wassail, saturnalia.sprig,n.shoot,slip,twig,spray.sprightliness,n.animation,liveliness, vivacity,activity, briskness, lilt.sprightly,a.lively,brisk,animated,debonair, vivacious,sportive,gay.spring,v.dart,shoot;bound,leap,jump,hop,vault; emerge,rise,arise;rebound,recoil, flyback;bend,warp;issue, emanate, originate,flow,arise.spring,n.leap,bound, saltation,vault,jump; resilience,elasticity, springiness;fount,fountain,source;cause,origin,motive,source; springtime, vernalseason.spring,n.Associated word: pegology.springboard,n.batule, batule board.springy,a.elastic, resilient, rebounding, recoiling;spongy,yielding, queachy.sprinkle,v.scatter, strew; besprinkle, bedew, asperse.sprinkling,n.aspersion, besprinkling.sprinter,n.runner.sprite,n.elf,goblin, pixy, fay,specter,phantom,ghost.sprout,v.germinate, pullulate, bourgeon,grow,vegetate;branch, ramify; tiller.sprout,n.shoot, tiller, chit,sucker,scion; aerospire, plumule; rattoon.sprouting,n.germination.spruce,a.natty,jaunty,neat,finical,trim.spry,a.agile,nimble,quick,brisk,sprightly,alert.spunk,n.touchwood, punk, amadou.spunk,n.(Colloq.)spirit,mettle,pluck.spunky,a.(Colloq.)mettlesome,plucky,spirited.spur,n.rowel,goad,prick; snag, projection;incitement,stimulus,goad,incentive, instigation,impetus, provocation; spine (on a cock's leg).spur,v.goad,incite,urge,stimulate, instigate, impel.spurious,a.counterfeit,sham,false,mock, adulterine,unauthentic.spurn,v.reject,scorn, contemn,despise,scout.spurn,n.rejection,disdain, scorning.spurt,n.gushing,spouting,jet,ejection.--v.gush,spout,jet.spy,n.scout; emissary (disguised).--v.espy,see.spying,n.espionage, espial.squab,a.plump,stout,fat;unfledged,unfeathered.squabble,n.wrangle,dispute, altercation. Seequarrel.squad,n.band,gang,knot,bevy,company.squalid,a.filthy,foul,nasty,dirty.squalidness,n.squalor.square,n.quadrate, quadrature;block, area;equality,level,agreement.square,a.equitable,true,just,honest,impartial;even, balanced, adjusted; quadrate, quadratic.square,v.adjust,fit,suit;balance,settle; conform,agree,accord.squares,n. pl.Associated words: tessellate, tessellated, tessellation,mosaic,checkered.squat,v.crouch,cower.squeak,v.creak; (Colloq.)betray,tell,confess.squeal,v.cry,yell; (Slang)tell,betray,confess.squeeze,v.compress, gripe,pinch;oppress, extort;crowd, elbow,press.squeeze,n.compression, pressure; (Colloq.)exaction,extortion.squelch,v.(Colloq.)crush,silence,quell, stifle,abash.squib,n.satire,lampoon, pasquinade.squint-eyed,a.cross-eyed, cock-eyed, gimlet-eyed.squinting,n.strabismus;cross-eye.squirm,v.wriggle, writhe,twist.squirrel skin.vair.s-shaped,a.sigmoid, sigmoidal, sigmate.stab,v.pierce,thrust,gore, transfix;backbite, malign.stab,n.thrust,wound, stoccado.stability,n.fixedness, firmness,permanence,constancy, steadiness.Antonyms: instability, unsteadiness.stable,a.steady,firm,immovable,unwavering,constant,permanent.stable,n.barn; mews.Associated words: paddock, equerry.stableman,n.groom,hostler.stack,n.pile, rick.staff,n.rod,stick, cane; truncheon; mace; crozier;support; bourdon.stag,n.hart.stage,n.platform,rostrum;scaffold, staging;theater, playhouse,arena, boards; degree,step,point; drama.Associated words: histrionic, histrionism, histrionicism, proscenium, postscenium, parascenium, coulisse,wing.stagecoach,n.stage, omnibus, diligence (France).stagger,v.reel, totter,sway;shock, astound,dumfound.stagnant,a.motionless,standing,quiet;inactive,dull,sluggish.stagy,a.theatrical,assumed,bombastic.staid,a.sedate,demure,serious, settled.stain,v.soil, sully,defile,taint.stain,n.blot,taint, discoloration,tarnish.stainless,a.immaculate,spotless.stairway,n.stairs, staircase, flight of stairs; escalator (moving stairway); caracole (spiral staircase).Associated words: baluster, balustrade, newel,landing, riser, tread,banister, nosing, dog-legged.stake,n.picket,pale,post;pledge,wager,bet;venture,risk,hazard.stake,v.venture,risk,hazard,wager,bet,pledge.stale,a.vapid,musty, fusty,flat, insipid,mawkish;trite,common,banal, hackneyed,commonplace.staleness,n.vapidity, mustiness, insipidity; triteness,banality.stalk,n.stem, axis, petiole, pedicel, peduncle,spire, stipe, culm, kecksy.stall,n.stable; booth,stand;seat.Associated words: manger, stanchion.
spice,n.condiment;piquancy, pungency.
spicy,a.aromatic,fragrant;piquant,pungent,sharp.
spider,n.araneidan; scorpion, tarantula;pl.Araneina, Arachnida.Associated words: arachnology, arachnologist, araneidan, araneiform,web, arachnoid, arachnophagous, spinneret, arachnean, falcer, cobweb, cocoon, retiary, arachnidium.
spigot,n.stopper,plug, stopple.
spin,v.whirl, twirl,revolve, gyrate; protract, prolong,extend.
spinach,n.Associated word: spinaceous.
spinal,a.vertebral, rachidian.
spinal cord.myelon, myel.
spindle-shaped,a.fusoid, fusiform.
spindling,a.tall andslender.
spine,n.backbone, spinalcolumn, rachis, chine.Associated words: Vertebrata, Invertebrata, vertebra, vertebrate, cyrtosis, chiropractic, chiropractor, spondyle, coccyx,rickets, ependyma, ependymis.
spineless,a.invertebrate.
spinet,n.virginal, clarichord.
spinning,n.whirling, twirling.
spiral,a.winding, cochleate, helical, turbinated, helicoid.
spire,n.steeple;shoot,stalk,blade,spear;top,peak,summit.
spirit,n.soul;shade,apparition,specter,ghost,phantom, revenant;animus; vivacity,energy,life,ardor,enthusiasm,zeal,force, intensity;temper,mood;meaning, intent,significance;pl.manes.
spirit,v.inspirit,animate,encourage; spiritaway, carry off,kidnap, abduct.
spirited,a.animated,lively,ardent,mettlesome,fervent,passionate.
spit,v.expectorate; spawl, sputter;eject.
spit,n.spittle, sputum,saliva.Associated words: salivary, salivous, salivant, salivate, salivation, ptyalin.
spite,n.malignity,malice,rancor,hate,resentment,defiance,spleen.
spiteful,a.malicious, malign, malignant,rancorous,hateful.
spitting,n.expectoration.
spittoon,n.cuspidor, spitbox.
splash,v.plash,dash, spatter, dabble.--n.daub,splotch,blot.
spleen,n.milt;anger,spite,malice, choler;melancholy,depression.Associated words: splenic, splenetic, splenography, splenology, splenotomy, splenitis, lienal, lienitis, splenalgia, splenocele, splenoid.
spleeny,a.irritable,petulant,choleric, irascible;melancholy.
splendid,a.bright,brilliant;magnificent,grand,superb,imposing, sumptuous; illustrious,glorious,distinguished,celebrated,famous.
splendor,n.brilliancy,brightness;magnificence, pageantry,pomp,grandeur;renown,glory, eminence, sublimity,fame.
splice,v.interweave,unite, braidtogether.
splinter,n.sliver, flinder.
split,v.rive,cleave, sunder,rend,divide,separate,rift, burst,rupture, disunite, disrupt.
split,n.crack,rent, fissure,rift; (Colloq.)breach,separation, disunion,rupture.
split,a.cleft,riven, divided, sundered,rent, disunitedcloven.
splitting,n.fission, cleavage, riving, sundering, rupture disruption.Associated words: fissile, fissility.
splotch,n.smear, smudge, smutch,daub,spot,stain.
spoil,v.plunder,rob,pillage,ravage, depredate, despoildevastate,sack;corrupt,vitiate,debase,mar,demoralize, deprave, sophisticate, infect,defile,contaminate;disfigure,deface,damage;decay,addle, putrefy,rot.
spoil,n.plunder,pillage,booty,prize,gain,loot;waste,robbery,devastation, sacking,rapine, spoliation;corruption,decay,vitiation.
spoke,n.radius,ray;rung,round.
spoken,a.oral, nuncupative, parole.
spokesman,n.speaker,mouthpiece, prolocutor.
sponge,v.imbibe,absorb; expunge,efface,erase,obliterate.
sponger,n.parasite,hanger-on, trencherfriend.
spongy,a.porous, spongoid, spongiform, incompact;absorbent,bibulous.
sponsor,n.godparent;surety.Associated words: sponsorial, sponsorship, sponsion,ward, protégé.
spontaneous,a.instinctive,voluntary,impulsive, unforced
spontaneous generation.abiogenesis.
spook,n.ghost,spirit,specter,apparition,phantom,hobgoblin.
spooney,a.(Colloq.)silly,sentimental, foolishlyfond.
spoor,n.track, trail (of a wild animal).
sporadic,a.separate,single,isolated.
sport,n.amusement,game,recreation,fun,play,diversion,pastime, jollity,pleasantry, hilarity,gayety,merriment;derision,mockery,ridicule,jeer;plaything,toy;monstrosity; (Slang) sportsman.
sport,v.frolic,play,caper, disport; (Colloq.) exhibit wear,display.
sportive,a.frolicsome,merry,boon,frisky,sprightly,prankish, gamesome.
spot,n.speck,speckle,mark,blot, discoloration, fleck, dapple,blotch, smutch;stain,reproach,blemish,flaw;place, locality; areola, areolet, areolation, ocellus.
spot,v.dapple, variegate, mottle,speckle,blot, sully,stain, maculate.
spotless,a.immaculate,unspotted,stainless, unsullied, irreproachable,blameless.
spotted,a.speckled,dappled, dotted, discolored,variegated, bespeckled, flecked,freckled, spotty, soiled,piebald,mottled, blotched, pinto,pied, pintado,party-colored, specked, plashy, finchbacked, rubican, ocellated.
spotted fever.cerebro-spinal meningitis, typhusfever.
spotted sickness.pint.
spout,v.spurt, squirt,gush;rant,harangue; (Cant)pawn.
spout,h.nozzle; conduit, trough, adjutage; waterspout; gargoyle;dale.
spouter,n.declaimer, ranter, haranguer.
spout hole.blowhole, spiracle.
spouting,n.harangue, declamation, magniloquence,ranting.
spray,n.twig,sprig,branch.
spray,n.Associated words: atomize, atomization, atomizer, spoondrift, nebulize, nebulizer, nebulization.
spread,v.extend,stretch,expand,dilate; unfurl,unroll,open; disseminate,bruit,circulate, propagate, promulgate,diffuse, emit; suffuse;cover, overspread,mantle;expatiate.
spread,n.extent,compass,reach; (Colloq.)feast;cover.
spreadeagle,a.bombastic,boastful, magniloquent, grandiloquent.
spreading,n.extension,expansion,dilation; dissemination, propagation, promulgation, diffusion,circulation; suffusion, circumfusion;radiation.
spree,n.(Colloq.)carousal,debauch,revelry,orgies, bacchanals, wassail, saturnalia.
sprig,n.shoot,slip,twig,spray.
sprightliness,n.animation,liveliness, vivacity,activity, briskness, lilt.
sprightly,a.lively,brisk,animated,debonair, vivacious,sportive,gay.
spring,v.dart,shoot;bound,leap,jump,hop,vault; emerge,rise,arise;rebound,recoil, flyback;bend,warp;issue, emanate, originate,flow,arise.
spring,n.leap,bound, saltation,vault,jump; resilience,elasticity, springiness;fount,fountain,source;cause,origin,motive,source; springtime, vernalseason.
spring,n.Associated word: pegology.
springboard,n.batule, batule board.
springy,a.elastic, resilient, rebounding, recoiling;spongy,yielding, queachy.
sprinkle,v.scatter, strew; besprinkle, bedew, asperse.
sprinkling,n.aspersion, besprinkling.
sprinter,n.runner.
sprite,n.elf,goblin, pixy, fay,specter,phantom,ghost.
sprout,v.germinate, pullulate, bourgeon,grow,vegetate;branch, ramify; tiller.
sprout,n.shoot, tiller, chit,sucker,scion; aerospire, plumule; rattoon.
sprouting,n.germination.
spruce,a.natty,jaunty,neat,finical,trim.
spry,a.agile,nimble,quick,brisk,sprightly,alert.
spunk,n.touchwood, punk, amadou.
spunk,n.(Colloq.)spirit,mettle,pluck.
spunky,a.(Colloq.)mettlesome,plucky,spirited.
spur,n.rowel,goad,prick; snag, projection;incitement,stimulus,goad,incentive, instigation,impetus, provocation; spine (on a cock's leg).
spur,v.goad,incite,urge,stimulate, instigate, impel.
spurious,a.counterfeit,sham,false,mock, adulterine,unauthentic.
spurn,v.reject,scorn, contemn,despise,scout.
spurn,n.rejection,disdain, scorning.
spurt,n.gushing,spouting,jet,ejection.--v.gush,spout,jet.
spy,n.scout; emissary (disguised).--v.espy,see.
spying,n.espionage, espial.
squab,a.plump,stout,fat;unfledged,unfeathered.
squabble,n.wrangle,dispute, altercation. Seequarrel.
squad,n.band,gang,knot,bevy,company.
squalid,a.filthy,foul,nasty,dirty.
squalidness,n.squalor.
square,n.quadrate, quadrature;block, area;equality,level,agreement.
square,a.equitable,true,just,honest,impartial;even, balanced, adjusted; quadrate, quadratic.
square,v.adjust,fit,suit;balance,settle; conform,agree,accord.
squares,n. pl.Associated words: tessellate, tessellated, tessellation,mosaic,checkered.
squat,v.crouch,cower.
squeak,v.creak; (Colloq.)betray,tell,confess.
squeal,v.cry,yell; (Slang)tell,betray,confess.
squeeze,v.compress, gripe,pinch;oppress, extort;crowd, elbow,press.
squeeze,n.compression, pressure; (Colloq.)exaction,extortion.
squelch,v.(Colloq.)crush,silence,quell, stifle,abash.
squib,n.satire,lampoon, pasquinade.
squint-eyed,a.cross-eyed, cock-eyed, gimlet-eyed.
squinting,n.strabismus;cross-eye.
squirm,v.wriggle, writhe,twist.
squirrel skin.vair.
s-shaped,a.sigmoid, sigmoidal, sigmate.
stab,v.pierce,thrust,gore, transfix;backbite, malign.
stab,n.thrust,wound, stoccado.
stability,n.fixedness, firmness,permanence,constancy, steadiness.Antonyms: instability, unsteadiness.
stable,a.steady,firm,immovable,unwavering,constant,permanent.
stable,n.barn; mews.Associated words: paddock, equerry.
stableman,n.groom,hostler.
stack,n.pile, rick.
staff,n.rod,stick, cane; truncheon; mace; crozier;support; bourdon.
stag,n.hart.
stage,n.platform,rostrum;scaffold, staging;theater, playhouse,arena, boards; degree,step,point; drama.Associated words: histrionic, histrionism, histrionicism, proscenium, postscenium, parascenium, coulisse,wing.
stagecoach,n.stage, omnibus, diligence (France).
stagger,v.reel, totter,sway;shock, astound,dumfound.
stagnant,a.motionless,standing,quiet;inactive,dull,sluggish.
stagy,a.theatrical,assumed,bombastic.
staid,a.sedate,demure,serious, settled.
stain,v.soil, sully,defile,taint.
stain,n.blot,taint, discoloration,tarnish.
stainless,a.immaculate,spotless.
stairway,n.stairs, staircase, flight of stairs; escalator (moving stairway); caracole (spiral staircase).Associated words: baluster, balustrade, newel,landing, riser, tread,banister, nosing, dog-legged.
stake,n.picket,pale,post;pledge,wager,bet;venture,risk,hazard.
stake,v.venture,risk,hazard,wager,bet,pledge.
stale,a.vapid,musty, fusty,flat, insipid,mawkish;trite,common,banal, hackneyed,commonplace.
staleness,n.vapidity, mustiness, insipidity; triteness,banality.
stalk,n.stem, axis, petiole, pedicel, peduncle,spire, stipe, culm, kecksy.
stall,n.stable; booth,stand;seat.Associated words: manger, stanchion.