speculate, speechifier

speleology = the study of caves

spelunker - a devotee of speleology Hi, Milo!

Spenserian = eponymic for a style of handwriting formerly widely taught

spendthrift

sphenocephalic - having a wedge shaped head

sphericity - likeness to a sphere

spheroidize - to impart a rounded shape

spherometer - a measuring device used in testing lenses

sphragistics - the study of engraved seals and signets

sphygmomanometer - medical instrument for measuring blood pressure

spiccato
adj.
5It, pp. of spiccare, to detach6 Musical Direction played with the bow wrist relaxed so that the bow of a violin, etc. rebounds rapidly between notes

spicigerous - bearing spikes

spiculiferous - bearing small fleshy points or appendages

spidery

spikenard
n.
5ME < LL(Ec) spica nardi < L spica, an ear of grain (see SPIKE2) + nardus, NARD6
1 a fragrant ointment used in ancient times
2 an Asiatic plant (Nardostachys jatamansi) of the valerian family that yielded this ointment
>3 a perennial North American plant (Aralia racemosa) of the ginseng family, with whitish flowers, purplish berries, and fragrant roots

spiling
n.
5< prec. + 3ING6 spiles or timbers collectively

spilth
n.
5SPIL(L) 1 + 3TH16 [Obs.]
1 the act of spilling
2 that which is spilled, esp. profusely

spindle, spindrift, spinose, spinster, spiracular,

spirogyra - a common fresh water alga

spitz
n.
5Ger < spitz, pointed < OHG spizzi: see SPIT16 in the U.S., any of several dogs, as the chow chow, Samoyed, or Eskimo dog, characterized by a long, dense coat, erect, pointed ears, and a tail that curls over the back; esp., a variety of Pomeranian, usually white

splacknuck - from “Gulliver’s Travels”
“began to be known and talked of in the Neighbourhood, that my Master had found a strange Animal in the Fields, about the Bigness of a Splacknuck, but exactly ... “

spleen, splendor
speculate, speechifier

speleology = the study of caves

spelunker - a devotee of speleology Hi, Milo!

Spenserian = eponymic for a style of handwriting formerly widely taught

spendthrift

sphenocephalic - having a wedge shaped head

sphericity - likeness to a sphere

spheroidize - to impart a rounded shape

spherometer - a measuring device used in testing lenses

sphragistics - the study of engraved seals and signets

sphygmomanometer - medical instrument for measuring blood pressure

spiccato
adj.
5It, pp. of spiccare, to detach6 Musical Direction played with the bow wrist relaxed so that the bow of a violin, etc. rebounds rapidly between notes

spicigerous - bearing spikes

spiculiferous - bearing small fleshy points or appendages

spidery

spikenard
n.
5ME < LL(Ec) spica nardi < L spica, an ear of grain (see SPIKE2) + nardus, NARD6
1 a fragrant ointment used in ancient times
2 an Asiatic plant (Nardostachys jatamansi) of the valerian family that yielded this ointment
>3 a perennial North American plant (Aralia racemosa) of the ginseng family, with whitish flowers, purplish berries, and fragrant roots

spiling
n.
5< prec. + 3ING6 spiles or timbers collectively

spilth
n.
5SPIL(L) 1 + 3TH16 [Obs.]
1 the act of spilling
2 that which is spilled, esp. profusely

spindle, spindrift, spinose, spinster, spiracular,

spirogyra - a common fresh water alga

spitz
n.
5Ger < spitz, pointed < OHG spizzi: see SPIT16 in the U.S., any of several dogs, as the chow chow, Samoyed, or Eskimo dog, characterized by a long, dense coat, erect, pointed ears, and a tail that curls over the back; esp., a variety of Pomeranian, usually white

splacknuck - from “Gulliver’s Travels”
“began to be known and talked of in the Neighbourhood, that my Master had found a strange Animal in the Fields, about the Bigness of a Splacknuck, but exactly ... “

spleen, splendor
speculate, speechifier

speleology = the study of caves

spelunker - a devotee of speleology Hi, Milo!

Spenserian = eponymic for a style of handwriting formerly widely taught

spendthrift

sphenocephalic - having a wedge shaped head

sphericity - likeness to a sphere

spheroidize - to impart a rounded shape

spherometer - a measuring device used in testing lenses

sphragistics - the study of engraved seals and signets

sphygmomanometer - medical instrument for measuring blood pressure

spiccato
adj.
5It, pp. of spiccare, to detach6 Musical Direction played with the bow wrist relaxed so that the bow of a violin, etc. rebounds rapidly between notes

spicigerous - bearing spikes

spiculiferous - bearing small fleshy points or appendages

spidery

spikenard
n.
5ME < LL(Ec) spica nardi < L spica, an ear of grain (see SPIKE2) + nardus, NARD6
1 a fragrant ointment used in ancient times
2 an Asiatic plant (Nardostachys jatamansi) of the valerian family that yielded this ointment
>3 a perennial North American plant (Aralia racemosa) of the ginseng family, with whitish flowers, purplish berries, and fragrant roots

spiling
n.
5< prec. + 3ING6 spiles or timbers collectively

spilth
n.
5SPIL(L) 1 + 3TH16 [Obs.]
1 the act of spilling
2 that which is spilled, esp. profusely

spindle, spindrift, spinose, spinster, spiracular,

spirogyra - a common fresh water alga

spitz
n.
5Ger < spitz, pointed < OHG spizzi: see SPIT16 in the U.S., any of several dogs, as the chow chow, Samoyed, or Eskimo dog, characterized by a long, dense coat, erect, pointed ears, and a tail that curls over the back; esp., a variety of Pomeranian, usually white

splacknuck - from “Gulliver’s Travels”
“began to be known and talked of in the Neighbourhood, that my Master had found a strange Animal in the Fields, about the Bigness of a Splacknuck, but exactly ... “

spleen, splendor