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Snub(n.) A check or rebuke
(v. i.) To sob with convulsions.
(v. t.) To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark
Snuff(n.) Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose
(v. i.) To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose
(v. t.) The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
Snug(superl.) Close
(v. i.) To lie close
(v. t.) To place snugly.
So(adv.) About the number, time, or quantity specified
(conj.) Provided that
(interj.) Be as you are
Soak(v. i.) To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
Soap(n.) A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent
(v. t.) To flatter
Soar(n.) The act of soaring
Soave(a.) Sweet.
Sob(n.) Any sorrowful cry or sound.
(v. i.) To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion
(v. t.) To soak.
Sober(superl.) Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors
(v. i.) To become sober
(v. t.) To make sober.
Sobriety(n.) Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination
Sobriquet(n.) An assumed name
Soc(n.) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands
Socage(n.) A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service
Sociable(n.) A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver.
Social(a.) Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
Society(n.) A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object
Socinian(a.) Of or pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians.
(n.) One of the followers of Socinus
Sociology(n.) That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society
Sock(n.) A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg
(v. t.) To hurl, drive, or strike violently
Socle(n.) A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal
Sod(n.) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface
(v. t.) To cover with sod
Soda(n.) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate.
Sodden(imp. & p. p.) of Sod
(p. p.) Boiled
(v. i.) To be seethed
(v. t.) To soak
Sodium(n.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc
Sofa(n.) A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends
Soffit(n.) The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like
Soft(adv.) Softly
(interj.) Be quiet
(n.) A soft or foolish person
(superl.) Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc
Soggy(superl.) Filled with water
Soho(interj.) Ho
Soil(n.) A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge
(v. i.) To become soiled
(v. t.) To enrich with soil or muck
Soiree(n.) An evening party
Sojourn(v. i.) A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
Sola(fem. a.) Alone
(n.) A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies
Sold(imp. & p. p.) of Sell
(n.) Solary
Sole(a.) Being or acting without another
(n.) A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid
(v. t.) To furnish with a sole
Solfatara(n.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity
Solfeggio(n.) The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught
Solferino(n.) A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline
Soli(n.) pl. of Solo.
Solleret(n.) A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a shoe), worn with mediaeval armor
Solmization(n.) The act of sol-faing.
Solo(a.) A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice
Solstice(v. i.) A stopping or standing still of the sun.
Solubility(n.) The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable
Soluble(a.) Relaxed
Solute(a.) Loose
(v. t.) To absolve
Solution(n.) A crisis.
Solvable(a.) Able to pay one's debts
Solve(n.) A solution
(v. t.) To explain
Soma(n.) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
Sombre(a.) Dull
(n.) Gloom
(v. t.) To make somber, or dark
Sombrous(a.) Gloomy
Some(a.) About
Somite(n.) One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed
Somnambulate(v. i. & t.) To walk when /sleep.
Somnambulism(n.) A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions approppriate to the waking state
Somniferous(a.) Causing or inducing sleep
Somnolent(a.) Sleepy
Son(n.) A male child
Sonant(a.) Of or pertaining to sound
(n.) A sonant letter.
Sonata(n.) An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements
Sonatina(n.) A short and simple sonata.
Sonde(v. t.) That which is sent
Song(n.) A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music
Soniferous(a.) Sounding
Sonnet(n.) A poem of fourteen lines
(v. i.) To compose sonnets.
Sonority(n.) The quality or state of being sonorous
Sonorous(a.) Giving sound when struck
Soon(a.) Speedy
(adv.) In a short time
Soot(n.) A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke
(v. t.) To cover or dress with soot
Sop(v. t.) Anything given to pacify
Soph(n.) A contraction of Soph ister.
Sopor(n.) Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only with difficulty.
Soppy(a.) Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture
Soprano(n.) A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice.
Sora(n.) A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored
Sorb(n.) The fruit of these trees.
Sorcerer(n.) A conjurer
Sorceress(n.) A female sorcerer.
Sorcery(n.) Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits
Sordid(a.) Filthy
Sore(a.) A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful
(n.) A young buck in the fourth year.
(superl.) Criminal
Sorghum(n.) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S
Sorgo(n.) Indian millet and its varieties.
Sori(n.) pl. of Sorus.
Sororicide(n.) The murder of one's sister
Sorrel(a.) Of a yellowish or redish brown color
(n.) A yellowish or redish brown color.
Sorrow(n.) The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good
Sorry(a.) Grieved for the loss of some good
Sort(n.) A chance group
(v. i.) To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species
(v. t.) To choose from a number
Sorus(n.) In lichens, a heap of soredia on the thallus.
Sostenuto(a.) Sustained
Sot(a.) Sottish
(n.) A person stupefied by excessive drinking
(v. i.) To tipple to stupidity.
(v. t.) To stupefy
Soteriology(n.) A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health.
Sottish(a.) Like a sot
Sou(n.) An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly called a sou
Soubrette(n.) A female servant or attendant
Souchong(n.) A kind of black tea of a fine quality.
Souffle(a.) Decorated with very small drops or sprinkles of color, as if blown from a bellows.
(n.) A murmuring or blowing sound
Sough(n.) A small drain
(v. i.) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
Soul(a.) Sole.
(n.) A human being
(v. i.) To afford suitable sustenance.
(v. t.) To indue with a soul
Sound(adv.) Soundly.
(n.) A cuttlefish.
(superl.) Firm
(v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
Soup(n.) A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water
(v. t.) To breathe out.
Sour(n.) A sour or acid substance
(superl.) Afflictive
(v. i.) To become sour
(v. t.) To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly.
Souse(adv.) With a sudden swoop
(n.) A corrupt form of Sou.
(v. t.) To drench, as by an immersion
Soutache(n.) A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk
Soutane(n.) A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom
Souterrain(n.) A grotto or cavern under ground.
South(a.) Lying toward the south
(adv.) From the south
(n.) A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another
(v. i.) To come to the meridian
Souvenir(n.) That which serves as a reminder
Sovereign(a.) Efficacious in the highest degree
(n.) A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4
Sow(n.) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
(v. i.) To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop
(v. t.) To scatter, as seed, upon the earth
Sown(p. p.) of Sow
Soy(n.) A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water
Spa(n.) A spring or mineral water
Space(n.) A quantity or portion of extension
Spacious(n.) Extending far and wide
Spade(n.) A castrated man or beast.
(v. t.) To dig with a spade
Spadiceous(a.) Bearing flowers on a spadix
Spadille(n.) The ace of spades in omber and quadrille.
Spadix(n.) A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.
Spaghetti(n.) A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.
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
(v. i.) To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips
(v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock.
Spalpeen(n.) A scamp
Span(imp.) of Spin
(v. i.) To be matched, as horses.
(v. t.) A pair of horses or other animals driven together
Spar(n.) A contest at sparring or boxing.
(v. i.) To contest in words
(v. t.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.
Spasm(v. t.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.
Spat(n.) A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep
(v. i.) To dispute.
(v. i. & t.) To emit spawn
(v. t.) To slap, as with the open hand
Spavin(n.) A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones
Spawn(v. i.) To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
(v. t.) Any product or offspring
Spay(v. t.) The male of the red deer in his third year
Speak(v. i.) To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance
(v. t.) To address
Spear(n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing
(v. i.) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants.
(v. t.) To pierce with a spear
Special(a.) Appropriate
(n.) A particular.
Specie(n.) Coin
Specifiable(a.) Admitting specification
Specific(a.) Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.
(n.) A specific remedy.
Specify(v. t.) To mention or name, as a particular thing
Specimen(n.) A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited
Specious(a.) Apparently right
Speck(n.) A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance
(v. t.) To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes
Spectacle(n.) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light
Spectacular(a.) Adapted to excite wonder and admiration by a display of pomp or of scenic effects
Spectator(n.) One who on
Spectral(a.) Of or pertaining to a specter
Spectre(n.) A stick insect.
Spectrogram(n.) A photograph, map, or diagram of a spectrum.
Spectrograph(n.) An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum.
Spectroheliogram(n.) A photograph of the sun made by monochromatic light, usually of the calcium line (k), and showing the sun's faculae and prominences
Spectroheliograph(n.) An apparatus for making spectroheliograms, consisting of a spectroscopic camera used in combination with a telescope, and provided with clockwork for moving the sun's image across the slit
Spectrometer(n.) A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectra observed with it.
Spectrophotometer(n.) An instrument for measuring or comparing the intensites of the colors of the spectrum
Spectroscope(n.) An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the position of the spectral lines, the composition of the substance
Spectroscopy(n.) The production and investigation of spectra
Spectrum(n.) A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object
Specular(a.) Affording view.
Speculate(v. i.) To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations
(v. t.) To consider attentively
Speculation(n.) A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating
Speculative(a.) Given to speculation
Speculator(n.) One who engages in speculation
Speculum(n.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female
Speech(n.) A particular language, as distinct from others
(v. i. & t.) To make a speech
Speed(n.) One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success.
(v. t.) To cause to be successful, or to prosper
Speiss(n.) A regulus consisting essentially of nickel, obtained as a residue in fusing cobalt and nickel ores with silica and sodium carbonate to make smalt
Spell(n.) A gratuitous helping forward of another's work
(v. i.) To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.
(v. t.) To constitute
Spelt(n.) A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland
(v. t. & i.) To split
Spencer(n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom
Spend(v. i.) To be diffused
(v. t.) To bestow
Spenserian(a.) Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser
Spent(a.) Exhausted
(imp. & p. p.) of Spend
Sperm(n.) Spermaceti.
Sperrylite(n.) An arsenide of platinum occuring in grains and minute isometric crystals of tin-white color
Spew(n.) That which is vomited
(v. i.) To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.
(v. t.) To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust
Sphagnum(n.) A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places
Sphalerite(n.) Zinc sulphide
Sphene(n.) A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color
Sphenogram(n.) A cuneiform, or arrow-headed, character.
Sphenoid(a.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.
(n.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid
Spheral(a.) Of or pertaining to a sphere or the spheres.
Sphere(n.) A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center
(v. t.) To form into roundness
Spherics(n.) The doctrine of the sphere
Spheroid(n.) A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical
Spherometer(n.) An instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical surface, as of lenses for telescope, etc
Spherule(n.) A little sphere or spherical body
Spherulite(n.) A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone
Sphery(a.) Of or pertaining to the spheres.
Sphincter(a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter
(n.) A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening
Sphinx(n.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae
Sphragistics(n.) The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents
Sphygmic(a.) Of or pertaining to the pulse.
Sphygmograph(n.) An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse
Spica(n.) A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk
Spiccato(a.) Detached
Spice(n.) A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc
(v. t.) To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.
Spicule(n.) A minute, slender granule, or point.
Spider(n.) An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth
Spigot(n.) A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask
Spike(n.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis
(v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails
Spiky(a.) Having a sharp point, or sharp points
Spile(n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure
(v. t.) To supply with a spile or a spigot
Spill(n.) A bit of wood split off
(v. i.) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted
(v. t.) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted
Spilt(imp. & p. p.) of Spill
Spin(n.) The act of spinning
(v. i.) To move round rapidly
(v. t.) To cause to turn round rapidly
Spiracle(n.) Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.
Spiraea(n.) A genus of shrubs or perennial herbs including the meadowsweet and the hardhack.
Spiral(a.) Anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell.
Spirant(n.) A term used differently by different authorities
Spire(n.) A slender stalk or blade in vegetation
(v. i.) To breathe.
Spirillum(n.) A genus of common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments
Spirit(n.) Air set in motion by breathing
(v. t.) To animate with vigor
Spirograph(n.) An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse
Spirometer(n.) An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after the deepest possible inspiration
Spiry(a.) Of a spiral form
Spit(imp. & p. p.) of Spit
(n.) A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
(v. i.) To attend to a spit
Splanchnic(a.) Of or pertaining to the viscera
Splash(n.) A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
(v. i.) To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.
(v. t.) To spatter water, mud, etc., upon
Splatter(v. i. & t.) To spatter
Splay(a.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them
(v. t.) To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.
Spleen(n.) A fit of anger
(v. t.) To dislke.
Splendent(a.) Shining
Splendid(a.) Illustrious
Splendiferous(a.) Splendor-bearing
Splendor(n.) Brilliancy
Splenetic(a.) Affected with spleen
(n.) A person affected with spleen.
Splenic(a.) Of or pertaining to the spleen
Splenius(n.) A flat muscle of the back of the neck.
Splice(n.) A junction or joining made by splicing.
(v. t.) To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast
Spline(n.) A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.
Splint(v. t.) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
Split(a.) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary
(imp. & p. p.) of Split
(n.) A breach or separation, as in a political party
(v. i.) To be broken
(v. t.) To burst
Splotch(n.) A spot
Splurge(n.) A blustering demonstration, or great effort
(v. i.) To make a great display in any way, especially in oratory.
Splutter(n.) A confused noise, as of hasty speaking.
(v. i.) To speak hastily and confusedly
Spodumene(n.) A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green color, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great size
Spoil(n.) Corruption
(v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities
(v. t.) To cause to decay and perish
Spoke(imp.) of Speak
(n.) A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill
(v. t.) To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
Spoliation(v. t.) A process for possession of a church in a spiritual court.
Spondee(n.) A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
Sponge(n.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff
Spongin(n.) The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll
Spongy(a.) Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.
Sponson(n.) One of the armored projections fitted with gun ports, used on modern war vessels.
Sponsor(n.) One who at the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and guarantees its religious education
Spontaneity(n.) The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force
Spontaneous(a.) Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint
Spontoon(n.) A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers
Spook(n.) A spirit
Spool(n.) A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon
(v. t.) To wind on a spool or spools.
Spoon(n.) An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food
(v. i.) In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball.
(v. t.) In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock
Spoor(n.) The track or trail of any wild animal
(v. i.) To follow a spoor or trail.
Sporades(n. pl.) Stars not included in any constellation
Sporadic(a.) Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances
Sporangium(n.) A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.
Spore(n.) A minute grain or germ
Sporiferous(a.) Bearing or producing spores.
Sporocarp(n.) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia.
Sporogenesis(n.) reproduction by spores.
Sporogony(n.) The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ.
Sporophore(n.) A placenta.
Sporophyte(n.) In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores
Sporozoite(n.) In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle-shaped or somewhat amoeboid spore, esp
Sporran(n.) A large purse or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur on, worn in front of the kilt by Highlanders when in full dress
Sport(n.) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species
(v. i.) To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species
(v. t.) To divert
Spot(a.) Lit., being on the spot, or place
(n.) A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter
(v. i.) To become stained with spots.
(v. t.) To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter
Spousal(a.) Of or pertaining to a spouse or marriage
(n.) Marriage
Spouse(n.) A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock
Spout(v. i.) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
(v. t.) A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column
Sprain(n.) The act or result of spraining
(v. t.) To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching
Sprang(imp.) of Spring
Sprat(n.) A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes)
Sprawl(v. i.) To move, when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs
Spray(n.) A collective body of small branches
(v. t.) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer
Spread(imp. & p. p.) of Spread
(n.) A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.
(v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating
(v. t.) To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia
Spree(n.) A merry frolic
Sprig(n.) A brad, or nail without a head.
(v. t.) To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches
Spring(v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.
(v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong
Sprinkle(n.) A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed
(v. i.) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water
Sprinkling(n.) A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles
Sprint(n.) The act of sprinting
(v. i.) To run very rapidly
Sprit(n.) A shoot
(v. i.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate
(v. t.) To sprout
Sprocket(n.) A sprocket wheel.
Sprout(v. i.) The shoot of a plant
(v. t.) To cause to sprout
Spruce(a.) Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P
(n.) Neat, without elegance or dignity
(v. i.) To dress one's self with affected neatness
(v. t.) To dress with affected neatness
Sprung(a.) Said of a spar that has been cracked or strained.
(p. p.) of Spring
Spry(superl.) Having great power of leaping or running
Forward to Spud through Strychnine or to Content