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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

spray paint
noun paint applied with a spray gun

spray painting
noun applying paint with a sprayer

spray-dried
adjective dried by bringing a sprayed substance (e.g. milk or soap) into contact with hot air and recovering it in the form of a powder

sprayer
noun a worker who applies spray to a surface

spread
adjective prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out; `a table spread with food`

spread eagle
noun a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line

spread over
verb form a cover over; `The grass covered the grave`

spread-eagle
adjective with arms and legs stretched out and apart; `lay spread-eagle on the floor`

spreader
noun a hand tool for spreading something; `he used his knife as a spreader`

spreading fleabane
Erigeron divergens noun well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays; western North America

spreading pogonia
funnel-crest rosebud orchid noun orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia

spreadsheet
noun a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen

sprechgesang
sprechstimme noun a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking

spree
fling noun a brief indulgence of your impulses

spree killer
noun a serial killer whose murders occur within a brief period of time

sprig
noun an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers

sprigged
adjective decorated with designs of sprigs; `sprigged muslin`

sprigger
noun a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books

sprightly
adjective full of spirit and vitality; `a sprightly young girl`; `a sprightly dance`

spring
noun a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed; `the spring was broken`

spring balance
spring scale noun a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring

spring beauty
Clatonia lanceolata noun small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm

spring break
noun a week or more of recess during the spring term at school

spring chicken
noun a young chicken having tender meat

spring cress
Cardamine bulbosa noun small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America

spring mattress
noun a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame

spring onion
noun an onion taken from the ground before the bulb has formed; eaten in salads

spring peeper
Hyla crucifer noun a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring

spring squill
Scilla verna noun European scilla with small blue or purple flowers

spring training
noun preseason training during the spring

spring vetch
noun herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building

spring vetchling
spring vetch 2 Lathyrus vernus noun bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers

spring water
noun water from a spring

spring-cleaning
noun the activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of winter

spring-flowering
early-flowering adjective of plants that bloom during the spring

spring-loaded
adjective containing a compressed spring that presses one part against another

springboard
jumping-off point noun a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; `he uses other people`s ideas as a springboard for his own`; `reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions`; `the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out`

springbok
springbuck noun a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air

springer
springing cow noun a cow about to give birth

springer spaniel
noun a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white

Springfield
capital of Illinois noun capital of the state of Illinois

springless
adjective lacking in elasticity or vitality; `went off with springless steps`

springlike
adjective resembling a spring or the action of a spring

springtide
noun a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons

springy
adjective (of movements) light and confidently active; `he walked away with a springy step`

sprinkle
sprinkling 2 sparge noun the act of sprinkling or splashing water; `baptized with a sprinkling of holy water`; `a sparge of warm water over the malt`

sprinkle
sprinkling noun a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

sprinkler
noun mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden

sprinkler system
noun a system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature

sprinkling
noun the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)

sprint
noun a quick run

sprinter
noun someone who runs a short distance at top speed

sprit
noun a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally

sprites
red sprites noun atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)

spritsail
noun a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit

spritz
noun a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water)

spritzer
noun a mixed drink made of wine mixed with a sparkling water

sprocket
sprocket wheel noun thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain

sprog
noun a child

sprout
noun a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

sprouted
adjective (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground; `the corn is sprouted`

spruce
noun any coniferous tree of the genus Picea

spruce bark beetle
Dendroctonus rufipennis noun small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree; `the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests`

spruce beer
noun a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt)

spruce gall aphid
Adelges abietis noun a variety of adelgid

spruce grouse
Canachites canadensis noun North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles

spruce pine
Pinus glabra noun large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood

sprue
tropical sprue noun a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation

sprung rhythm
noun a poetic rhythm that imitates the rhythm of speech

spud
stump spud noun a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

spume
noun foam or froth on the sea

spume
suds verb make froth or foam and become bubbly; `The river foamed`

spun yarn
noun (nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together

spur
gad noun a sharp prod fixed to a rider`s heel and used to urge a horse onward; `cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on`

spur blight
noun a disease of raspberries

spur gear
spur wheel noun gear wheels that mesh in the same plane

spur-of-the-moment
adjective in response to an unforeseen need; `a spur-of-the-moment party`

spurge
noun any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice

spurge laurel
wood laurel 1 Daphne laureola noun bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers

spurge nettle
tread-softly noun a stinging herb of tropical America

spurious correlation
noun a correlation between two variables (e.g., between the number of electric motors in the home and grades at school) that does not result from any direct relation between them (buying electric motors will not raise grades) but from their relation to other variables

spuriously
adverb in a false and spurious manner; `the lawyer argued spuriously that his client knew nothing of the burglary`

spuriousness
noun state of lacking genuineness

spurn
freeze off verb reject with contempt; `She spurned his advances`

spurner
noun a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt; `she was known as a spurner of all suitors`; `he was no spurner of rules`

spurred gentian
noun any of various plants of the genus Halenia having flowers with spurred lobes

spurt
spout verb gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; `water gushed forth`

sputnik
noun a Russian artificial satellite; `Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth`

sputter
splutter noun an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)

spy
undercover agent noun (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors

spy
sleuth verb watch, observe, or inquire secretly

spy satellite
noun a satellite with sensors to detect nuclear explosions

Spyeria
genus Spyeria noun fritillaries

spying
undercover work noun the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes

spymaster
noun someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities

spyware
noun computer software that obtains information from a user`s computer without the user`s knowledge or consent

squab
squabby adjective short and fat

squabbler
noun someone who quarrels about a small matter

squadron
noun an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group

Squalidae
family Squalidae noun dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin