English words: spacer DNA to Spaniolise
300 English words, part 141 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 36 have a page of their own.
English words spacer DNA to Spaniolise
- spacer DNA noun: Synonym of intergenic spacer.
- spacer oligonucleotide typing noun: A DNA-based genotyping technique that identifies patterns of unique short DNA sequences (spacers) located between direct repeats in the Mycobacterium...
- spacescape noun: A panoramic view of space (interplanetary vacuum).
- spacescraper noun /ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/: A building that is tall enough to reach outer space.
- spaceshifting noun: The broadcasting of electronic media from one device to another.
- spaceship noun: A manned vehicle that flies through space.
- spaceshiplike adjective: Resembling a spaceship.
- spacesick adjective: Suffering from space sickness.
- spacesickness noun: Alternative form of space sickness.
- spaceside adverb: In space.
- spacesuit noun: Alternative spelling of space suit.
- spacesuited adjective: Wearing a spacesuit.
- spacesynth noun: A style of synthesizer-based disco music with futuristic themes.
- spacetime noun /ˈspeɪsˌtaɪm/: The four-dimensional continuum of the three spatial dimensions plus time.
- spacetime metric noun: A mathematical tool used in the theory of relativity to describe the curvature of space and time.
- spacetime physics noun: The physics of the four dimensional continuum and the theory of relativity.
- spacetime singularity noun: Synonym of gravitational singularity.
- spacetravel noun: Alternative spelling of space travel.
- spacewalk noun, verb: Any activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft or space station in space.
- spacewalker noun: An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.
- spaceward adverb: towards outer space
- spacewards adverb: towards outer space
- spaceway noun: A route used for travel or shipping in outer space.
- spacewear noun: Clothes to be worn in space.
- spacewide adjective, adverb: Alternative form of space-wide.
- spacewise adjective, adverb: With respect to space.
- spacewoman noun: A female astronaut.
- spaceworthiness noun: The state or condition of being spaceworthy.
- spaceworthy adjective: Suitable for a launch into, or travel through, space.
- spacewreck noun: The wreckage of a spacecraft.
- spacewrecked adjective: Having been wrecked in space.
- SpaceXer noun: An employee of the American spacecraft manufacturer, launcher, and satellite communications corporation SpaceX.
- spacey adjective: Alternative spelling of spacy.
- spacial adjective: Alternative spelling of spatial.
- spaciality noun: Alternative spelling of spatiality.
- spaciness noun: The state or quality of being spacy.
- spacing adjective, noun, verb /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/: The action of the verb space.
- spaciosity noun: The property of being spacious.
- spacious adjective /ˈspeɪʃ.əs/: Having plenty of space; roomy; capacious.
- spaciously adverb: In a spacious manner.
- spaciousness noun /ˈspeɪ.ʃəs.nəs/: The state or quality of being spacious.
- spacistor noun: A kind of transistor developed in the 1950s.
- spackle noun, verb /ˈspæk.əl/: Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
- spackling noun, verb: Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes.
- spackling paste noun: A type of putty used to fill small holes in surfaces.
- Spackman proper noun: A surname.
- spacky adjective, noun: incompetent or physically uncoordinated
- Spacva noun: Alternative form of Spačva.
- spacy adjective /ˈspeɪsi/: spaced-out
- spad noun, phrase, verb /ˈspæd/: A government adviser, often in a political or media role.
- Spada proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- spadable adjective: Alternative form of spadeable.
- Spadafora proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- spadaite noun: An orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
- Spadaro proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- spadassin noun: a fighter, duelist.
- spadassinicide noun /ˌspɑd.əˈsɪ.nɪ.seɪd/: The act of coaxing someone, usually through insult, into initiating a swordsman's duel, and subsequently killing that person with superior skill so as to...
- spaddle noun: A little spade.
- spade noun, verb /speɪ̯d/: A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
- spade foot noun: Alternative form of spadefoot.
- spade fork noun: Synonym of digging fork.
- spade-handed adjective: Having large, spatulate hands.
- spade man noun: A man who works with a spade.
- spade mashie noun: A kind of golf club, the number six iron.
- spade money noun: An early form of coin and commodity money used during the Zhou dynasty in China.
- spade-toothed whale noun: A whale of species Mesoplodon traversii.
- spade-worker noun: Alternative form of spadeworker.
- spadea noun /ˈspeɪdɪə/: A page that is folded vertically around a section of a newspaper, covering part of the front and back pages, usually carrying advertising.
- spadeable adjective: Able to be shifted using a spade.
- spadebill noun: Any of the birds in the genus Platyrinchus
- spadebone noun: shoulder blade
- spadefish noun: Any of several marine fish of the family Ephippidae
- spadefoot noun: Scaphiopodidae spp. (American spadefoot toads)
- spadefoot toad noun: Synonym of spadefoot.
- spadeful noun /ˈspeɪdful/: The amount held or moved by a spade at once.
- spadeless adjective: Without a spade.
- spadelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a spade.
- spadellid noun: Any chaetognath in the family Spadellidae.
- spadeload noun: Synonym of spadeful (noun).
- spadeloads noun: A shedload (large amount).
- spademan noun: Alternative form of spade man.
- spader noun /ˈspeɪdɚ/: One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
- spades noun, verb /speɪdz/: One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
- spadesman noun: A man who uses a spade or shovel.
- spadetail noun: A mutation (and associated gene) affecting the trunk mesoderm in some fish embryos.
- spadewise adverb: In the style of a spade.
- spadework noun: Work done by digging with a spade.
- spadeworker noun: One who does spadework, now especially in the figurative sense of preparatory work.
- spadger noun: A sparrow.
- spadia noun: Alternative spelling of spadea.
- spadiceous adjective /spəˈdɪʃiəs/: Of a bright clear brown or chestnut colour.
- spadicifloral adjective: Having the flowers arranged on a spadix.
- spadiciform adjective: Resembling a spadix.
- spadicose adjective: Synonym of spadiceous.
- spadilla noun: The queen of clubs, in certain games.
- spadille noun: The ace of spades in ombre and quadrille.
- Spadina proper noun /spəˈdaɪ.nə/: A neighbourhood
- spading noun, verb: The act by which soil is spaded, or turned over by digging.
- spading fork noun: Synonym of digging fork.
- spadish adjective /ˈspeɪdɪʃ/: Speaking plainly, without euphemism or diplomacy.
- spadix noun /ˈspeɪdɪks/: A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
- spado noun: Someone who has been castrated; a eunuch or castrato.
- spadona noun: A wing feather from a juvenile ostrich.
- spadone noun: Alternative form of spadona.
- spadroon noun: A single-handed, lightweight sword.
- Spady proper noun: A surname.
- spae verb /speɪ/: To divine; foretell.
- spae-craft noun: The magical art of foretelling the future, used especially in Heathenry.
- spaecraft noun: Alternative form of spae-craft.
- spaedom noun: Synonym of spae-craft (“magical divination of the future”).
- spaeman noun: prophet; diviner
- spaer noun: One who spaes or foretells; a diviner.
- Spaeth proper noun: A surname.
- spaetzle noun /ˈʃpɛtsəl/: A heavy egg noodle or dumpling used in the cuisine of southern Germany and Austria
- spaewife noun: female fortuneteller
- spaewoman noun: A female prophet or diviner.
- Spafford proper noun: A surname.
- spag noun: Acronym of spelling, punctuation and grammar, a set of criteria used in marking certain examinations.
- spag bog noun: Alternative form of spag bol.
- spag bol noun: Clipping of spaghetti bolognese.
- spagbol noun: Alternative form of spag bol.
- spageric adjective: Alternative form of spagyric.
- spaghettery noun: A restaurant that sells spaghetti.
- spaghetti noun, verb /spəˈɡɛti/: A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.
- spaghetti and meatballs noun: An Italian-American dish consisting of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs.
- spaghetti bender noun: An Italian American.
- spaghetti bolognaise noun: Alternative spelling of spaghetti bolognese.
- spaghetti bolognese noun: A dish of spaghetti with Bolognese sauce.
- spaghetti bowl noun: A complicated freeway interchange.
- spaghetti bowl effect noun: A multiplication of free trade agreements, supplanting multilateral World Trade Organization negotiations as an alternative path toward globalization.
- spaghetti box noun: A kind of tall cardboard box in which cassette tapes were originally packaged for retail display to discourage theft.
- spaghetti chart noun: A spaghetti diagram.
- spaghetti diagram noun: A graphical aid used to assist in the creation of efficient manufacturing practices by depicting the actual physical movement and distances involved in...
- spaghetti dress noun: A dress with spaghetti straps at the shoulders.
- spaghetti junction noun: A complicated interchange with many intertwining roads.
- spaghetti model noun: An illustration of different statistical outcomes that may be plotted from the same set of data.
- spaghetti pizza noun: A type of pizza whose crust is made from spaghetti.
- spaghetti red noun: A dish of chili-topped spaghetti popular in parts of Missouri.
- spaghetti sauce noun: A tomato-based sauce for pasta dishes.
- spaghetti sort noun: A linear-time algorithm for sorting a sequence of items, analogous to standing a number of strands of spaghetti of different lengths upright on a surface...
- spaghetti squash noun: An oblong seed-bearing variety of winter squash, in the species Cucurbita pepo.
- spaghetti stack noun: Synonym of cactus stack.
- spaghetti strap noun: A very thin shoulder strap on a dress, etc.
- spaghetti string noun: A string forming part of a tennis racket strung according to the spaghetti stringing method.
- spaghetti stringing noun: A style of stringing a tennis racket with two sets of main strings and five parallel pairs of cross strings that are not interwoven with those main strings,...
- spaghetti-strung adjective: Of a tennis racket: strung according to the spaghetti stringing method.
- spaghetti tongs noun: Tongs with comb-like ends for serving spaghetti and similar pasta.
- spaghetti up verb: To spaghetti (make or become tangled).
- spaghetti western noun: A motion picture depicting a story of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West, but produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe,...
- spaghetti worm noun: cestode flatworms in the order Trypanorhyncha
- spaghettiesque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of spaghetti.
- spaghettificate verb: To spaghettify.
- spaghettification noun /spəˌɡɛtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/: The gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes, usually near a black hole.
- spaghettified adjective, verb: Having undergone spaghettification.
- spaghettify verb: To stretch an object into a long thin shape under the influence of a very strong gravitational field gradient, such as found near a black hole.
- spaghettiless adjective: Without spaghetti.
- spaghettilike adjective: Resembling spaghetti.
- spaghettini noun: a form of thin spaghetti
- spaghetto noun: A single strand of spaghetti.
- spaghettoni noun: A form of thick spaghetti.
- spagiric adjective: Alternative form of spagyric.
- spagirical adjective: Alternative form of spagyrical.
- spagirically adverb: Alternative form of spagyrically.
- spagirist noun: Alternative form of spagyrist.
- spaglumic acid noun: N-acetylaspartylglutamic acid, a neuropeptide and the third most prevalent neurotransmitter in the mammalian nervous system.
- Spagnola proper noun: A surname.
- Spagnoli proper noun: A surname.
- Spagnolo proper noun: A surname from Italian [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
- Spagnuolo proper noun: A surname.
- spagoer noun: Someone who visits a spa
- spagyric adjective, noun /spəˈd͡ʒɪɹɪk/: Pertaining to alchemy; alchemical, especially regarding medicine.
- spagyrical adjective: alchemical; spagyric
- spagyrically adverb: In a spagyric way; according to alchemical principles.
- spagyrist noun: An alchemist, especially one who tried to discover remedies for diseases.
- spahbed noun: the title of the military commander or commander-in-chief in Sassanian-era Persia
- spahi noun /ˈspɑːhiː/: An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system.
- Spahn proper noun: A surname.
- Spahr proper noun: A surname.
- spaik verb: speak
- Spain proper noun /speɪn/: A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.
- Spak proper noun: A surname from Russian.
- spake adjective, noun /speɪk/: Quiet; tame.
- spakely adverb: Quickly; speedily; nimbly.
- spakona noun: A seeress, a prophetess, in Old Norse society.
- spaky adjective: specky, speckled; marked with specks
- spalacid noun: Any member of the Spalacidae: the mole rats, bamboo rats and zokors.
- spalacine noun: Any molerat of the subfamily Spalacinae
- spalacolestine adjective: of or pertaining to the genus Spalacolestes
- spalacothere noun: Any extinct mammal of the family †Spalacotheriidae
- spalacotheriid noun: Alternative form of spalacothere.
- spalacotheroid adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of the spalacotheres
- spald verb /spɔːld/: To split.
- Spalding peafowl noun: A hybrid between the green peafowl and the Indian peafowl.
- Spaldonian noun: A person from Spalding, Lincolnshire, England.
- spale noun /ˈspeɪl/: A chip or splinter of wood.
- spalike adjective: Resembling a spa.
- spaling noun: Synonym of spale.
- spall noun, verb /spɔːl/: A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone.
- spallable adjective: Suitable for being spalled.
- spallate verb: To undergo or subject to spallation.
- spallation noun /spəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/: Fragmentation due to stress or impact, or any pattern of surface damage created thereby.
- spaller noun: A tool used to remove concrete.
- spalling noun, verb: The process of reducing (stone blocks, etc.) to an approximately level surface by hammering.
- spallogenic adjective: Formed by spallation.
- spalpeen noun /spalˈpiːn/: A poor migratory farm worker in Ireland, often viewed as a rascal or mischievous and cunning person.
- spalt adjective, noun, verb /spɔːlt/: spelter.
- spalting noun: Any coloration of wood, either living or dead, by fungi, which is considered visually or texturally appealing. Biochemical responses by the tree are not...
- spam noun, verb /spæm/: Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
- spam account noun: A personal social media (chiefly Instagram) account separate from one's public or main account, where one generally posts more raw, personal content,...
- spam killer noun: A program that automatically deletes spam (unsolicited commercial email).
- spam musubi noun: A food, common in Hawaii, made of cooked spam tied to a block of rice with nori, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared.
- spam relay noun: An open proxy used to send spam.
- spamblock noun, verb: Text inserted into an email address in order to make it invalid, though still readable to a human being. For example, in "jsmith-[AT]-example-[DOT]-com",...
- spamblog noun: A weblog used to disseminate spam, rather than actual original content.
- spambot noun /ˈspæm.bɒt/: A bot that sends any type of spam content on the Internet, particularly originally mass junk email.
- spamboy noun: A male spammer.
- spamdexing noun: The inclusion of deliberately misleading terms on a website in order to manipulate its ranking in a search engine.
- spamfic noun: A short or quickly-written fanfic.
- spamjump noun, verb: A tactic where a player repeatedly jumps to avoid attacks or take advantage of a game mechanic.
- spamjumper noun: Someone who spamjumps.
- spamless adjective: Without spam (electronic junk mail).
- spamlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of spam (junk electronic mail).
- spammable adjective: That can be spammed; susceptible to spamming.
- spammage noun: spamming; sending junk mail in electronic format
- spammation noun: The act of spamming; a body of spam text
- spammer noun: Someone who sends spam.
- spamminess noun: The degree or quality of being spammy.
- spamming noun, verb: The act of sending unwanted electronic mail.
- spammish adjective: Pertaining to or resembling spam; spammy.
- spammy adjective /ˈspæm.i/: Resembling or characteristic of spam (the meat product).
- spamouflage noun /ˈspæməˌflɑːʒ/: Attempts to disguise spam as legitimate messages.
- spamproof adjective: Resistant to spamming (the bulk sending of unsolicited messages).
- spamsilog noun /ˌspɐm.sɪˈloɡ̚/: a meal of spam luncheon meat with fried rice and fried egg
- spamtrap noun: A honeypot used to collect spam.
- spamvertise verb /ˈspæmˌvɜː(ɹ).taɪz/: To engage in spamvertising.
- spamvertisement noun: A piece of spamvertising.
- spamvertiser noun: One who spamvertises.
- spamvertising noun, verb: The practice of sending spam email, or of posting similar material on a wiki, blog or notice board, in order to advertise or attract search engines to a...
- spamvertizement noun: Alternative spelling of spamvertisement.
- spamwich noun: A sandwich having spam (type of tinned meat) as its primary filling.
- span noun, verb /spæn/: The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
- span block noun: Any of the blocks at the topmast and topgallant-mast heads, for the studding-sail halyards.
- span counter noun: An old English children's game, in which one throws a counter on the ground, and another tries to hit it with his counter, or to get his counter so near it...
- span iron noun: A special kind of harpoon, usually secured just below the gunwale of a whaleboat.
- span-new adjective: brand new
- span of control noun: The number of subordinates directly reporting to a supervisor.
- span roof noun: A common roof, having two slopes and one ridge, with eaves on both sides.
- span shackle noun: A large bolt driven through the forecastle deck, with a triangular shackle in the head to receive the heel of the old-fashioned fish davit.
- spanaemia noun: A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient.
- spanaemic adjective: Of or relating to spanaemia; having impoverished blood.
- spanakopita noun /ˌspænəˈkoʊpɪtə/: A Greek dish made with pre-cooked spinach, butter, olive oil, cheese, green onions, egg, and seasoning in phyllo pastry.
- spanakorizo noun: A Greek pilaf dish of rice and spinach.
- Spanberger proper noun /ˈspænbɜːrɡər/: A surname.
- spancel noun, verb /ˈspænsl̩/: a rope or fetter used to hobble a horse or other animal
- spancelled adjective, verb: hobbled with a spancel
- Spandau proper noun: The westernmost borough of Berlin.
- spandex noun /ˈspændɛks/: A synthetic fibre known for its exceptional elasticity.
- spandexed adjective: Wearing spandex.
- spandite noun: A combination of spessartine and andradite. Ca-Fe-rich spessartine or Mn-Al-rich andradite.
- spandrel noun: The space (often more or less triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between...
- spandrelled adjective: Having one or more spandrels.
- spandril noun: Alternative spelling of spandrel.
- spandy adjective, adverb: Neat, fine, very good.
- spane verb /speɪn/: To wean; to spean.
- spanemia noun: Alternative form of spanaemia.
- spanemic adjective: Alternative form of spanaemic.
- spaneria noun: A scarcity of males.
- spang adverb, noun, verb /ˈspæŋ/: A shiny ornament or object; a spangle
- spang-new adjective /ˈspæŋ.nu/: Alternative form of span-new.
- spange verb /speɪnd͡ʒ/: To beg, particularly using the phrase “spare change?”
- Spangenberg proper noun: A surname.
- spangenhelm noun /ˈʃpɑŋ.ən.hɛlm/: A kind of medieval European combat helmet, constructed of several plates connected by bands into a conical covering for the top of the head, sometimes with...
- spanghew verb /ˈspæŋ.hjuː/: To strike (a frog or toad) and cause to fly in the air; to inflate (a frog) and bowl it across the surface of a pond.
- spangite noun /ˈspæŋ.ɡaɪt/: a supposed mineral, now believed to be phillipsite.
- spangle noun, verb /ˈspæŋɡəl/: A small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.
- spangle gold noun: Gold in the form of thin, flat, smooth scales or flakes.
- spangled adjective, verb /ˈspæŋ.ɡəld/: Having spangles.
- spangled coquette noun: Lophornis stictolophus, a trochilid hummingbird of South America.
- spangled kookaburra noun: A kookaburra of the Aru Islands, with blue wings and tail, a white chest and belly, dark eyes, and a striking white-spotted black head, Dacelo tyro.
- spangler noun /ˈspæŋɡ(ə)lɚ/: Someone or something that spangles.
- spanglet noun: A small spangle
- spangletop noun: A grass of the genus Leptochloa.
- spangling adjective, noun, verb /ˈspæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/: That spangles; glittering, sparkling.
- Spanglish proper noun: A language blend of English and Spanish spoken by both Latinas, Latinos, and Anglo-Americans.
- spangly adjective /ˈspæŋɡ(ə)li/: Decorated with spangles; sparkly.
- spangolite noun /ˈspæŋ.ɡə.laɪt/: A dark green, basic aluminosilicate mineral of copper with the chemical formula Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl · 3H₂O.
- Spaniard noun /ˈspæn.jəd/: A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.
- Spaniardess noun: A female Spaniard.
- Spaniardization noun: The process or result of Spaniardizing.
- Spaniardize verb: To make Spanish; to convert to Spanish customs, language, etc.
- spaniel noun, verb /ˈspænjəl/: Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for...
- spanieless noun: A female spaniel.
- spanielize verb: To act or behave like a spaniel; to be submissive or overly servile.
- spaniellike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a spaniel.
- spanielship noun: The state or quality of being fawning or submissive.
- Spanified adjective: That has been rendered Spanish; Hispanicized.
- spaniine noun: Any fly of the subfamily Spaniinae
- spanikopita noun: Alternative spelling of spanakopita.
- spanin noun: Any of a particular class of cytoplasmic lysis proteins
- Spaniolise verb: Alternative form of Spaniolize.
Part 140 · Part 142 · English words: S
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.