English words: specularity to spell out

300 English words, part 146 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 36 have a page of their own.

English words specularity to spell out

specularity noun: The condition or property of being specular.
specularization noun: The act or process of specularizing.
specularize verb: To make specular or reflective.
specularly adverb: In a specular manner (in the manner of a mirror)
speculary adjective: Alternative form of specular.
speculate verb /ˈspɛk.jʊˌleɪt/: To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
speculating noun, verb: speculation
speculation noun /ˌspɛk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/: The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
speculatist noun: Someone who makes speculative theories or deals in abstract ideas; a theorist.
speculative adjective /ˈspɛkjuləˌtɪv/: Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
speculative application noun: An application for a job with an employer who is not currently advertising any vacancies.
speculative damages noun: Claims made by a plaintiff for losses that may occur in the future, but are highly improbable. They can not be used as a basis for recovery in tort or...
speculative erotica noun: Speculative fiction with erotic themes.
speculative evolution noun /ˈspɛkjələˌtɪv ˌiːvəˈluːʃən/: A subgenre of science fiction and an artistic movement focused on hypothetical scenarios in the evolution of life.
speculative fiction noun: A class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural, or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes,...
speculative materialism noun: A form of new materialism that eliminates constructivism and creates a new materialist view of a world whose material objects are no longer considered as...
speculative philosophy noun: Philosophy, especially traditional metaphysical philosophy, which makes claims that cannot be verified by everyday experience of the physical world or by a...
speculative realism noun: A movement in contemporary philosophy that defines itself loosely in its stance of metaphysical realism against the dominant forms of post-Kantian...
speculatively adverb: In a speculative manner.
speculativeness noun: The quality or state of being speculative.
speculativism noun: An approach based on speculation rather than any formal method.
speculativity noun: The quality or state of being speculative.
speculator noun /ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪtə/: One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
speculatorial adjective: speculatory; speculative
speculatory adjective /ˈspɛkjʊlət(ə)rɪ/: Intended or adapted for viewing or looking out.
speculatrix noun: A female speculator.
speculist noun: One who observes or considers; an observer.
speculoos noun: A type of spiced shortcrust biscuit.
speculum noun /ˈspɛk.jʊ.ləm/: A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
speculum literature noun: A medieval literary genre, popular from the 12th through the 16th centuries, inspired by the urge to encompass encyclopedic knowledge within a single work.
speculum metal noun: A mixture of around two-thirds copper and one-third tin making a white brittle alloy that can be polished into a highly reflective surface.
speech noun, verb /spiːt͡ʃ/: The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
speech act noun: An act carried out by speech, such as promising, ordering, greeting, warning, inviting and congratulating.
speech act participant noun: The speaker or listener of a sentence; the first person or second person.
speech balloon noun: Synonym of speech bubble.
speech-based picking noun: Synonym of pick-by-voice.
speech bubble noun: A rounded outline, containing words, representing speech in a comic.
speech community noun: A group of people sharing a language, or a particular way of using that language
speech-crier noun: One who hawked the broadsides containing the dying speeches of persons executed.
speech day noun: A school event where prizes are given out to pupils, and speeches are made by guest speakers.
speech disfluency noun: A part of speech usually expressed as a pause or hesitation; such as err, um, hmm.
speech disorder noun: Any mental or bodily malfunction that makes expressing oneself by speech difficult.
speech fright noun: The fear of speaking in public, especially of giving speech presentations.
speech from the throne noun: An event in certain monarchies in which the reigning sovereign, or their representative, reads a prepared speech to members of the nation's legislature.
speech impediment noun: Synonym of speech disorder.
speech is silver, but silence is golden proverb: Alternative form of speech is silver, silence is golden.
speech is silver, silence is gold proverb: Alternative form of speech is silver, silence is golden.
speech is silver, silence is golden proverb: Not saying anything is often better than speaking too much or saying something inappropriate.
speech–language pathology noun: A healthcare field that evaluates, diagnoses, and treats disorders that affect communication.
speech mark noun: A quotation mark used to indicate speech.
speech path noun: Speech pathology.
speech pathologist noun: A therapist who treats disorders of speech, language, swallowing, or voice; a specialist in speech pathology.
speech recognition noun: The function of a front-end software system which processes input in the form of spoken language into a sequence of phonemes or characters, or into...
speech tag noun: Synonym of dialogue tag.
speech therapist noun: A clinician specializing in speech therapy, or logopedics.
speech therapy noun: The study and correction of a person's speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders.
speech time noun: The time of an utterance of a sentence relative to the tense that is interpreted.
speech way noun: A mode or manner of speaking (e.g. accent, lect, dialect, etc.).
speechcraft noun /ˈspit͡ʃˌkɹæft/: The art, skill or science of speech or language.
speecher noun: One who gives a speech.
speechfright noun: Alternative form of speech fright.
speechful adjective, noun: voluble; loquacious
speechfulness noun: Quality of being speechful.
speechie noun: A speech pathologist.
speechifier noun: One who speechifies.
speechify verb /ˈspiːt͡ʃɪfaɪ/: To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length.
speechifying noun, verb: The art of making speeches; rhetoric or oratory.
speeching noun, verb: The act of making a speech.
speechless adjective /ˈspiːt͡ʃ.lɪs/: Not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc.; wordless.
speechlessly adverb: In a speechless manner; without speaking.
speechlessness noun: The state of being speechless.
speechlike adjective: Resembling natural human speech
speechlore noun /ˈspiːt͡ʃˌlɔː/: The science, study, or knowledge of language or speech; linguistics.
speechmaker noun: One who makes a speech.
speechmaking noun: The delivery of speeches
speechment noun: An act of speaking; a speech.
speechread verb: Synonym of lipread.
speechreading noun: Lipreading.
speechway noun: The speech customs and dialects of a group of people.
speechworthy adjective: Worthy of speech or of being spoken.
speechwright noun: A composer or crafter of speeches.
speechwriter noun: Someone who writes speeches for others, especially as a profession.
speechwriting noun: The craft or activity of writing speeches, usually for delivery by someone else
speechy adjective: Full of speech or words; verbose; full of speeches.
speed interjection, noun, verb /spiːd/: The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
speed bag noun: A small air-filled punching bag anchored at the top to a rebound platform parallel to the ground.
speed boat noun: Alternative spelling of speedboat.
speed bomb noun: A dose of the recreational drug speed wrapped in a cigarette paper and swallowed.
speed bridge verb: Alternative form of speedbridge.
speed bridger noun: Alternative form of speedbridger.
speed bump noun: A traffic calming measure, consisting of a transverse ridge in the road, to limit the speed of vehicles.
speed camera noun: A roadside camera, triggered by a speeding vehicle, that takes a photograph of the offending vehicle and records its speed.
speed check noun: A method, usually involving radar technology, to measure a vehicle's velocity and evaluate the driver's compliance with the speed limit.
speed chess noun: Synonym of blitz chess.
speed climber noun: A climber who takes part in speed climbing
speed climbing noun: A discipline of climbing focusing on speed. In competitions, climbers race to the top of a standardized climbing wall.
speed cube noun: A type of Rubik's cube that is constructed for speedy manipulation, for use in speed cubing, speedily solving the scrambled puzzle cube.
speed cushion noun: A form of speed bump, often one of a series, that allows larger (especially emergency) vehicles to straddle them without slowing down
speed date noun, verb: A date in a speed dating event
speed dating noun: An organized event in which prospective romantic partners meet each other through a series of short one-to-one meetings.
speed demon noun: Anyone or anything that is extremely fast or reckless.
speed dial noun, verb: A function on some telephones allowing a phone number to be dialed by pressing only one or two keys.
speed flying noun: an air sport, a variant of paragliding, focusing on high-speed passes skimming close to the ground and terrain features.
speed freak noun: Alternative form of speedfreak.
speed garage noun: A faster variant of UK garage music, with warped basslines influenced by jungle and reggae.
speed geeking noun: The process of a group of people quickly viewing a number of presentations within a fixed time period.
speed goat noun: Synonym of pronghorn.
speed gun noun: Synonym of radar gun.
speed hump noun: A small speed bump.
speed limit noun /ˌspiːd ˈlɪ.mɪt/: The maximum speed permitted by law for vehicles.
speed limiter noun: A device that limits vehicle speed.
speed loader noun: A pressed metal (or plastic) clip, holding a set number of cartridges for a firearm, and used for rapid reloading of the weapon or its magazine.
speed merchant noun: Someone who runs, drives or moves in a given way very fast.
speed metal noun: A genre of heavy metal characterized by an extremely swift, rhythmic style.
speed networking noun: The act of creating possible professional relationships by briefly meeting with candidates and exchanging contact details.
speed of light noun: The speed of electromagnetic radiation, which in a perfect vacuum is equivalent to 299,792,458 metres per second.
speed of sound noun: The speed at which sound is propagated through some medium under specified conditions.
speed order noun: a (temporary) speed restriction.
speed paint noun: Alternative form of speedpaint.
speed painting noun: Alternative form of speedpainting.
speed parameter noun: speed divided by the speed of light, symbol β
speed pedelec noun: An electric moped where the motor only assists the rider while they are pedalling, similar to a pedelec but with a higher speed (up to 28 mph).
speed pulley noun: A pulley having different faces of different diameters giving various speeds according to the face the belt passes over.
speed queen noun: A female speedfreak; a woman who abuses stimulating drugs.
speed read verb: Alternative form of speedread.
speed reading noun, verb: The skill of reading a text at a faster speed than average while still maintaining comprehension of the material that is read.
speed riding noun: a winter sport, a combination of speed flying (a variant of paragliding) and paraskiing (a combination of paragliding and skiing)
speed run noun, verb: Alternative spelling of speedrun.
speed skater noun: A person who competes in the sport of speed skating.
speed skating noun: The sport of racing around an oval course, on ice skates.
speed skier noun: A skier who specializes in speed skiing, the speed events of formal alpine skiing, the speed disciplines of super-G and downhill. (The technical events of...
speed skiing noun: The speed events of formal alpine skiing, the speed disciplines of super-G and downhill. (The technical events of the sport of alpine skiing are slalom and...
speed stack noun, verb: to stack and unstack nesting cups in a competitive manner for the sport of speed stacking
speed stacker noun: a person who practices or competes in speed stacking
speed stacking noun, verb: a competitive speed game where competitors stack and unstack nesting cups between stacked triangles and nested stack columns with rapidity
speed table noun: A large speed bump with a flat top extending for some distance down the road.
speed tape noun: An aluminium tape used to patch the exterior of aircrafts.
speed teaching noun: The skill of teaching a subject at a faster rate or speed than average.
speed trap noun: A section of a roadway where speeds of vehicles are monitored by authorities; especially, one where the police presence is somewhat hidden, so as to catch...
speed up noun, verb /spiːdˈʌp/: To accelerate; to increase speed.
speed walking noun: power walking
speed wobble noun: Alternative form of death wobble.
speedable adjective: Able to be made more efficient by means of a speedup theorem.
speedaway noun: A team game combining elements of soccer, American football, and basketball.
speedbag noun: Alternative form of speed bag.
speedball noun, verb: A mixture of heroin and cocaine or sometimes other drugs.
speedballer noun: A drug addict who takes speedballs (cocaine and heroin).
speedboard noun: A board indicating a speed limit.
speedboarder noun: A person who practices the extreme sport of speedboarding.
speedboarding noun: An extreme sport which involves racing on a streamline skateboard down steep hills, often on public roads.
speedboat noun, verb /ˈspidˌboʊt/: A fast boat, usually small (for 1-8 people).
speedboater noun: A speedboat user.
speedboating noun, verb: The recreational act of travelling in a speedboat.
speedboatman noun: A man who operates a speedboat.
speedbooster noun: A secondary lens mounted between the camera and a photographic lens so as to reduce the central part of an image obtained by the objective lens while...
speedbridge verb: To build a bridge under oneself using one of several techniques which minimize the amount of crouching, resulting in a significantly faster pace of...
speedbridger noun: One who speedbridges.
speedbump noun: Alternative spelling of speed bump.
speedcar noun: In Australia, a race car in a particular class, below sprint car, of open-wheel closed-cockpit racing. One of the lowest levels of national competition.
speedcore noun: A very fast type of hardcore techno.
speedcube noun, verb: A puzzle identical in form and function to a Rubik's Cube but often having a different internal mechanism, and designed for optimal speed of use.
speedcuber noun: A participant in the game of speedcubing, or solving a Rubik's cube as quickly as possible
speedcubing noun, verb: The activity of solving a Rubik's Cube as quickly as possible
speeded adjective, verb /ˈspiːdəd/: Measured in terms of speed.
speededness noun: A test characteristic, dictated by the test’s time limits, that results in a test taker’s score being dependent on the rate at which work is performed as...
speeder noun: One who speeds: one who exceeds the maximum legal speed limit.
speedfreak noun: An addict or habitual user of amphetamines, methamphetamines, or similar stimulating drugs.
speedful adjective: Successful, effectual, efficient.
speedfully adverb: In a speedful manner.
speedfulness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being speedful.
speedgame noun: A video game that one speedruns.
speedgun noun: Alternative form of speed gun.
speedhump noun: Alternative form of speed hump.
speedily adverb /ˈspiːdɪli/: In a speedy or fast manner.
speediness noun /ˈspiːdinəs/: The property of being fast; swiftness.
speeding adjective, noun, verb /ˈspiːdɪŋ/: Travelling very fast; moving at speed.
speeding ticket noun: A traffic ticket issued for exceeding the speed limit.
speedingly adverb: With speed; rapidly.
speedlamp noun: Synonym of speedlight.
speedlang noun: A constructed language made within a time limit.
speedless adjective /ˈspiːdləs/: Lacking success or prosperity; not prosperous; unfortunate; unsuccessful.
speedlessness noun: Absence of speed.
speedletter noun: A kind of military communication that is delivered especially quickly, bypassing the usual delivery system, and does not employ electrical transmission.
speedlight noun: A flashgun that is not fixed to a camera.
speedloader noun: Alternative form of speed loader.
speedo noun: A speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile.
speedometer noun /spɪˈdɒm.ɪ.tə/: An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.
speedometry noun: The measurement of speed
speedos noun: A men′s tight fitting brief swimsuit.
speedpaint noun: An accelerated screen recording showing the creation of art, particularly digital drawings.
speedpainting noun: The act of doing a speedpaint.
speedread verb: To read quickly, usually at an accelerated rate or unusually high level of speed while maintaining complete comprehension of the material read.
speedreader noun: A person who can speedread.
speedreading noun, verb: Alternative form of speed reading.
speedrun noun, verb /ˈspiːd.ɹʌn/: A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of it, such as a single level, is played with the intent of completing it...
speedrunnable adjective: Suitable for speedrunning.
speedrunner noun: A player who performs speedruns.
speedrunning noun, verb /ˈspiːdɹʌnɪŋ/: The practice of making speedruns.
speedshift noun: A renegotiation of the data rate over a telecommunications link.
speedskate noun, verb: A type of ice skate used in speedskating, with a long blade attached to the sole of the boot via two pillars, at the heel and ball of the foot.
speedskater noun: An athlete who specializes in speedskating
speedskating noun: Alternative form of speed skating.
speedskier noun: Alternative spelling of speed skier (formal alpine skiing of super-G and downhill)
speedskiing noun: Alternative spelling of speed skiing (super-G and downhill of formal alpine skiing)
speedsolver noun /ˈspiːdˌsɒlvər/: A person who solves puzzles, such as the Rubik's Cube, as quickly as possible.
speedsolving noun: speedcubing
speedster noun: One who is noted for being very fast.
speedup noun: An amount or rate of decrease in time taken to do a certain amount of work.
speedwalk noun, verb: A moving walkway.
speedwalking noun, verb: A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they...
speedway noun /ˈspiːdweɪ/: A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
speedwell noun /ˈspiːdˌwɛl/: A plant of the genus Veronica
speedwise adverb: In terms of speed.
speedwork noun: physical exercise that concentrates on speed
speedworthiness noun: The ability to travel at high speed.
speedwriting noun: Any of various shorthands designed to be written or typed.
speedy adjective, verb /ˈspiː.di/: Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.
speedy delete verb: To summarily delete one or more pages without having a discussion on whether to keep or to delete, almost always if the page is obviously worthy of...
speedy deletion noun: The immediate deletion of one or more pages without having a discussion on whether to keep or to delete, almost always if the page is obviously worthy of...
Speedy Gonzales noun: Someone who moves or acts exceptionally fast.
Speegle proper noun: A surname.
speel noun, verb: To climb.
speelless adjective: Being a kind of straw braid with smooth sides, without the ends of straws protruding.
Speelman proper noun: A surname.
Speen proper noun: A village and civil parish near Newbury, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4568).
speer verb: to ask, to inquire
speering noun, verb: An enquiry; an asking about something.
speerit noun: Eye dialect spelling of spirit.
spegatrine noun: An adrenergic receptor antagonist isolated from Rauvolfia verticillata.
Speicher proper noun: A surname.
Speidel proper noun: A surname.
Speier proper noun: A surname from German.
speight noun /speɪt/: A woodpecker.
Speir proper noun: A surname.
speiranthy noun: Alternative form of spiranthy.
speiring noun: Alternative form of speering.
speirochore noun: Any speirochoric plant.
speirochoric adjective: Relating to speirochory.
speirochory noun: The unintentional introduction of plants into an area by means of contaminated seed.
speirops noun: A bird of any of the species Zosterops brunneus, Zosterops leucophoeus, Zosterops lugubris, or Zosterops melanocephalus, native to the islands of the Gulf...
Speirs proper noun: A surname.
Speiser proper noun: A surname from German.
speiskobalt noun: Synonym of smaltite.
speiss noun: A mixed arsenide of iron (and cobalt, nickel, and copper) produced during the smelting of lead
Speith proper noun: A surname.
spekboom noun: A South African shrub (Portulacaria afra), whose succulent leaves are used as fodder.
Speke's antelope noun: Synonym of marsh buck (“Tragelaphus spekii”).
Speke's gazelle noun: A species of gazelle from the Horn of Africa (Gazella spekei).
spekkoek noun: A spiced Indonesian layer cake.
Spektor proper noun: A surname.
spekulatius noun: Speculoos; in particular, the variety made and eaten in German cuisine as contrasted with Belgian speculoos and Dutch speculaas.
spelaean adjective: cave-dwelling
spelaeogriphacean noun: Any crustacean, of the order Spelaeogriphacea, that inhabit caves
spelaeologist noun: Alternative form of speleologist.
spelaeology noun: Alternative form of speleology.
spelch verb: To splinter while being crosscut.
speld noun, verb /spɛld/: A chip of wood; a splinter.
spelder noun, verb: Alternative form of speld (“chip, splinter”).
spelding noun: Alternative form of speldring.
speldrin noun: Alternative form of speldring.
speldring noun: A split dried haddock or other small fish.
speldron noun: Alternative form of speldring.
spelean adjective: Alternative form of spelaean.
spelectomize verb: To carry out a spelectomy
spelectomy noun: excision of a renal cavity
speleo- prefix: cave
speleobiological adjective: Relating to speleobiology
speleobiologist noun: A biologist whose speciality is speleobiology
speleobiology noun: The biology of caves
speleofact noun: item deliberately extracted from a speleothem for the purpose of usage in a particular function
speleogen noun: A geological feature within a karst system that is created by the dissolution of bedrock.
speleogenesis noun: The formation and development of caves
speleogenic adjective: Relating to speleogenesis
speleological adjective: Pertaining to the exploration of caves; speleology.
speleologically adverb: as a speleologist, in a speleological manner
speleologist noun: A person who studies or explores caves or studies the science of speleology.
speleology noun: The scientific study of caves.
speleomycological adjective: Relating to speleomycology
speleomycology noun: The mycology of caves
speleonectid noun: Any remipede in the family Speleonectidae.
speleophilic adjective: That preferentially inhabit caves.
speleothem noun /ˈspiːliəˌθɛm/: Any secondary mineral, deposited in a natural cave by the action of water. Includes formations such as stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones, and helictites.
speleothemic adjective: Relating to or composed of speleothems.
speleotherapy noun: The use of the microclimate of salt caves and mines for the treatment of asthma.
speleotherm noun: Alternative form of speleothem.
spelican noun: Alternative form of spilikin.
spelk noun, verb /spɛlk/: A splinter, usually of wood.
spelky adjective: splintery
spell noun, verb /spɛl/: Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
spell-bound adjective: Alternative spelling of spellbound
spell casting noun: Alternative form of spellcasting.
spell check noun, verb: Alternative form of spellcheck.
spell checker noun: A software application that attempts to verify spelling in a document.
spell doom verb: To be expected to cause the destruction of.
spell it out verb: To provide a simple and understandable explanation.
spell-master noun: Alternative form of spellmaster.
spell of weather noun: A short, distinct period during which the weather displays consistent characteristics that differ noticeably from conditions before and after.
spell off noun, verb /ˌspɛl ˈɔf/: In a spelling bee, of two or more participants, to spell words one after the other until a champion is determined. Usually refers to a series of rounds of...
spell one's name verb: To perform oral sex, especially cunnilingus.
spell out verb: To form (a word) from letters; say the letters in a word.

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.