English words: spondylosis to spoor

300 English words, part 156 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 31 have a page of their own.

English words spondylosis to spoor

spondylosis noun /ˌspɒndɪˈləʊsɪs/: A degenerative disease in which the vertebral joints of the spine become stiff and then fused.
spondylosyndesis noun: Synonym of spondylodesis.
spondylotherapeutic adjective: Relating to spondylotherapy.
spondylotherapeutics noun: Synonym of spondylotherapy.
spondylotherapist noun: One who carries out spondylotherapy.
spondylotherapy noun: A form of therapy involving stimulation by ice, electric currents, etc. of the nerves originating from the spinal cord.
spondylothoracic adjective: Of or pertaining to both the spine and the thoracic cage
spondylotic adjective: Relating to spondylosis.
spondylous adjective: Relating to spondyles; vertebral
spong noun: A long and narrow piece of land, resembling a tongue, especially a short peninsula.
sponge noun, verb /spʌnd͡ʒ/: Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
sponge bag noun: A bag for carrying toiletries, as when travelling.
sponge-bag pants noun: Alternative form of spongebag pants.
sponge ball noun: A soft, squishy ball made of foam or sponge rubber, most famously used as a classic prop in close-up sleight-of-hand magic tricks.
sponge bath noun: A type of bathing, usually conducted in hospitals, which involves washing someone with a sponge. Usually the person being washed is bed-ridden.
sponge bomb noun: A reusable, soft water splash ball made by cutting kitchen sponges into strips and binding them tightly in the middle with a rubber band or hair tie.
sponge brush noun: A grooming tool designed specifically for naturally dry and textured hair.
sponge cake noun: A light, soft, baked dessert (commonly layered with cream and jam) that is typically made with flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, and has a firm, yet...
sponge city noun: An urban planning model that emphasizes flood management by strengthening green infrastructures instead of purely relying on drainage systems.
sponge cloth noun: Any cloth loosely woven of coarse yarn to produce a spongy look or texture, especially one constructed in honeycomb weave.
sponge construction noun: A repetitive construction of a hash function with a variable-length input and an arbitrary-length output based on a fixed-length permutation.
sponge crab noun: Any of the crabs in the family Dromiidae, which carry pieces of live sponge to hide under.
sponge down noun, verb: To clean with a sponge
sponge finger noun: Synonym of ladyfinger (“a sponge cake biscuit”).
sponge function noun: A function built by a sponge construction.
sponge gourd noun: dishcloth gourd, loofah
sponge out verb: To clean the inside of (something) by using a sponge.
sponge pudding noun: Synonym of sponge (“a type of steamed pudding”).
sponge roll noun: Swiss roll
sponge rubber noun: Synonym of foam rubber.
sponge stick noun: An absorbent sponge (or folded gauze) attached to a long handle or surgical clamp; used in healthcare settings to absorb fluids, apply topical antiseptics,...
sponge tax noun: An estate tax imposed by a state that was credited against the federal estate tax, raising revenue for a state without increasing the overall tax burden.
sponge toffee noun: Synonym of honeycomb toffee.
sponge up verb: To clean with a sponge
spongeable adjective: Suitable for cleaning with a damp sponge.
spongebag noun: Alternative form of sponge bag.
spongebag pants noun: Synonym of spongebags.
spongebag trousers noun: Synonym of spongebags.
spongebags noun: Formal trousers.
spongecake noun: Alternative spelling of sponge cake.
spongecase noun: Synonym of alternating caps (“a form of capitalization where capital letters are randomly placed throughout the word(s), used to convey mockery through text...
spongeful noun: The amount (of liquid) contained in a sponge
spongeing noun, verb: Alternative form of sponging.
spongeless adjective: Without a sponge.
spongelet noun: A spongiole.
spongelike adjective: Like a sponge; spongy.
spongeous adjective: Alternative form of spongious.
sponger noun /ˈspʌnd͡ʒɚ/: One who uses a sponge.
spongestick noun: Alternative form of sponge stick.
spongeware noun: Traditional pottery decorated by spattering or sponging on colour
spongework noun: Spongy material.
spongeworthiness noun: The quality of being spongeworthy.
spongeworthy adjective: Highly sexually desirable.
spongey adjective: Alternative spelling of spongy.
spongiatriol noun: The furan triol derivative...
spongicolid noun: Any shrimp of the family Spongicolidae
spongicolous adjective: Inhabiting sponges.
spongiform adjective: Like a sponge, porous, full of holes.
spongillafly noun: Any insect in the neuropteran family Sisyridae, whose aquatic larvae feed on freshwater organism such as sponges in the genus Spongilla and bryozoans.
spongillid noun: Any in the family Spongillidae of sponges.
spongily adverb: In a spongy manner.
spongin noun: A horny, sulfur-containing protein, related to keratin, that forms the skeletal structure of certain classes of sponges. A proteinaceous compound of which...
sponginess noun: The property of being spongy.
sponging noun, verb: The application of a sponge.
sponging house noun: A place of temporary confinement for debtors, kept by a bailiff, where debtors were sponged of all money they had on themselves, before being transferred to...
spongio- prefix: Relating to sponges or a spongy substance.
spongioblast noun: A neuroepithelial cell that develops into neuroglial and ependymal cells.
spongioblastoma noun: A blastoma composed of spongioblasts
spongiocyte noun: Any of the cells of the neuroglia that have spongy vacuolated protoplasm
spongiocytic adjective: Relating to or composed of spongiocytes.
spongiofibrosis noun: fibrosis of spongy tissue, typically of the penis
spongiole noun: A supposed sponge-like expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water.
spongiolite noun: One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossilized, as in flints
spongiolithic adjective: Sponge-rich deposits in which buildups are rare and small.
spongiolitic adjective: Of or relating to spongiolites.
spongiologist noun: One who studies spongiology.
spongiology noun: A branch of zoology concerning sponges or Porifera.
spongiome noun: A contractile vacuole and the structures that surround it
spongionecrosis noun: spongy necrosis
spongiophytaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Spongiophytaceae.
spongiopilin noun: A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistened with hot water it is used...
spongioplasm noun: A fibrous, spongelike component of a cell's cytoplasm.
spongiopregnoloside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
spongiosclerosis noun: spongiform sclerosis
spongiose adjective: Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities.
spongioside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
spongiosis noun: Intercellular edema of the epidermis.
spongiosity noun: The property of being spongiose.
spongiostratum noun: A layer of net-like anastomosing hyphae on lower surface of some ascomycetes
spongiotic adjective: Relating to spongiosis.
spongiotrophoblast noun: spongy trophoblast
spongious adjective: Characteristic of a sponge; spongy
spongious body noun: The corpus spongiosum
spongiousness noun: The quality of being spongious.
spongistatin noun: Any of a class of complex marine macrolide spiroketals that have antitumour activity
spongivore noun: Any organism that feeds on sponges
spongivorous adjective: That feeds on sponges
spongivory noun: The condition of being spongivorous, or of being a spongivore
spongo- prefix /ˌspʌŋɡəʊ/: sponge
spongobiont noun: Any spongobiotic animal
spongobiotic adjective: That lives in the vicinity of sponges
spongoblast noun: In sponges, one of the cells that secrete spongin.
spongoblastic adjective: Of or relating to spongoblasts.
spongocoel noun: The large central cavity of a sponge.
spongocyte noun: A cell, in some poriferans, that secretes spongin
spongodiscid noun: Any radiolarian in the family Spongodiscidae.
spongoid adjective: Resembling sponge.
spongolite noun: A stone made almost entirely from fossilised sponges.
spongolitic adjective: Alternative form of spongiolitic.
spongological adjective: Relating to spongology.
spongologist noun: One who studies spongology.
spongology noun: The study of sponges.
spongotine noun: A bis(indolyl)imidazole alkaloid containing bromine derived from sponges, spongotine-B:...
spongy adjective /ˈspʌnd͡ʒi/: Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.
spongy body noun: The corpus spongiosum.
spongy moth noun: Synonym of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)
sponk noun /ˈspɒŋk/: Dated form of spunk.
sponsal adjective: Relating to marriage, or to a spouse; spousal.
sponsee noun: One who is sponsored.
sponsibility noun: Pronunciation spelling of responsibility.
sponsible adjective: Pronunciation spelling of responsible.
sponsing noun: Alternative form of sponson.
sponsion noun: The act of becoming surety for another.
sponsional adjective: Relating to sponsion.
sponson noun, verb: A projection from the side of an aircraft, watercraft, or land vehicle.
sponsor noun, verb /ˈspɒn.səː/: A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or...
sponsor-free adjective: Not containing ads from sponsors.
sponsorable adjective: Able to be sponsored.
sponsored adjective, verb /ˈspɒn.səd/: Financially supported by a sponsor.
sponsored content noun: Synonym of sponcon.
sponsoree noun: One who is sponsored.
sponsorer noun: One who sponsors; a sponsor.
sponsoress noun: A female sponsor.
sponsorette noun: A female sponsor.
sponsorhood noun: The state, quality, or condition of being a sponsor.
sponsorial adjective: Pertaining to a sponsor.
sponsorially adverb: In the capacity of a sponsor.
sponsorless adjective: Without a sponsor.
sponsorly adjective: Of, befitting, or characteristic of a sponsor.
sponsorship noun: The state or practice of being a sponsor.
spontaneism noun: The belief that a revolution should arise spontaneously.
spontaneist noun: A proponent of spontaneism.
spontaneity noun /ˈspɒn.tə.neɪ.ə.ti/: The quality of being spontaneous.
spontaneous adjective /spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/: Self-directed; happening or acting without external cause or instigation; proceeding from natural feeling, temperament, or momentary impulse.
spontaneous abortion noun /spɔnˈteɪ.ni.jəs əˈboɹ.ʃɪn/: A miscarriage.
spontaneous combustion noun: Combustion without an external source of heat.
spontaneous fission noun: A form of radioactive decay: nuclear fission that occurs spontaneously, instead of being induced by an external stimulus.
spontaneous generation noun: The fancied production of live organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at...
spontaneous generationist noun: One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation.
spontaneous human combustion noun: The supposed spontaneous combustion of a human being without an apparent external source of ignition.
spontaneous order noun: The spontaneous emergence of order out of chaos.
spontaneous pneumothorax noun: A pulmonary condition resulting in the collection of air within the chest, which occurs absent traumatic injury. Spontaneous Pneumothorax are considered a...
spontaneously adverb /spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs.li/: In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.
spontaneousness noun: The state or condition of being spontaneous; spontaneity.
spontoon noun: A pointed weapon similar to a pike.
spoo verb /spuː/: To spew (in several senses).
spoodge noun, verb /spuːd͡ʒ/: Semi-liquid gunk.
spoodle noun: A utensil midway between a spoon and a ladle, typically used for covering a pizza base with sauce.
spoof adjective, noun, verb /spuːf/: An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
spoofability noun: The quality of being spoofable.
spoofable adjective: that can be spoofed
spoofball adjective: Involving both goofy and spoofing behavior.
spoofed adjective, verb: Parodied.
spoofer noun /ˈspuːfə/: Someone who spoofs.
spoofery noun: spoofs in general; satirical parody
spoofiness noun: The quality of being spoofy.
spoofing noun, verb /ˈspuːfɪŋ/: Falsifying one's identity or other identifying information (e.g. location) by technical means to deceive or gain access.
spoofish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a spoof.
spoofy adjective: Characterized by spoof; satirical.
spooge noun, verb /spuːd͡ʒ/: Any sealant or lubricant applied during the assembly of electronic equipment.
spook noun, verb /spuːk/: A ghost or phantom.
spook out verb: to scare, to frighten
spookable adjective: Able to be spooked or frightened.
spookdom noun: The realm or sphere of spies.
spooked adjective, verb: A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.
spooker noun: One who spooks, or practices spookery
spookery noun: The condition of being spooky.
spookfest noun: A frightening event.
spookfish noun: A fish, the barreleye.
spookhouse noun /ˈspuːkhaʊs/: A haunted house.
spookily adverb /ˈspuːk.ɪ.li/: In a spooky manner; eerily.
spookiness noun: The property of being spooky.
spooking noun, verb: A supernatural fright.
spookish adjective: Frightening or unnerving in the manner of something eerie or supernatural; spooky.
spookishly adverb: In a spookish manner.
spookism noun: Spooky or ghostly things; spookery.
spookist noun: A spiritualist or medium.
spookless adjective: Without ghosts.
spookmaster noun: A spymaster.
spookocracy noun: government by spies
spookological adjective: Relating to the study of ghosts.
spookologist noun: One who studies ghosts.
spookology noun: The study of ghosts.
spookshow noun: A show that involves ghosts.
spooksome adjective: Spooky; scary.
spookspeak noun: The jargon of espionage.
spooktacular adjective, noun: Spooky and spectacular; wonderfully frightening.
spooktacularly adverb: In a spooktacular manner.
spooktastic adjective: fantastically spooky; spine-tingling
spooky adjective /ˈspuːki/: Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
spooky action at a distance noun: Synonym of quantum entanglement.
spooky-ass adjective: Very spooky.
spooky PAC noun: A type of political action committee which does not have to reveal its donors' identities, and which does not limit the amount of contributions by donors.
spooky season noun: The days leading up to, and including, Halloween.
spool noun, verb /spuːl/: A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
spool-and-line noun: An unfurling spool of string, attached to an animal to visualize its movements.
spool brush noun: A small brush with broad bristles, used to remove clumps of mascara, etc.
spool cannon noun: A child's homemade toy made by attaching an elastic band to a cotton reel to form a slingshot that could shoot a pencil or other slim object through the...
spool down verb: To decrease in rotational speed, producing a decrease in thrust.
spool out verb: To appear in succession, as if from a film spool.
spool up verb: To wind up onto a spool.
spoolable adjective: Capable of being spooled, or wound onto a reel.
spooldown noun: The process of reduction of the rotational speed of a turbine engine, causing a reduction in thrust.
spooler noun: A device or person that winds thread onto a spool.
spoolful noun: Enough to fill a spool.
spoolie noun: A spool brush.
spoolie brush noun: Alternative form of spool brush.
spooling noun, verb: The operation of placing something in temporary storage, i.e. a spool.
spoolless adjective: Without a spool.
spoollike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a spool.
spoolup noun: The process of increasing the rotational speed of a turbine engine, causing an increase in thrust.
spoolwood noun: The wood of the paper birch (Betula papyrifera).
spoolwork noun: Synonym of spindlework.
spoom noun, verb: To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.
spoon noun, verb /spuːn/: An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
spoon-billed adjective: Alternative form of spoonbilled.
spoon bowl noun: Alternative spelling of spoon-bowl.
spoon bowls noun: Alternative form of Spoon Bowl
spoon bread noun: Alternative spelling of spoonbread.
spoon chime noun: A type of wind chime made with metal spoons.
spoon-drift noun: Alternative form of spoondrift.
spoon excavator noun: A curette with hooklike ends used to remove soft carious decay in dentistry.
spoon-fed adjective, verb /spun ˈfɛd/: Pampered, as a baby too young to feed themselves.
spoon-feed verb /ˈspunˌfid/: To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.
spoon hook noun: Alternative form of spoon hook.
spoon knife noun: A kind of whittling knife used to hollow out spoons.
spoon lure noun: An oblong, concave lure, usually of metal or shell, shaped like the bowl of a spoon.
spoon-meat noun: Alternative form of spoonmeat.
spoon mustard noun: Tatsoi (Brassica rapa subsp. narinosa or Brassica rapa var. rosularis)
spoon oar noun: An oar with a curved blade to assist in rowing.
spoon of Diocles noun: An ancient Roman surgical instrument said to have been designed by Diocles of Carystus to remove arrows from the human body.
spoon out verb: To serve from a container with a spoon.
spoon rest noun: A shallow spoon-shaped dish on which a cooking or serving spoon can be rested so as to avoid dirtying the bench, tabletop, tablecloth, etc.
spoon sled noun: A type of sled consisting of a sheet of material to cup one's butt and a handle sticking out in front for maneuvering.
spoon straw noun: A drinking straw with a scoop at the end, intended for semisolid drinks such as milkshakes.
spoon sweet noun: Fruit preserved in sugar syrup in the eastern Mediterranean, often served in a spoon as a gesture of hospitality.
spoon theory noun: An informal metaphor for chronic illness or disability that uses "spoons" to represent the finite units of physical and mental energy that a person has...
spoon warmer noun: A decorative utensil filled with hot water and used to warm spoons in Victorian times.
spoon-winged lacewing noun: Any insect of the family Nemopteridae.
spoon worm noun: Synonym of echiuran.
spoonable adjective: Able to be dipped into with a spoon.
spoonbait noun: A spoon (type of fishing lure).
spoonbender noun: An illusionist who performs spoonbending.
spoonbending noun: A form of stage magic involving the apparent deformation of objects, especially metal cutlery, with little or no physical force.
spoonbill noun /ˈspunˌbɪl/: Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
spoonbilled adjective: Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end, as in the spoonbills.
spoonbilled cat noun: Synonym of American paddlefish.
spoonbowl noun: Alternative spelling of spoon-bowl.
spoonbread noun /ˈspuːnbɹɛd/: Bread made from corn and eggs, of a soft consistency such that it is served with a spoon.
spoonclam noun: Any bivalve mollusc of the family Periplomatidae
spooner noun, verb /ˈspuːnɚ/: A person who engages in kissing and petting.
spoonerism noun /ˈspuː.nəɹˌɪ.zəm/: A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
spooneristic adjective: Having the form of a spoonerism.
spooneristically adverb: In a spooneristic manner.
spoonerize verb: To produce the kind of play on words called a spoonerism (from).
spooney adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of spoony.
spooneyism noun: Alternative spelling of spoonyism.
spooneyness noun: Alternative spelling of spooniness.
spoonfeed verb: Alternative spelling of spoon-feed.
spoonflower noun: A plant, the yautia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
spoonful noun /ˈspuːnfəl/: The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.
spoonhead sculpin noun: Cottus ricei, a North American freshwater fish.
spoonhook noun: Alternative form of spoon hook.
spoonie noun /ˈspuː.ni/: A northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata).
spoonily adverb: In a spoony way.
spooniness noun: The quality of being spoony.
spooning noun, verb: The act of picking something up with a spoon.
spoonist noun: A musician who plays the spoons.
spoonless adjective: Without a spoon or spoons.
spoonlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a spoon.
spoonload noun: A generous spoonful.
spoonmaker noun: A manufacturer of spoons.
spoonmaking noun: The manufacture of spoons.
spoonmeat noun: Food to be eaten from a spoon, such as a soup or pap.
spoonplug noun: A kind of fishing lure.
spoonplugging noun: The use of the spoonplug lure.
spoons adjective, noun, verb /spuːnz/: Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on).
spoons position noun: A sex position in which the partners lie side by side facing in the same direction.
spoontray noun: A tray for spoons.
spoonula noun /ˈspunʊlə/: A cooking utensil resembling both a spoon and a spatula.
spoonways adverb: Synonym of spoonwise.
spoonwing noun: Any neuropteran insect of the family Nemopteridae.
spoonwise adverb: Closely nestled together, like spoons.
spoonwood noun: Kalmia latifolia, the mountain laurel.
spoonworm noun: Alternative form of spoon worm.
spoonwort noun: scurvy-grass (Cochlearia)
spoony adjective, noun /ˈspuː.ni/: Enamored in a silly or sentimental way; having a crush (on someone).
spoonyism noun: Foolish romantic infatuation.
spoopy adjective /ˈspuːpi/: Synonym of spooky.
spoor noun, verb /spʊə/: The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.

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.