English words: spraydrift to sprinkler head

300 English words, part 159 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 29 have a page of their own.

English words spraydrift to sprinkler head

spraydrift noun: The unintentional diffusion of sprayed pesticide onto neighbouring land.
sprayed adjective, verb /spɹeɪd/: chapped with cold
sprayed edges noun: The edges of a book's pages that have been coloured and/or patterned.
sprayer noun /ˈspɹeɪɚ/: Synonym of spray bottle.
sprayey adjective: Full of spray.
sprayful adjective: Full of spray; spraying.
sprayhood noun: A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break...
spraying noun, verb: The act by which something is sprayed.
sprayless adjective: Not producing spray.
spraylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a spray.
spraypaint noun, verb: Alternative form of spray paint.
spraypainter noun: One who, or that which, spraypaints.
sprayproof adjective: Resistant to spray (as from the ocean).
sprayskirt noun: Synonym of spraydeck.
spread noun, verb /spɹɛd/: To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
spread bet noun: A spread betting bet or investment transaction
spread betting noun: A form of gambling (or investment) in which a bookmaker (or broker) predicts a range of outcomes (or share price movements) and the better (or investor)...
spread eagle adjective, noun, verb: A position of the body involving full extension of the limbs with both fore- and hind-limbs spread wide, usually referring to humans or heraldic eagles.
spread-eagled adjective, verb: In a spread eagle position.
spread-eagleism noun: Alternative form of spreadeagleism.
spread it on thick verb: Alternative form of lay it on thick.
spread like wildfire verb: To spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably.
spread limit noun: A poker game where bets and raises can be any amount between a specified minimum and a specified maximum.
spread one's legs verb: Synonym of put out (consent to having sex).
spread one's net wide verb: Alternative form of cast one's net wide.
spread one's wings verb: To experiment in life; to find out what one is capable of; to try new things or activities.
spread oneself thin verb: To commit oneself to too many projects, so that there is little chance of completing them all satisfactorily.
spread oneself too thin verb: Alternative form of spread oneself thin.
spread operator noun: An operator that expands an array or similar data structure into its individual elements.
spread out adjective, verb: Become further apart.
spread spectrum communication noun: A form of electromagnetic communication in which the signal frequency or bandwidth is spread beyond that required, rendering it more difficult to intercept...
spread syntax noun: The use of the spread operator in source code.
spread tail noun: The tail of a bird (or likeness thereof) when the tailfeathers are held tautly outward in a fan-like arrangement.
spread the bed verb: Synonym of make the bed.
spread the word verb: To tell a lot of people; to inform as many people as one can.
spreadability noun: Ease of spreading or of being spread.
spreadable adjective, noun /ˈspɹɛdəbəl/: Capable of being spread.
spreadably adverb: In a spreadable way.
spreadation noun: A banquet; a rich spread of food.
spreadboard noun: Part of a textile machine where the flax is drawn out by the rollers.
spreadeagle adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of spread-eagle.
spreadeagleism noun: A pretentious, boastful, jingoistic attitude.
spreadeaglism noun: Alternative form of spreadeagleism.
spreadee noun: That which is being spread on; the target of spreading.
spreader noun /ˈspɹɛdɚ/: An object or person who spreads.
spreader bar noun: A rod with cuffs or rope on both ends that is used to hold a person's arms or legs a fixed distance apart.
spreader diaper noun /ˌspɹɛdɚˈdaɪ(ə)pɚ/: Spreader pants in the design of a diaper, usually not able to be wet nor soiled, and worn over an actual diaper.
spreader pants noun /ˌspɹɛdɚˈpænts/: A thick, firm but yielding device worn around the crotch–usually supported by straps above the shoulders–that spreads the wearer's legs apart, forcing them...
spreadhead noun: A fan of the American rock band Widespread Panic.
spreadin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of spreading.
spreading noun, verb /ˈspɹɛdɪŋ/: The act by which something is spread.
spreading elm noun: Synonym of European white elm.
spreading gooseberry noun: Ribes divaricatum, a gooseberry plant of the Pacific coast of North America
spreadingly adverb: In a manner that spreads out.
spreadingness noun: The quality of spreading, or tending to spread
spreadly adverb: In a spread out or widespread manner; widely.
spreadover noun: The variable arrangement of duties and breaks within overall work periods of fixed duration.
spreadsheet noun, verb /ˈspɹɛd.ʃiːt/: A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.
spreadsheeter noun: Someone who creates spreadsheets.
spreadsheeting noun: The use of spreadsheets.
spreadsheetlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a spreadsheet.
spreadsheety adjective: Resembling or characteristic of spreadsheets or spreadsheet software.
spreadwing noun: Any of a number of damselfies of the family Lestidae, which are larger than most damselflies and differ from them as they hold their wings at an angle away...
spready adjective, noun: Tending to spread horizontally.
spreagh noun: Plunder, especially cattle taken as booty.
spreath noun /spɹiːθ/: A raid in order to steal cattle.
spreathe noun, verb: To make chapped, as with cold.
Sprechbund noun: A shared way of speaking that goes beyond language boundaries, such as the use of rhyme in hip-hop.
sprechgesang noun: A form of recitative between speaking and singing.
Sprechstimme noun: A dramatic vocal style midway between speaking and singing.
Spreckels proper noun: A census-designated place in Monterey County, California, United States.
spreckle noun, verb: A speck, spot, speckle; freckle.
spreckled adjective, verb: Speckled.
spredges noun /ˈspɹɛd͡ʒɪz/: Synonym of sprayed edges.
spree noun, verb /spɹiː/: Uninhibited activity.
spree killer noun: A murderer who kills two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations.
spreeish adjective: Inclined to go out on a spree, or characteristic of a spree.
spreeuw noun: A starling.
Spreewald proper noun: A forested wetland area in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.
spreite noun: A sedimentary lamina caused by animal behaviour.
sprelve noun: An upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, in which an elve is immediately followed by a sprite.
Sprengel proper noun: A surname from German.
Sprengel explosive noun: Any of a class of explosives that are stoichiometric mixtures of strong oxidizers and reactive fuels, mixed just prior to use.
Sprengel pump noun: A kind of vacuum pump in which vacuum is produced by a stream of mercury drops running down a very narrow tube
Sprenger proper noun: A surname.
sprengerinin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
sprent adjective, verb /spɹɛnt/: To leap; bound; move quickly; dart
spreon noun: A hypothetical supersymmetric partner to the preon, in supersymmetric preon theories.
sprezzatura noun: The art of performing a difficult task so gracefully that it looks effortless; calculated nonchalance.
spricket noun: Any member of the order Schizomida, a group of arachnids also called short-tailed whip-scorpions.
Spridget noun: An Austin-Healey Sprite or an MG Midget, two similar-looking sports cars of the 20th century.
sprifermin noun: human recombinant FGF18, as a candidate drug to treat knee osteoarthritis
sprig noun, verb /spɹɪɡ/: A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
Sprigg proper noun: A surname.
spriggan noun /ˈspɹɪɡən/: In Cornish folklore, a malicious spirit in the form of a wizened old man.
Sprigge proper noun: A surname.
sprigger noun: A person employed to nail the soles onto shoes.
sprigging noun, verb: ornamentation in the form of sprigs or sprays.
spriggite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic bright orange mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.
Spriggs proper noun: A surname.
spriggy adjective: Full of sprigs, or small branches.
spright noun, verb /spɹaɪt/: Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
sprightful adjective: sprightly; spirited; lively; animated
sprightfully adverb: In a sprightful manner.
sprightfulness noun: The quality of being sprightful
sprightless adjective: unsprightly; dull; sluggish.
sprightlily adverb: In a sprightly manner.
sprightliness noun: The property of being sprightly.
sprightly adjective, adverb /ˈspɹaɪtli/: Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.
spriglet noun: A little sprig.
sprigtail noun: The pintail duck.
spring noun, verb /ˈspɹɪŋ/: To move or burst forth.
spring a butt verb: To loosen the end of a plank in a ship's bottom.
spring a leak verb: To begin to leak.
spring ahead, fall behind phrase: Synonym of spring forward, fall back.
Spring and Autumn adjective: Of, from, or related to a period of Chinese history during the first half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, usually reckoned from its founding at Luoyang in 771...
spring avens noun: Geum vernum, native to much of temperate eastern North America.
spring back verb: To recoil; to bounce back; to recover to an improved position.
spring balance noun: A device for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring.
spring bar noun: A device consisting of two bars linked by a spring, held and squeezed to exercise the upper body.
spring beam noun: A beam of considerable span, without central support; the tie beam of a truss.
spring beauty noun: Any of various species of flowering plant of the genus Claytonia, primarily native to the Americas and northeastern Asia.
spring bed noun: A bed with a spring mattress.
spring beetle noun: click beetle
spring bloom noun: The period in spring when plants open their flowers.
spring-board noun: Alternative form of springboard
spring box noun: A box or barrel in which a spring is coiled.
spring break noun: A time of vacation from school that occurs during the spring.
spring breaker noun: Someone on vacation during spring break.
spring cart noun: A light, open, two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, typically for two passengers, having curved steel springs mounted between the axle and the wooden body to...
spring chicken noun: A chicken for eating while it is still young.
spring clean noun, verb: To carry out a spring cleaning of (a room, a house, etc).
spring-cleaner noun: One who spring-cleans.
spring cleaning noun: Alternative form of spring cleaning.
spring constant noun: A characteristic of a spring which is defined as the ratio of the force affecting the spring to the displacement caused by it.
spring dance noun: A folk dance traditionally held to celebrate the season of spring.
spring destroying angel noun: A deadly mushroom, Amanita verna.
spring ephemeral noun: A plant that grows in the spring and goes dormant in summer.
spring equinox noun: A vernal equinox.
Spring Festival noun: Synonym of Chinese New Year.
spring fever noun: A feeling of invigoration and restlessness associated with the arrival of the warm weather and renewal of nature in the spring season.
spring field cricket noun: Gryllus veletis, a species of cricket common through North America.
spring for verb: To pay for; to offer money.
spring forward, fall back phrase /ˌspɹɪŋ ˈfɔːwəd ˌfɔːl ˈbæk/: Used to recall how timepieces are adjusted for daylight saving time: Local time goes forward in the spring (usually by one hour), and back in fall (autumn).
spring fumewort noun: Synonym of bird-in-a-bush
spring gentian noun: A small flowering plant of species Gentiana verna.
spring ginger noun: Synonym of young ginger.
spring green adjective, noun: A fresh green colour that reminds one of spring.
spring greens noun: the dark green leaves of the borecole plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, used as a vegetable; collard greens
spring growth noun: luxuriant plant growth in spring
spring gun noun: A gun rigged to fire when a tripwire is crossed.
spring hammer noun: A mechanical hammer in which the blow is delivered or augmented by the force of a spring.
spring has sprung phrase: The spring season has arrived.
spring heel noun: Alternative form of springheel.
spring-heeled adjective: Having, or seeming to have, springs on one's heels, and so able to jump much higher than usual.
spring-heeled Jack noun: A terrifying man of bizarre appearance and able to make extraordinary leaps, the subject of English folklore of the Victorian era.
spring hook noun: An angler's snap-hook or spear-hook.
spring horse noun: A type of rocking horse that stands on a flat surface and moves by means of springs which attach the horse figure to its framework.
spring house noun: Alternative form of springhouse.
spring in one's step noun: Enthusiasm, energy or a positive outlook or cheerful attitude.
spring into action verb: To begin doing something or become active suddenly and very quickly.
spring jack noun: A device for inserting a loop in a main electric line-circuit, a plug being forced between two spring contacts.
spring lamb noun: A milkfed lamb, usually three to five months old, born in late winter or early spring and sold for meat usually before 1 July (in the northern hemisphere).
spring latch noun: A latch that snaps into the keeper whenever the door is shut.
spring leaf noun: One of the individual curved metal plates forming part of a leaf spring.
spring ligament noun: The inferior calcaneoscaphoid ligament of the sole of the foot.
spring-like adjective: Alternative spelling of springlike.
spring line noun: A line stretched longways between a docked vessel and a cleat on the pier, or used during berthing to guide the vessel into its slip; a warp
spring-load verb: To load or secure something using a spring tension or compression mechanism.
spring-loaded adjective, verb: Of a mechanical device, containing a spring that holds a component in a particular position.
spring-loaded camming device noun: A piece of rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment.
spring-loaded mode noun: A type of mode in a user interface that is kept in place only through some constant action on the part of the user.
spring lock noun: A lock that fastens by means of a spring.
spring mattress noun: A mattress in which springs of twisted wire are used to support the stuffed part.
spring melt noun: The time of the year, generally in the early spring, when the snowpack accumulated during the winter melts.
spring mix noun: A salad made with young greens.
spring net noun: A fishing net that closes by means of a spring.
spring of pork noun: The lower part of a forequarter of pork, which is divided from the neck, and has the leg and foot without the shoulder.
spring onion noun: A species of onion (Allium fistulosum) with slender bulbs; originally Asian, now worldwide.
spring out verb: To break out; to escape.
spring padlock noun: A kind of padlock that snaps itself shut.
spring parsley noun: A perennial herb of the genus Cymopterus.
spring pasqueflower noun: A flowering plant of species Pulsatilla vernalis
spring peeper noun: A small chorus frog of North America (Pseudacris crucifer).
spring pin noun: In locomotives, an iron rod fitted between the springs and the axle boxes, to sustain and regulate the pressure on the axles.
spring pocket noun: Scrotum; testicles.
spring pole noun: A pole whose elasticity serves as a spring.
spring quillwort noun: A quillwort of species Isoetes echinospora, widespread in cooler North America and found also in the Black Forest in Germany.
spring-release adjective: Of a mechanical device, containing a component that compresses or extends a spring while held in place and so springs free when released.
spring reverb noun: A system with a transducer at one end of a metal spring and a pickup at the other, used to create a reverb sound effect.
spring rider noun: A children's playground item consisting of a large spring beneath a central beam or flange on which the rider sits and rocks.
spring rocker noun: Synonym of spring rider.
spring roll noun /ˈspɹɪŋ.ɹəʊl/: A type of savoury food consisting of shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake made from rice flour and then fried.
spring saddle noun: A bent metal bar on the top of a railway carriage journal-box, surrounding the arch-bar and supporting the spring.
spring salamander noun: Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, a lungless salamander of the Eastern US.
spring salmon noun: A chinook salmon; especially an average-sized one (less than 13.5 kg).
spring searcher noun: A pronged tool to search for defects in the bore of a gun.
spring shackle noun: A shackle that closes by means of a spring.
spring snowflake noun: Leucojum vernum, a bulbous plant belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family.
spring soup noun: A soup made with ingredients that are only in season for a short period during spring, often including asparagus.
spring stay noun: A preventer stay, to assist the regular one; a smaller stay placed above the stays as a duplicate if needed.
spring steel noun: Any variety of steel capable of returning to its original shape despite significant deflection or twisting.
spring stud noun: A rod passed through the axis of a coil-spring to keep it in place.
spring-tail noun: Alternative form of springtail
spring the luff verb: To ease the helm, and sail nearer to the wind than before; said of a vessel.
spring tide noun: The tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced so that this tide is of maximum range.
spring-time noun: Alternative form of springtime.
spring to life verb: To start to exist.
spring to mind verb: To appear suddenly in one's thoughts, often as an example of something.
spring to somebody's defence verb: To defend someone
spring training noun: A set of practice and exhibition games for each Major League Baseball team, preceding the start of the regular season, which are used by a manager to...
spring up verb: To appear suddenly.
spring valve noun: A valve fitted with a spring.
spring water noun: Alternative form of springwater.
spring wheat noun: A type of wheat that does not require vernalization and may thus be sown in spring for harvest in autumn or, if the climate allows, in the autumn for spring...
springald noun /ˈspɹɪŋəld/: A young man, a stripling, a youth.
springall noun: Alternative form of springald (“young man”).
springback noun: An inner false joint on a bound book, springing upward from the true or outer back when the book is opened flat.
Springbank proper noun: A locality in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.
springbeauty noun: Alternative spelling of spring beauty (“type of plant”).
springboard noun, verb: A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.
springboc noun: Alternative form of springbok.
springbok noun /ˈspɹɪŋ.bɒk/: A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis.
Springbokkie noun: A mixed drink comprised of creme de menthe and Amarula
springborne adjective: Supported by (mechanical) springs.
springbox noun: Alternative spelling of spring box
Springbrook proper noun: A mountain, plateau, town, and locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
springbuck noun: Alternative form of springbok.
Springburn proper noun: An inner suburb of the city of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6067).
springcleaning noun: Alternative form of spring cleaning.
springcreekite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral black mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and vanadium.
Springdale proper noun /ˈspɹɪŋ.deɪl/: A village in the Temora council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
springdans noun: A Norwegian dance with leaping movements.
springe noun, verb /spɹɪnd͡ʒ/: To sprinkle; to scatter.
springed adjective, verb /spɹɪŋd/: Having (a given type of) springs; equipped with (a given type of) springs.
springer noun: A person that springs.
springer antelope noun: springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)
springer spaniel noun: A dog of either of two different breeds.
Springeresque adjective: Reminiscent of Jerry Springer (1944–2023), controversial American talk-show host.
springerle noun /ˈspɹɪŋ.ɡəɹ.lə/: a white, anise-flavored German cookie with an embossed design
Springett proper noun: A surname.
Springfield proper noun: A suburb in Campbell Park parish, City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8638).
Springfielder noun: Synonym of Springfieldian (“inhabitant of Springfield”).
Springfieldian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to any of the towns called Springfield.
Springfieldite noun: Synonym of Springfieldian (“inhabitant of Springfield”).
springfish noun: Any of the fish in the goodeid genus Crenichthys.
springform noun: A round baking tin with a rim that can be detached from the base, making it easy to remove the contents after baking.
springful adjective, noun: Pertaining to the season spring; springlike; vernal.
springhaas noun: A South African springhare.
springhare noun: Any of the genus Pedetes of generally nocturnal, herbivorous African rodents that dig burrows.
springhead noun: The source of a natural spring.
springheel noun: A type of shoe popular in the 19th century that had a low internal heel; also, the low internal heel of these shoes.
springhouse noun: A small building constructed over a spring, formerly used for refrigeration (and thus sometimes also serving as pumphouse, milkhouse, or root cellar).
springily adverb: In a springy manner.
springin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of springing.
springiness noun: the property of being springy.
springing adjective, noun, verb /ˈspɹɪŋɪŋ/: The action of the verb to spring.
springing cow noun: A cow or heifer which is close to calving.
springing executory interest noun: An interest in an estate in land created by the conditions of a grant wherein the grantor cuts short the grantor's own interest in the property in favor of...
springing line noun: Alternative form of spring line.
springingly adverb: In a springing manner; with springs or leaps.
springle noun, verb: a trap to catch animals, using a spring mechanism.
springless adjective: Without a spring or springs (bouncing motion, engineering component, etc).
springlessness noun: The absence of springs.
springlet noun: A small, minor spring (water source).
springlike adjective: Typical of spring (the season).
springline noun: Alternative form of spring line.
springloaded adjective: Alternative form of spring-loaded.
springlock noun, verb: Alternative form of spring lock.
springlong adjective: Lasting for the whole spring season.
springly adjective: Pertaining to or characteristic of spring; vernal.
springmaker noun: A manufacturer of springs (mechanical devices that exert force).
springmaking noun: The manufacture of springs (mechanical devices that exert force).
Springman proper noun: A surname.
springold noun: Alternative form of springald.
springscape noun: A vernal landscape.
Springside proper noun: A village in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland, on the border with East Ayrshire (OS grid ref NS3738).
springsnail noun: Any of the genus Pyrgulopsis of freshwater snails.
Springspotter noun: A person who identifies emerging trends and reports on them to a service called Springwise that uses the information to advise businesses on potential...
Springsteen proper noun: A surname.
Springsteenian adjective: Of or relating to Bruce Springsteen (born 1949), American singer-songwriter known for his poetic and sometimes political lyrics and his lengthy and...
springtail noun: Any of various wingless hexapods, of the subclass Collembola, with spring-like legs.
springtide noun: The springtime.
springtime noun: The season of spring, between winter and summer.
springtrap verb: Synonym of springlock
Springvale proper noun: A locality in the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
Springville proper noun: A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
springwater noun: Water originating from a spring.
springwear noun: Clothing to be worn in spring.
Springwell proper noun: A housing estate of Wrekenton, Gateshead borough, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2859).
springwood noun: The wood in a tree's growth ring formed earlier in the growing season, when growth is more rapid, thus composed of wider elements and usually lighter in colour.
springwort noun: The plant St. John's wort.
springy adjective /ˈspɹɪŋi/: That returns rapidly to its original form (as a spring does) after being bent, compressed, stretched, etc.
sprink verb: To sprinkle; splash
sprinkle noun, verb /ˈspɹɪŋkəl/: To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
sprinkler noun, verb /ˈspɹiŋklɚ/: Anything that sprinkles.
sprinkler alarm noun: An alarm mounted to the exterior of a building that goes off upon activation of a fire sprinkler.
sprinkler bell noun: A bell mounted to the outside of a building that goes off upon the activation of a fire sprinkler.
sprinkler gong noun: A bell mounted to the exterior of a building that sounds upon the activation of a fire sprinkler.
sprinkler head noun: A heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling.

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.