5-letter words containing sp
- space — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spacy — spaced-out (def 2).
- spade — a black figure shaped like an inverted heart and with a short stem at the cusp opposite the point, used on playing cards.
- spado — Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
- spaed — to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spaer — to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spahi — one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- spahn — Warren, 1921–2003, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- spain — a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spake — a simple past tense of speak.
- spall — a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
- spalt — a silly person
- spane — a chip of wood
- spang — directly, exactly: The bullet landed spang on target.
- spank — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- sparc — 1. (processor) Scalable Processor ARChitecture. 2. (database) ANSI/SPARC Architecture.
- spare — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- spark — Muriel (Sarah) (Camberg) 1918–2006, British novelist and writer, born in Scotland.
- spart — a type of grass or esparto
- spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- spate — a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring: a spate of angry words.
- spats — the spawn of an oyster or similar shellfish.
- spawl — spittle
- spawn — Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- spazz — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speak — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- spean — to wean.
- spear — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- specd — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speck — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
- specs — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- spect — single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- speed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- speel — a splinter of wood
- speer — Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speir — to ask; inquire
- speke — John Hanning [han-ing] /ˈhæn ɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1827–64, English explorer in Africa.
- speld — a spark or splinter
- spelk — a splinter of wood
- spell — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- spelt — a simple past tense and past participle of spell1 .
- spend — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- spent — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- speos — a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- sperm — semen.
- speug — a sparrow
- spewy — marshy
- spial — an observation
- spica — spike2 .
- spice — any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.