11-letter words starting with sp
- spider lily — any of several plants having lilylike flowers with narrow petals, as those belonging to the genera Crinum, Hymenocallis, and Lycoris, of the amaryllis family.
- spider mite — any of numerous, variously colored web-spinning mites of the family Tetranychidae, many of which are pests of garden plants and fruit trees.
- spider vein — one of a radiating network of dilated capillaries on the skin.
- spider wasp — any of certain wasps, especially of the family Pompilidae, that provision their nests with paralyzed spiders.
- spike heath — a Eurasian evergreen shrub, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, of the heath family, having narrow leaves and bell-shaped, pink flowers, growing in gritty soil.
- spike heels — Spike heels are women's shoes with very high narrow heels.
- spin a yarn — If you say that someone spins a yarn, you mean that they tell a story that is not true, often an interesting or imaginative one.
- spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
- spin doctor — Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.
- spin-drying — a technique for extracting water from clothes, linen, etc, by spinning them in a perforated drum
- spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- spindlelegs — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
- spinel ruby — ruby spinel.
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spinmeister — spin doctor.
- spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
- spinsterial — relating to a spinster
- spinsterian — relating to a spinster
- spinsterish — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spiny-rayed — spiny-finned.
- spiral gear — a type of helical gear used for transmitting power between shafts that are at an angle to each other.
- spiraliform — having or resembling spiral lines
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- spirillosis — a bacterial disease
- spirit away — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- spirit cave — an archaeological site in Thailand that has produced evidence of very early plant domestication in Southeast Asia, dated c7000 b.c.
- spirit lake — a lake in SW Washington, at the N foot of Mount St. Helens: site of devastation during 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
- spirit lamp — a lamp that burns methylated or other spirits instead of oil
- spiritually — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spiritualty — Often, spiritualties. ecclesiastical property or revenue.
- spirituelle — having a refined and lively mind or wit; spirituel
- spirketting — deck planking near the bulwarks
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
- spiroplasma — any of numerous bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma that have no cell walls or flagella and are parasitic in plants and arthropods.
- spite fence — a wall or fence erected solely to annoy one's neighbor or lower the value of his or her property.
- spitsbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
- spitsticker — a wood-engraving tool with a fine prow-shaped point for cutting curved lines
- spitzbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- splashboard — a board, guard, or screen to protect from splashing, as a dashboard of a vehicle or a guard placed over a wheel to intercept water, dirt, etc.
- splashproof — resistant to splashing
- spleenstone — a stone which was supposed to cure maladies of the spleen
- splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- splint bone — one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.
- splintering — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split brain — having, involving, or pertaining to a severed corpus callosum.
- split hairs — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.