5-letter words starting with sp
- 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.
- spick — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spicy — seasoned with or containing spice: a spicy salad dressing.
- spide — a young working-class man who dresses in casual sports clothes
- spied — a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- spiel — a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spier — a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spies — a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- spiff — to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.
- spike — an ear, as of wheat or other grain.
- spiks — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spiky — having a spike or spikes.
- spile — a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spill — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- spilt — a simple past tense and past participle of spill1 .
- spina — a spine or spinelike projection.
- spine — the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spink — a finch
- spiny — abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- spir- — spiro-2
- spire — a coil or spiral.
- spirt — to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
- spiry — spiral; coiled; coiling; helical.
- spite — a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spitz — Mark (Andrew) born 1950, U.S. swimmer: winner of seven gold medals in 1972 summer Olympic Games.
- splad — splat1 (def 1).
- splat — a sound made by splattering or slapping.
- splay — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- split — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- splog — spam that takes the form of a blog
- spock — Benjamin (McLane) [muh-kleyn] /məˈkleɪn/ (Show IPA), 1903–98, U.S. physician and educator.
- spode — Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- spoem — a poem made up entirely from the subject lines of different spam emails
- spohr — Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- spoil — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- spoke — a simple past tense of speak.
- spoof — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
- spook — Informal. a ghost; specter.
- spool — any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spoom — a kind of sherbet made from fruit juice or wine, mixed after freezing with uncooked meringue.
- spoon — a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- spoor — a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spoot — a razor-shell, a type of shellfish
- spore — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spork — a utensil used for eating, combining a spoon and a fork
- sport — an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- sposh — slush
- spout — to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
- sprag — a young cod.