7-letter words starting with sp
- spilite — a type of igneous rock
- spimmer — a person who sends unsolicited commercial communications via an instant-messaging system
- spinach — a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves.
- spinate — having thorns or a spine
- spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- spindly — long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs.
- spinner — a person or thing that spins.
- spinney — a small wood or thicket.
- spinode — cusp (def 3).
- spinoff — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spinose — full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- spinous — covered with or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- spinout — a spinning slide or skid by a motor vehicle that is out of control
- spinoza — Baruch [buh-rook] /bəˈruk/ (Show IPA), or Benedict de [ben-uh-dikt duh] /ˈbɛn ə dɪkt də/ (Show IPA), 1632–77, Dutch philosopher.
- spinule — a small spine.
- spiraea — any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spirant — fricative (def 2).
- spireme — the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- spiring — a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spirits — an emotional state, esp with regard to exaltation or dejection
- spirity — spirited
- spiroid — more or less spiral; resembling a spiral.
- spirula — any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
- spit up — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- spitbol — SPeedy ImplemenTation of snoBOL. "Macro SPITBOL - A SNOBOL4 Compiler", R.B.K. Dewar et al, Soft Prac & Exp 7:95-113, 1971. Current versions: SPITBOL-68000, Sparc SPITBOL from Catspaw Inc, (719)539-3884.
- spiting — a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spitted — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- spitter — brocket (def 2).
- spittle — saliva; spit.
- splash! — 1. Software Research Northwest, 1987. Compiler for SPL[3]. 2. Systems Programming LAnguage for Software Hackers. Mentioned in TeX for the Impatient, Paul W. Abrahams, A-W 1990.
- splashy — making a splash or splashes.
- splatch — a large splash or splatter
- splayed — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- spleeny — abundant in or displaying spleen.
- splenic — of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen: splenic nerves.
- spleno- — the spleen
- splicer — a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- splined — a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- split-c — Parallel extension of C for distributed memory multiprocessors. Aims to provide efficient low-level access to the underlying machine.
- splodge — blot, splotch
- sploosh — to splash or cause to splash about uncontrollably
- splotch — a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
- splurge — to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one: They splurged on a trip to Europe.
- splurgy — ostentatious
- spodium — a fine black powder formed by calcination
- spoiled — 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.
- spoiler — a person or thing that spoils.
- spokane — a city in E Washington.
- spoking — a simple past tense of speak.
- spoleto — a city in Perugia, Italy