7-letter words starting with sp
- spondee — a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- spondyl — a vertebra or something like a vertebra
- sponger — a person or thing that sponges.
- spongin — a scleroprotein occurring in the form of fibers that form the skeleton of certain sponges.
- sponsal — relating to marriage
- sponson — a structure projecting from the side or main deck of a vessel to support a gun or the outer edge of a paddle box.
- sponsor — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- spooked — Informal. a ghost; specter.
- spooler — someone whose job is to wind cotton or yarn onto spools
- spooney — spoony.
- sporing — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sporoid — of or like a spore
- sporont — (in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- sporran — (in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.
- sported — 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.
- sporter — 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.
- sportif — sporty
- sporule — a spore, especially a small one.
- spot ad — a brief advertisement broadcast in a programme break
- spot tv — the production or airing of television commercials.
- spot-on — Spot-on means exactly correct or accurate.
- spotlit — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- spotted — Radio, Television. pertaining to the point of origin of a local broadcast. broadcast between announced programs.
- spotter — a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- spottie — a young deer of up to three months of age
- spousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- spouted — fitted with a spout: a spouted pitcher.
- spouter — to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
- sprague — Frank Julian, 1857–1934, U.S. electrical engineer and inventor.
- spraint — a piece of otter's dung
- sprawly — tending to sprawl; straggly: The colt's legs were long and sprawly.
- sprayer — device that sprays a liquid
- sprayey — like, spattered with, or sending out spray
- spreagh — a raid to steal cattle
- spriest — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- spriggy — possessing sprigs or small branches.
- spright — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- springe — a snare for catching small game.
- springs — a leap, jump, or bound.
- springy — characterized by spring or elasticity; flexible; resilient: He walks with a springy step.
- sprouts — newly grown shoots or buds
- spruing — Metallurgy. an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold. the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spudded — Informal. a potato.
- spudder — a person who prepares and operates a rig for drilling oil wells.
- spuddle — a feeble movement
- spulyie — to plunder
- spumone — an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
- spumoni — an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
- spumous — to eject or discharge as or like foam or froth; spew (often followed by forth).
- spunkie — a will-o'-the-wisp.