A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
A scrap of paper.
A share certificate.
A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
A substitute for legal tender that is produced by a local government or a private organization.
A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender for payment of wages.
sepia
sepia
adj
(colour) Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
noun
(archaic, countable) The cuttlefish.
(by extension, countable) A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
sepic
sepic
adj
Of or pertaining to sepia; done in sepia.
septi
shipp
ships
ships
noun
plural of ship
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ship
shipt
shrip
siepi
simps
simps
noun
plural of simp
siped
siped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sipe
siper
sipes
sipes
noun
plural of sipe
sipid
sipid
adj
(obsolete) Having a taste or flavour; savoury; sapid.
siple
sippy
sippy
noun
(informal) A little sip; less than a serving of some particular drink
sirop
sirop
noun
A concentrated fruit drink; a cordial.
A kettle used in making sugar by the open-kettle process.
Obsolete form of syrup.
sirup
sirup
noun
Dated form of syrup.
situp
skimp
skimp
adj
(dated, UK, dialect or US, colloquial) Scanty.
noun
(in the plural, colloquial) Underwear.
A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
verb
(Scotland, Northern England) To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
(intransitive) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.
(transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
skipp
skips
skips
noun
plural of skip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skip
skirp
slipe
slipe
noun
A sledge runner on which a skip is dragged in a mine.
slips
slips
noun
(cricket) the area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively
plural of slip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slip
slipt
slipt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of slip
snipe
snipe
noun
(ice hockey slang) A goal.
(naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
(slang) A cigarette butt.
A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
A end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away - sometimes referred to as a snipe-end.
A fool; a blockhead.
A note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out), political criticism, etc.
A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.
A shot fired from a concealed place.
A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.
An animated promotional logo during a television show.
Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
verb
(ice hockey slang) To score a goal.
(intransitive) To hunt snipe.
(intransitive) To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
(intransitive) To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
(intransitive, by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
(transitive) To attach a note or sticker to (an existing poster) to provide further information, political criticism, etc.
(transitive) To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
(transitive) To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
To move the ball quickly in a different direction.
snips
snips
noun
plural of snip
shears; hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of snip
snipy
snipy
adj
Full of or attractive to snipe.
Long, narrow, and pointed.
Prone to sniping.
soapi
sophi
sophi
noun
(obsolete, plural only) Wise men; sages.
Obsolete form of Sufi.
spahi
spahi
noun
(history) A soldier in a mainly Arab-recruited cavalry (originally horse, later light armored) regiment in French colonial service in (former/ in name still) Ottoman North African provinces
(history) An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system.
spaid
spaid
noun
Obsolete form of spade (digging tool)
spaik
spail
spain
spair
spait
speil
speir
spial
spial
noun
(obsolete) A spy.
(obsolete) Espionage.
spica
spica
noun
(botany) A spike.
(ornithology) A spur.
A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns.
spice
spice
noun
(countable, uncountable) Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.
(figurative, uncountable) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
(nonce word, usually humorous) plural of spouse
(obsolete) Species; kind.
(uncountable) A synthetic cannabinoid drug.
(uncountable) The quality of being spicy.
(uncountable, Yorkshire) Sweets, candy.
A characteristic touch or taste; smack; flavour.
An aromatic odour.
verb
(transitive) To add spice or spices to; season.
(transitive) To spice up.
spick
spick
adj
tidy; fresh
noun
(obsolete) nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).
spics
spics
noun
plural of spic
spicy
spicy
adj
(of expression or behavior) Vigorous; colorful; stimulating.
(of flavors or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent.
(of flavors) Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chilis or similar hot spices
Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.
Scandalous.
spied
spied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spy
spiel
spiel
noun
(music) An early form of rap music.
A game of curling.
A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.
verb
(intransitive) To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking.
(intransitive) To talk at length.
spier
spier
noun
(rare) One who spies; a spy.
spies
spies
noun
plural of spy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spy
spiff
spiff
noun
(countable, archaic, slang) A well-dressed man; a swell.
(countable, colloquial, Jamaica) Alternative form of spliff (“hand-rolled marijuana cigarette”)
(countable, commerce, slang) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.
(uncountable) Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
verb
(transitive, commerce, slang) To attach a spiff or bonus to the selling of (a product)
(transitive, commerce, slang) To reward (a salesperson) with a spiff or bonus.
(transitive, informal) (usually with up or out) To make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)
(transitive, informal) To throw; to heave.
spike
spike
noun
(botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
(by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
(informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
(music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.
(slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.
(software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
(theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
(volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
(zoology) An adolescent male deer.
A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.
A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
A sharp peak in a graph.
A sort of very large nail.
A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.
An ear of corn or grain.
Spike lavender.
The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
verb
(American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
(figurative, journalism) To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
(military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
(slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
(volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
To add a small amount of one substance to another.
To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.
To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
To fix on a spike.
To increase sharply.
To set or furnish with spikes.
spiks
spiks
noun
plural of spik
spiky
spiky
adj
Having spikes, spiny.
Of hair, erect, resembling spikes.
hostile; standoffish
spile
spile
noun
(US) A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
(obsolete or dialectal) A splinter.
A pile; a post or girder.
A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
verb
(US, dialect, transitive, intransitive) spoil.
(transitive) To drive piles into.
(transitive) To support by means of spiles.
To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
To plug (a hole) with a spile.
To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
spill
spill
noun
(Australian politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
(countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.
(mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
(obsolete) A small sum of money.
A fall or stumble.
A metallic rod or pin.
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
verb
(intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.
(nautical) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
(of a knot) To come undone.
(transitive) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
(transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught.
(transitive) To reveal information to an uninformed party.
(transitive, Australian politics) To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
(transitive, slang, obsolete) To cause to be thrown from a mount, a carriage, etc.
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
spilt
spilt
adj
That has been spilled.
verb
(chiefly Britain) simple past tense and past participle of spill
spina
spina
noun
(anatomy) A spine; the backbone.
(historical) A barrier dividing the Ancient Roman hippodrome longitudinally.
(music) One of the quills of a spinet.
spine
spine
noun
(anatomy, zootomy) A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
(botany) The heartwood of trees.
(figurative) Courage or assertiveness.
(geology) A tall mass of viscous lava extruded from a volcano.
(neuroscience) Ellipsis of dendritic spine..
(zootomy, botany) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, or plant.
A linear payscale operated by some large organizations that allows flexibility for local and specific conditions.
Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.
The stiffness of an arrow.
spink
spink
noun
(obsolete, dialectal) The chaffinch.
The lady's smock or cuckooflower.
The primrose.
spins
spins
noun
plural of spin
vertigo
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spin
spiny
spiny
adj
Covered in spines or thorns
Like a spine in shape; slender.
Troublesome; difficult or vexing
noun
Archaic form of spinny.
spira
spire
spire
noun
(architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
(geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
(mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
(now rare) The stalk or stem of a plant.
A sharp or tapering point.
A spiral.
A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To breathe.
(of a seed, plant etc.) to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate.
(transitive) To furnish with a spire.
To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally.
spiro
spiro
noun
(organic chemistry, attributively) A polycyclic compound or system that contains a single atom as the only common member of two rings.
(pharmacology, slang) Clipping of spironolactone.
spirt
spirt
verb
Archaic spelling of spurt.
spiry
spiry
adj
Abounding in spires.
Like or resembling a spire.
Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
spise
spiss
spiss
adj
(obsolete) thick; compact; dense; crowded
spite
spite
noun
(obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice
prep
Notwithstanding; despite.
verb
(transitive) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
(transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.
(transitive, obsolete) To be angry at; to hate.
spits
spits
noun
plural of spit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spit
spitz
spitz
noun
Any of several Nordic breeds of dog such as the Pomeranian or Samoyed
spivs
spivs
noun
plural of spiv
split
split
adj
(London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
(algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
(of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
(stock exchange, historical, of quotations) Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.
(stock exchange, of an order, sale, etc.) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
Divided.
noun
(athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race.
(baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.
(bodybuilding) A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targeted in a microcycle.
(bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
(construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
(gambling) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
(gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, usually in the phrase "to do the splits") A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.
(leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
(music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists.
(video games) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a speedrun.
A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter bottle; a demi.
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
A crack or longitudinal fissure.
A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
A split shot or split stroke.
A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliters or one quarter of a standard 75-centiliter bottle. Commercially comparable to ¹⁄₂₀ (US) gallon, which is ¹⁄₂ of a fifth.
verb
(algebra, transitive and intransitive, acts on a polynomial) To factor into linear factors.
(intransitive) To burst out laughing.
(intransitive, of a couple) To separate.
(intransitive, of something solid, particularly wood) To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
(intransitive, politics) To vote for candidates of opposite parties.
(intransitive, slang, dated) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
(sports, especially baseball) For both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another.
(transitive) To share; to divide.
(transitive, ergative, of something solid) To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.
(transitive, intransitive, slang) To leave.
To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
spoil
spoil
noun
(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
(archaic) The act of taking plunder from an enemy or victim; spoliation, pillage, rapine.
(uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else.
verb
(aviation) To reduce the lift generated by an airplane or wing by deflecting air upwards, usually with a spoiler.
(intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
(transitive) To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
(transitive) To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
(transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
(transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
(transitive, archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
(transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
(transitive, obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
sposi
sprig
sprig
noun
(humorous, sometimes mildly derogatory) A youth; a lad.
A brad, or nail without a head.
A house sparrow.
A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig.
One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace.
verb
To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery.
sprit
sprit
noun
(nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
A shoot; a sprout.
verb
To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
stipa
stipa
noun
Any grass of the genus Stipa.
stipe
stipe
noun
The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm
The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
The trunk of a tree.
stipo
stirp
stirp
noun
(biology, anthropology) A line descended from a single ancestor.
(systematics) A line descending from a single extant ancestor, a lineage descending from a supergenerative species.
strip
strip
noun
(UK, soccer) The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
(US) A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
(attributively, of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
(countable) A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
(fencing) The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
(finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle.
(mining) A trough for washing ore.
(television) A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
(usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
A comic strip.
A landing strip.
A strip steak.
The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
verb
(intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
(intransitive) To fail to pick up a spin from the grooves in a rifle barrel.
(intransitive) To perform a striptease.
(television, transitive) To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
(transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
(transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.
(transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.
(transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.
(transitive) To remove cargo from (a container).
(transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
(transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
(transitive) To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).
(transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
(transitive, agriculture) To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
(transitive, bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.)
(transitive, obsolete) To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.
(usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.
To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
To remove the insulation from a wire/cable.
To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
supai
swipe
swipe
noun
(countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.
(countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
(countable) An act of passing a swipecard through a card reader.
(countable, graphical user interface) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
(countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.
(countable, informal) An attack, insult or critical remark.
(uncountable) Poor, weak beer or other inferior alcoholic beverage; rotgut.
verb
(intransitive) To grab or bat quickly.
(transitive) To scan or register by sliding (a swipecard etc.) through a reader.
(transitive) To strike with a strong blow in a sweeping motion.
(transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.
(transitive, intransitive, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
swipy
tapis
tapis
noun
(historical) The cover of a council table.
A tapestry.
Carpeting.
tipis
tipis
noun
plural of tipi
tipsy
tipsy
adj
(informal, slang) slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages
(metonymically) unsteady, askew
topis
topis
noun
plural of topi
trips
trips
noun
(poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if one of the three cards is in one's hand and the other two are on the board. Compare set (“three of a kind, especially with one card on the board and the other two in one's hand”).
plural of trip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trip
tupis
twisp
twisp
Proper noun
A town and a river in Washington.
upsit
vpisu
whips
whips
noun
plural of whip
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whip
whisp
whisp
noun
Alternative form of wisp
wimps
wimps
noun
plural of wimp
wipes
wipes
noun
plural of wipe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wipe
wisps
wisps
noun
plural of wisp
wispy
wispy
adj
Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.