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English Word Dictionary

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spelunk

verb · explore natural caves

spend

verb · pay out

Example: spend money

spendthrift

adjective · recklessly wasteful

Example: prodigal in their expenditures

spherically

adverb · in a spherical manner

Example: spherically shaped

spice bush

noun · deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries

spice up

verb · make more interesting or flavorful

Example: Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer

spin around

verb · revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

Example: The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy

spinally

adverb · in the spine

Example: spinally administered

spirit off

verb · carry off mysteriously; as if by magic

spiritually

adverb · in a spiritual manner

Example: the ninth century was the spiritually freest period

splendidly

adverb · extremely well

Example: he did splendidly in the exam

spoken

adjective · uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination

Example: a spoken message

spondaise

verb · make spondaic

Example: spondaize verses

spondaize

verb · make spondaic

Example: spondaize verses

spoon bread

noun · soft bread made of cornmeal and sometimes rice or hominy; must be served with a spoon (chiefly southern)

spoonleaf yucca

noun · yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages

spot-weld

noun · each of the welds made by welding at a separate point

spotted

adjective · having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)

Example: a field patched with ice and snow

spring peeper

noun · a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring

spring vetch

noun · bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers

springiness

noun · the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

spunky

adjective · willing to face danger

squalus acanthias

noun · destructive dogfish of the Atlantic coastal waters of America and Europe; widely used in anatomy classes

squander

verb · spend extravagantly

Example: waste not, want not

square away

verb · put (things or places) in order

Example: Tidy up your room!

squaw-bush

noun · deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit

squeeze by

verb · manage one's existence barely

Example: I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary

staggeringly

adverb · extremely

Example: he was enormously popular

staidly

adverb · in a grave and sober manner

Example: he walked soberly toward the altar

stale

adjective · lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age

Example: stale bread

stalinize

verb · transform in accordance with Stalin's policies

Example: Russia was slowly stalinized after Lenin's death

stand firm

verb · refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief

staphylococcal

adjective · of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria

Example: a staphylococcal infection

start

noun · the act of starting something

Example: he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations

starting

adjective · appropriate to the beginning or start of an event

Example: the starting point

staunch

adjective · firm and dependable especially in loyalty

Example: a steadfast ally

stay off

verb · refrain from entering or walking onto

Example: keep off the grass

stay put

verb · stay put (in a certain place)

Example: We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati

stay up

verb · not go to bed

Example: Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow

steadily

adverb · at a steady rate or pace

Example: his interest eroded steadily

steal away

verb · leave furtively and stealthily

Example: The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard

stealthily

adverb · in a stealthy manner

Example: stealthily they advanced upstream

steeply

adverb · in a steep manner

Example: the street rose steeply up to the castle

step up

verb · increase in extent or intensity

Example: The Allies escalated the bombing

stereotyped

adjective · lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality

Example: stereotyped phrases of condolence

sterilize

verb · make infertile

Example: in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized

stern

adjective · severe and unremitting in making demands

Example: an exacting instructor

stick around

verb · stay put (in a certain place)

Example: We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati

stickily

adverb · in a sticky viscid manner

Example: he felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead

stiffly

adverb · in a stiff manner

Example: his hands lay stiffly

stigmatise

verb · mark with a stigma or stigmata

Example: They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress

stipendiary

adjective · for which money is paid

Example: a paying job

stocked

adjective · furnished with more than enough

Example: rivers well stocked with fish