English words: S

2316 words under S; 1401–1500 on this page.

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• specific adjective (specific; specifically — adverb); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Specific means exact, particular and clear, about one certain thing and not things in general: a specific time, a specific example.
• specifically adverb (specifically)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Specifically means exactly, clearly and in detail: "I specifically asked for no onions.".
• specified verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Past form of «specify»: said or stated clearly and exactly.
• specify verb (specify, specifies, specified, specifying)
  To say or write something clearly and exactly: specify the date.
• specimen noun (a specimen, specimens)
  A specimen is one example of a plant, animal, rock or other thing that is collected and studied, for example in a museum or lab.
• speck noun (a speck, specks)
  A speck is a very small spot, mark or piece of something, like dust or dirt.
• speckle noun (a speckle, speckles); verb…
  A small spot or mark of colour, one of many: "speckles of paint".
• speckled adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Speckled means covered with lots of small spots or marks of a different colour.
• specs noun (specs — plural, informal)
  Specs is short for «spectacles», meaning glasses that people wear to see better.
• spectacle noun (plural spectacles)
  A spectacle is a striking or strange sight that people stare at.
• spectacled adjective (spectacled)
  Spectacled means wearing glasses.
• spectacles noun (spectacles — plural, glasses); also plural of…
  Glasses: two lenses in a frame worn to help you see better.
• spectator noun (a spectator, spectators)
  A person who watches an event, especially a sports match or show, without taking part.
• spectral adjective
  Spectral means like a ghost; pale, shadowy and unreal.
• spectre noun (US spelling specter; plural spectres)
  A spectre is a ghost, or a frightening image of a ghost.
• spectrum noun (a spectrum, spectra or spectrums)
  The spectrum is the band of colours that white light splits into, as in a rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
• speculate verb (speculate, speculates, speculated, speculating)
  To guess or form ideas about something when you don't have all the facts.
• speculation noun (speculation, speculations; also a speculation)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Speculation is guessing about something without knowing all the facts.
• speech noun (speech; a speech, speeches)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Speech is the ability to speak, or spoken language: «Babies learn speech slowly.».
• speechless adjective
  Speechless means unable to speak, usually from surprise, shock or wonder.
• speed noun, verb (speed, speeds, sped, speeding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Speed is how fast something moves: how far it goes in some time.
• speedboat noun (a speedboat, speedboats)
  A small, fast boat with a powerful engine.
• speedily adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Speedily means quickly or without delay.
• speedometer noun (a speedometer, speedometers)
  An instrument in a car, bike, train or other vehicle that shows how fast it is going.
• speedwell noun (speedwell, speedwells)
  A small wild plant with tiny bright blue flowers, often found in grass, lawns and hedges.
• speedy adjective (speedy, speedier, speediest)
  Speedy means fast, moving or happening quickly: a speedy car, a speedy runner.
• spell verb (spell, spells, spelt or spelled, spelling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To spell a word is to say or write its letters in the right order.
• spellbound adjective (spellbound)
  So interested or amazed by something that you cannot look away or think of anything else.
• speller noun (a speller, spellers)
  A speller is a person who spells words, described as good or bad at it: she's a good speller.
• spelling noun (spelling — uncountable; a spelling, spellings); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Spelling is the way words are written with letters in the right order.
• spelt verb, past tense and past participle of «spell»…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Wrote or said the letters of a word in the right order.
• spend verb (spend, spends, spent, spending)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To spend is to pay out money.
• spendthrift noun (spendthrifts)
  A spendthrift is a person who spends money fast and carelessly, until none is left.
• sperm noun (sperm, sperms; a sperm cell)
  A sperm is a tiny male cell made by male animals and men; when a sperm joins with an egg cell from a female, a new baby animal or baby…
• spew verbJewish tradition
  To throw up food or drink from the stomach; to vomit.
• spf noun, abbreviation (SPF)
  Short for «sun protection factor»: a number on sun cream showing how well it protects skin from the sun's burning rays (UVB).
• sphagnum noun (sphagnum — uncountable; sphagnum moss)
  A kind of soft moss that grows in wet bogs and can hold huge amounts of water; it slowly turns into peat.
• sphere noun (a sphere, spheres)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A round solid shape like a ball, where every point on the surface is the same distance from the centre.
• spherical adjective (spherical; more spherical)
  Spherical means shaped like a ball, round in every direction, like a sphere.
• sphinx noun (a sphinx, sphinxes or sphinges; the Sphinx)
  The Great Sphinx is a huge ancient stone statue in Egypt with a lion's body and a human head, near the pyramids of Giza.
• spice noun (a spice, spices; spice — uncountable for excitement)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A spice is a dried part of a plant, such as seeds, bark or roots, used to give food a strong flavour: pepper, cinnamon, ginger, cumin.
• spicery nounJewish tradition
  Spices, or a mixture of sweet-smelling plant goods that were traded.
• spick adjective (no other forms; used in «spick and span»)
  «Spick and span» means very clean, neat and tidy, as if brand new.
• spicy adjective (spicy, spicier, spiciest); noun spiciness
  Spicy food has a strong, hot or rich taste because it contains spices such as chilli or pepper.
• spider noun (spider, spiders)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A spider is a small animal with 8 legs that spins webs of silk to catch insects.
• spike noun (a spike, spikes); verb…
  A spike is a thin, sharp point, like on a fence, a cactus or a hedgehog.
• spikenard nounJewish tradition
  A sweet-smelling oil or perfume made from the root of a plant from the Himalayan mountains.
• spiky adjective (spiky, spikier, spikiest); noun spikiness
  Something spiky has many sharp points sticking out: a spiky cactus, a spiky shell.
• spill verb (spill, spills, spilled or spilt, spilling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To spill means to let a liquid or small pieces fall out of a container by accident.
• spillage noun (a spillage, spillages; spillage — uncountable)
  A spillage is an amount of liquid or other stuff that has spilled out by accident.
• spin verb (spin, spins, spun, spinning); noun (a spin, spins)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To spin is to turn round and round quickly.
• spinach noun (spinach, uncountable)
  Spinach is a dark green leafy vegetable that can be eaten raw in salads or cooked.
• spinal adjective (spinal)
  To do with the spine (backbone) or the spinal cord.
• spindle noun (a spindle, spindles)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A thin, pointed stick used in hand spinning to twist wool or other fibres into thread.
• spine noun (a spine, spines)
  The row of small bones (vertebrae) down the middle of your back, also called the backbone.
• spinner noun (a spinner, spinners)
  A spinner is a thing that spins, like a game spinner with a pointer that shows a number or colour.
• spinning verb form (-ing of spin: spin, spins, spun, spinning)…
  Spinning means turning round and round quickly on the spot.
• spinster noun (a spinster, spinsters)
  A spinster is a woman who has never married, usually an older one (old-fashioned).
• spiny adjective (spiny, spinier, spiniest)
  Spiny means covered with spines — sharp, stiff points like thorns or prickles.
• spiracle noun (a spiracle, spiracles)
  A spiracle is a tiny breathing hole in the side of an insect's or spider's body.
• spiral noun (a spiral, spirals); adjective (spiral); verb…
  A spiral is a curve that winds round and round a centre point, getting further away or closer each time, like the shape of a snail shell.
• spiralling verb form…
  Spiralling means moving in a spiral, going round and round in a curve that gets wider or narrower, often while going up or down.
• spire noun (a spire, spires)
  A spire is a tall, pointed, cone-shaped structure on top of a building, usually on a church tower.
• spirit noun (a spirit, spirits; spirit, uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The part of a person that is their feelings and character, not their body; some believe it lives on after death.
• spirited adjective (spirited, more spirited, most spirited); also…
  Spirited means full of energy, courage and liveliness: "a spirited little pony".
• spirits noun (plural of spirit: a spirit, spirits)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person's mood or feelings: in high spirits (happy), in low spirits (sad).
• spiritual adjective (spiritual); noun (a spiritual, spirituals)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To do with the human spirit, feelings and soul, rather than the body or things you own.
• spiritually adverbJewish tradition
  In a way that concerns the spirit or soul rather than the body.
• spit verb (spit, spits, spat/spit, spitting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To spit is to push liquid or food out of your mouth.
• spite noun (spite; uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Spite is a wish to hurt, annoy or upset someone on purpose: he broke it out of spite.
• spiteful adjective (more spiteful, most spiteful)
  Spiteful means wanting to hurt or annoy someone, and being unkind on purpose.
• spitefully adverb (no other forms)
  Spitefully means in a way that is meant to hurt or annoy someone.
• spitting verb (-ing form of spit: spit, spits, spat/spit, spitting)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Forcing saliva (spit) or food out of your mouth.
• spittle nounJewish tradition
  The wet liquid in the mouth; spit.
• splash verb (splash, splashes, splashed, splashing); noun…
  To splash is to hit water or another liquid so that drops fly about.
• splat noun (a splat, splats); verb…
  Splat is the wet slapping sound something soft makes when it hits a surface hard: splat!
• splay verb (splay, splays, splayed, splaying); adjective…
  To splay is to spread things wide apart, especially fingers, legs or feet.
• spleen nounJewish tradition
  An organ in the body near the stomach that helps clean the blood.
• splendid adjective (splendid, more splendid, most splendid); adverb…
  Very beautiful, grand and impressive: «a splendid palace».
• splendidly adverb (splendidly)
  Very well; excellently.
• splendor noun (splendors)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Splendor is great beauty, grandeur and a bright, grand show.
• splendour noun (splendours)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Splendour is great beauty, grandeur and a bright, grand show.
• splice verb (splice, splices, spliced, splicing); noun…
  To splice two ropes or wires means to join their ends together firmly, often by weaving the strands into each other.
• splint noun (a splint, splints); verb…
  A straight, stiff piece of wood, plastic or metal tied to a broken or hurt arm, leg or finger to keep it still.
• splinter noun (a splinter, splinters); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A splinter is a small, sharp, thin piece of wood, glass or metal that has broken off, especially one that gets stuck in your skin.
• split verb (split, splits, split, splitting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To split is to divide something into parts or groups: split the class into teams.
• splitter noun (a splitter, splitters)
  A device or tool that splits something, like a log splitter or a cable splitter that lets one signal go to two machines.
• splitting verb, -ing form of split (split, splits, split, splitting)…
  Splitting means breaking or cutting something into parts right now, often along a line.
• splutter verb (splutter, splutters, spluttered, spluttering); noun…
  To speak quickly and with difficulty, making spitting sounds, because you are angry, shocked or embarrassed.
• spoil verb (spoil, spoils, spoiled or spoilt, spoiling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To spoil something means to ruin it or make it worse.
• spoiler noun (a spoiler, spoilers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A spoiler is information that tells you what happens in a story, film or game, especially the ending, before you have seen it.
• spoilt adjective (spoilt — US usually spoiled); verb form: past…
  A spoilt child has been given everything they want, so they behave badly when they do not get their way.
• spoke verb form (past of speak: speak, speaks, spoke, spoken)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Spoke is the past form of «speak»: «She spoke to the teacher.».
• spoken verb (past participle of speak); adjective (spoken)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Spoken is the form of «speak» used after have, has, had or be: «I have spoken», «English is spoken here».
• spokesman noun (a spokesman, spokesmen); also spokeswoman…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A spokesman is a person chosen to speak officially for a group, company, team or government, especially to newspapers and TV.
• spokesperson noun (a spokesperson, spokespersons or spokespeople)
  A spokesperson is someone whose job is to speak for a group, company, government or organisation, giving its news and answering questions.
• sponge noun (a sponge, sponges); verb…
  A sponge is a soft thing full of holes that soaks up water, used for washing or cleaning.
• spongy adjective (spongy, spongier, spongiest)
  Spongy means soft, squashy and full of tiny holes, like a sponge, so it springs back when pressed.
• sponsor noun (a sponsor, sponsors); verb…
  A sponsor is a person or company that gives money to support an event, team or person, often to get their name shown.
• sponsorship noun…
  Sponsorship is money or support that a person or company gives to pay for an event, team or activity, often to advertise their name.

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