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12-letter words containing spi

  • nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
  • on suspicion — as a suspect
  • party spirit — If you talk about someone being in the party spirit, you mean that they are in the mood to enjoy a party or to have fun.
  • perspicacity — keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
  • perspiration — a salty, watery fluid secreted by the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
  • perspiratory — of, relating to, or stimulating perspiration.
  • posthospital — following treatment in a hospital
  • proof spirit — an alcoholic liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing a standard amount of alcohol. In the U.S. proof spirit has a specific gravity of .93353 (containing one half of its volume of alcohol of a specific gravity of .7939 at 60° F). In Britain proof spirit has a specific gravity of .91984.
  • respirometer — an instrument for measuring the extent of respiratory movement.
  • respirometry — the branch of medical science dealing with the measurement and analysis of respiration.
  • respite care — Respite care is short-term care that is provided for very old or very sick people so that the person who usually cares for them can have a break.
  • snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
  • spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
  • spider's web — a mesh of fine tough scleroprotein threads built by a spider from a liquid secreted from its spinnerets and used to trap insects
  • spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
  • spiegeleisen — a lustrous, crystalline pig iron containing a large amount of manganese, sometimes 15 percent or more, used in making steel.
  • spiflication — rough treatment
  • spin casting — spinning (def 3).
  • spin control — Slang. an attempt to give a bias to news coverage, especially of a political candidate or event.
  • spin fishing — spinning (def 3).
  • spin machine — an organization or group of people acting together to present news or information in a way that creates a particular desired impression
  • spina bifida — a congenital neural tube defect in which part of the meninges or spinal cord protrudes through the spinal column, often resulting in neurological impairment.
  • spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
  • spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
  • spinal canal — the tube formed by the vertebrae in which the spinal cord and its membranes are located.
  • spinal fluid — cerebrospinal fluid
  • spinal nerve — any of a series of paired nerves that originate in the nerve roots of the spinal cord and emerge from the vertebrae on both sides of the spinal column, each branching out to innervate a specific region of the neck, trunk, or limbs.
  • spindle file — a device for holding bills, memos, etc., having a projecting metal spike or hooked object on which to stick papers.
  • spindle side — the female side or line of descent of a family; distaff side (opposed to spear side).
  • spindle tree — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Euonymus, esp E. europaeus, of Europe and W Asia, typically having red fruits and yielding a hard wood formerly used in making spindles: family Celastraceae
  • spinning box — centrifugal box.
  • spinning rod — a flexible fishing rod, often made of fiberglass, used with a spinning reel.
  • spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
  • spinstership — the state of being a spinster
  • spinulescent — producing spines
  • spiny lizard — any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.
  • spiny-finned — having fins with sharp bony rays, as an acanthopterygian.
  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • spirit guide — type of mystical guardian
  • spirit level — a device for determining true horizontal or vertical directions by the centering of a bubble in a slightly curved glass tube or tubes filled with alcohol or ether.
  • spiritedness — having or showing mettle, courage, vigor, liveliness, etc.: a spirited defense of poetry.
  • spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
  • spiritualist — an adherent of spiritualism.
  • spirituality — the quality or fact of being spiritual.
  • spiritualize — to make spiritual.
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • spit it out! — say it
  • spit-roasted — cooked on a spit
  • spitefulness — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
  • suspiciously — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
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