8-letter words starting with sp
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- sprangle — to struggle or sprawl with limbs spread out wide
- sprattle — a struggle; fight.
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- sprawled — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- spray-on — applied by means of an aerosol spray
- spreader — a person or thing that spreads.
- spreathe — to chap
- sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- springal — a young man
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- springer — a person or thing that springs.
- sprinkle — to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
- sprinted — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- sprinter — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- spritzer — a tall drink made with chilled wine and soda.
- spritzig — (of wine) sparkling
- sprocket — Machinery. Also called chainwheel, sprocket wheel. a toothed wheel engaging with a conveyor or power chain. one tooth of such a wheel.
- spruance — Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- sprucing — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spruiker — to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.
- spryness — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- spudding — Informal. a potato.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- spunyarn — small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- spurless — lacking a spur or spurs
- spurrier — a maker of spurs.
- spurries — spurry.
- spurring — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- spurters — to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
- sputniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- sputtery — tending to sputter
- spy ring — a group of spies operating covertly together
- spy ship — a ship carrying surveillance equipment, used to secretly observe an enemy state from the sea
- spyglass — a small telescope.
- spyplane — a military aeroplane used to spy on an enemy