| AEROSPIKE | • aerospike n. Any of several forms of rocket engine having specialized nozzles. • aerospike n. A spike, protruding from the nose cone of a missile, designed to decrease supersonic drag. • AEROSPIKE n. a rocket engine with a specially designed nozzle that allows the exhaust gases to expand and so to be used most efficiently. |
| BACKSPEIR | • BACKSPEIR v. (Scots) to cross-question, also BACKSPEER. |
| DISPARKED | • disparked v. Simple past tense and past participle of dispark. • DISPARK v. (archaic) to make no longer a park. |
| EKPHRASIS | • ekphrasis n. (Rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork. • EKPHRASIS n. a literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art, also ECPHRASIS. |
| KIDNAPERS | • kidnapers n. Plural of kidnaper. • KIDNAPER n. one who kidnaps, also KIDNAPPER. |
| PARAKITES | • parakites n. Plural of parakite. • PARAKITE n. a kite used for holding up a person towed by a motorboat. |
| PERIAKTOS | • periaktos n. (Historical) A revolving structure used to change scenes rapidly in a theatre: a tall prism-shaped frame… • PERIAKTOS n. (Greek) in the ancient Greek theatre, a tall revolving prism at the side of the stage, projecting a variety of backdrops. |
| PEROVSKIA | • perovskia n. (Botany) Any of the genus Perovskia of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. • PEROVSKIA n. a genus of hardy deciduous shrubs of the Labiatae family. |
| PRANKIEST | • prankiest adj. Superlative form of pranky: most pranky. • PRANKY adj. of the nature of a prank. |
| SPARKIEST | • sparkiest adj. Superlative form of sparky: most sparky. • SPARKY adj. lively, also SPARKIE. |
| SPARKLIER | • sparklier adj. Comparative form of sparkly: more sparkly. • SPARKLY adj. sparkling. |
| SPARKLIES | • sparklies n. (Informal) Things that sparkle; gems. • sparklies n. (Television) A kind of interference pattern on analogue satellite television, caused by a signal that… • SPARKLY n. something that sparkles. |
| SPEARLIKE | • spearlike adj. Resembling a spear. • SPEARLIKE adj. like a spear. |
| SPIKENARD | • spikenard n. A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family… • spikenard n. The plant Nardostachys jatamansi (syn. Nardostachys grandiflora). • spikenard n. Lavandula stoechas, another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil. |
| SPINNAKER | • spinnaker n. (Nautical) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running… • spinnaker v. (Nautical) To sail using a spinnaker. • SPINNAKER n. a large triangular sail opposite the mainsail. |
| SPREKELIA | • Sprekelia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – Aztec lily, Jacobean lily. • SPREKELIA n. a bulbous plant grown for its striking crimson or white pendent flowers. |
| STRAPLIKE | • straplike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a strap. • STRAPLIKE adj. like a strap. |