| 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. |
| HANDSPIKE | • handspike n. A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified… • hand-spike n. Alternative form of handspike. • HANDSPIKE n. a bar used as a lever. |
| PIKEPERCH | • pikeperch n. Alternative form of pike-perch. • pike-perch n. Any of the five species of fish in the genus Sander of the family Percidae (perches and darters). • PIKEPERCH n. a pike-like freshwater fish. |
| PIKESTAFF | • pikestaff n. The wooden shaft of a pike. • pikestaff n. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. • PIKESTAFF n. the staff, or shaft, of a pike. |
| SHUNPIKED | • shunpiked v. Simple past tense and past participle of shunpike. • SHUNPIKE v. to travel on sideroads to avoid expressways. |
| SHUNPIKER | • shunpiker n. One who avoids toll roads, or who uses sideroads to avoid toll booths. • SHUNPIKER n. one who avoids toll roads. |
| SHUNPIKES | • shunpikes n. Plural of shunpike. • SHUNPIKE v. to travel on sideroads to avoid expressways. |
| SPIKEFISH | • spikefish n. Any of the family Triacanthodidae of ray-finned fishes related to the pufferfishes and triggerfishes. • SPIKEFISH n. (US) a kind of sailfish. |
| SPIKELETS | • spikelets n. Plural of spikelet. • SPIKELET n. a type of flower cluster. |
| SPIKELIKE | • spikelike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a spike. • SPIKELIKE adj. like a spike. |
| 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. |
| SPIKERIES | • SPIKERY n. very High-Church Anglican. |
| SPIKINESS | • spikiness n. The state or condition of being spiky. • SPIKINESS n. the state of being spiky. |
| TURNPIKES | • turnpikes n. Plural of turnpike. • turnpikes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of turnpike. • TURNPIKE n. a toll gate on a motorway. |