SPROULE
First name SPROULE's origin is Other. SPROULE means "active". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with SPROULE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of sproule.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with SPROULE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming SPROULE
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES SPROULE AS A WHOLE:
NAMES RHYMING WITH SPROULE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (proule) - Names That Ends with proule:
Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (roule) - Names That Ends with roule:
Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (oule) - Names That Ends with oule:
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ule) - Names That Ends with ule:
sule jule akule reule rule yuleRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (le) - Names That Ends with le:
kifle njemile udele naile nile tale adele crocale cybele eriphyle eurayle helle hypsipyle myrtle nephele odele omphale semele kiele rachele akinwole bekele kelile roble tekle stille bankole chibale kafele tearle michelle neville scoville maoltuile murthuile somhairle aristotle ercole theophile zale kale daniele emmanuele gamble vasile abbigale abegayle adelle afrodille anabelle angelle annabelle aprille ardelle areille ariele arielle arnelle audrielle belle bernelle bonnibelle brielle camile camille carole cecile cecille chamyle chanelle channelle chantalle chantelle chavelle chenelle cherelle cherrelle chevelle dale danele danelle danielle dannelle danrelle darelle dawnelle dawnielle denelle donelle elle emele francille gabriele gabrielleNAMES RHYMING WITH SPROULE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (sproul) - Names That Begins with sproul:
sproulRhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (sprou) - Names That Begins with sprou:
Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (spro) - Names That Begins with spro:
sprowleRhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (spr) - Names That Begins with spr:
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (sp) - Names That Begins with sp:
spalding spangler spark sparke spear sped speed spelding spence spencer spengler spenser speranza spere spyridonNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SPROULE:
First Names which starts with 'spr' and ends with 'ule':
First Names which starts with 'sp' and ends with 'le':
First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 'e':
sadie sae saffire sage sahale saidie saige salbatore salhdene sallie salome salvadore salvatore sanbourne sandrine sanersone sanuye sapphire sarajane sauville saveage saville sawyere sce scirwode scolaighe scottie seamere searle sebastene sebastiene sebastienne sebe sebille sedge selassie selassiee sele selene selwine sente seoirse serafine seraphine serihilde severne seyane shace shadoe shae shaine shalene shanaye shane shantae sharlene shaundre shawe shawnette shayde shaye shaylee shayne sherborne sherbourne sherburne sherise shermarke shiye shizhe'e siddalee sidonie sifiye sigehere sigfriede sighle sigune sike sile silvestre simone sinclaire sine sive skene skete skippere skye slade slaine slainie slanie sloane smythe sofie solaine solange solonie somerville sonnieEnglish Words Rhyming SPROULE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES SPROULE AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SPROULE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (proule) - English Words That Ends with proule:
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (roule) - English Words That Ends with roule:
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (oule) - English Words That Ends with oule:
boule | noun (n.) Alt. of Boulework |
noun (n.) A legislative council of elders or chiefs; a senate. | |
noun (n.) Legislature of modern Greece. See Legislature. |
choule | noun (n.) See Jowl. |
joule | noun (n.) A unit of work which is equal to 107 units of work in the C. G. S. system of units (ergs), and is practically equivalent to the energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere in a resistance of one ohm. One joule is approximately equal to 0.738 foot pounds. |
noule | noun (n.) The top of the head; the head or noll. |
semoule | noun (n.) Same as Semolina. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ule) - English Words That Ends with ule:
animalcule | noun (n.) A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. |
noun (n.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria. |
antennule | noun (n.) A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennae or feelers of Crustacea. |
bacule | noun (n.) See Bascule. |
barbule | noun (n.) A very minute barb or beard. |
noun (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather. |
bascule | noun (n.) In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls. |
batule | noun (n.) A springboard in a circus or gymnasium; -- called also batule board. |
blastule | noun (n.) Same as Blastula. |
bulbule | noun (n.) A small bulb; a bulblet. |
calcule | noun (n.) Reckoning; computation. |
verb (v. i.) To calculate |
canicule | noun (n.) Canicula. |
capitule | noun (n.) A summary. |
capsule | noun (n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc. |
noun (n.) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier. | |
noun (n.) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain. | |
noun (n.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed. | |
noun (n.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ. | |
noun (n.) A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle. | |
noun (n.) A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc. |
cedule | noun (n.) A scroll; a writing; a schedule. |
cellule | noun (n.) A small cell. |
cerule | adjective (a.) Blue; cerulean. |
chondrule | noun (n.) A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites. |
chromule | noun (n.) A general name for coloring matter of plants other than chlorophyll, especially that of petals. |
conciliabule | noun (n.) An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. |
corcule | noun (n.) The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ. |
corneule | noun (n.) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates. |
coronule | noun (n.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus. |
corpuscule | noun (n.) A corpuscle. |
crapule | noun (n.) Same as Crapulence. |
crepuscule | noun (n.) Twilight. |
cupule | noun (n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc. |
noun (n.) A sucker or acetabulum. |
curule | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a chariot. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official. |
cymule | noun (n.) A small cyme, or one of very few flowers. |
cysticule | noun (n.) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes. |
digitule | noun (n.) A little finger or toe, or something resembling one. |
dobule | noun (n.) The European dace. |
endoplastule | noun (n.) See Nucleolus. |
epaule | noun (n.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder. |
faule | noun (n.) A fall or falling band. |
fenestrule | noun (n.) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure. |
ferrule | noun (n.) A ring or cap of metal put round a cane, tool, handle, or other similar object, to strengthen it, or prevent splitting and wearing. |
noun (n.) A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth. |
ferule | noun (n.) A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment. |
verb (v. t.) To punish with a ferule. |
fistule | noun (n.) A fistula. |
floscule | noun (n.) A floret. |
formule | noun (n.) A set or prescribed model; a formula. |
frustule | noun (n.) The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover. |
fascicule | noun (n.) A small bunch or bundle; a fascicle; as, a fascicule of fibers, hairs, or spines. |
floccule | noun (n.) A detached mass of loosely fibrous structure like a shredded tuft of wool. |
noun (n.) Specif.: A small particle of an insoluble substance formed in a liquid by the union of smaller particles. |
gallinule | noun (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata). |
gemmule | noun (n.) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons. |
noun (n.) One of the buds of mosses. | |
noun (n.) One of the reproductive spores of algae. | |
noun (n.) An ovule. | |
noun (n.) A bud produced in generation by gemmation. | |
noun (n.) One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are then developed. See Pangenesis. |
germule | noun (n.) A small germ. |
glandule | noun (n.) A small gland or secreting vessel. |
globule | noun (n.) A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form. |
noun (n.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc. | |
noun (n.) A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists. |
glomerule | noun (n.) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood. |
noun (n.) A glomerulus. |
granule | noun (n.) A little grain a small particle; a pellet. |
graticule | noun (n.) A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SPROULE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (sproul) - Words That Begins with sproul:
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (sprou) - Words That Begins with sprou:
sprouting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprout |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (spro) - Words That Begins with spro:
sprod | noun (n.) A salmon in its second year. |
sprocket | noun (n.) A tooth or projection, as on the periphery of a wheel, shaped so as to engage with a chain. |
noun (n.) A sprocket wheel. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (spr) - Words That Begins with spr:
sprack | adjective (a.) Quick; lively; alert. |
sprag | noun (n.) A young salmon. |
noun (n.) A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop. | |
adjective (a.) See Sprack, a. | |
verb (v. t.) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. | |
verb (v. t.) To prop or sustain with a sprag. |
spragging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprag |
spraining | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprain |
sprain | noun (n.) The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist. |
verb (v. t.) To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle. |
sprat | noun (n.) A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds. |
noun (n.) A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch. |
sprawling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprawl |
spray | noun (n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig. |
noun (n.) A collective body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray. | |
noun (n.) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold. | |
noun (n.) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches. | |
verb (v. t.) Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like. | |
verb (v. t.) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer. | |
verb (v. t.) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer. | |
verb (v. t.) To let fall in the form of spray. | |
verb (v. t.) To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid. |
sprayboard | noun (n.) See Dashboard, n., 2 (b). |
noun (n.) A screen raised above any part of the gunwale of a boat to keep out spray. |
spreading | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spread |
spread | noun (n.) Extent; compass. |
noun (n.) Expansion of parts. | |
noun (n.) A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed. | |
noun (n.) A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast. | |
noun (n.) A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon. | |
noun (n.) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points. | |
noun (n.) An arbitrage transaction operated by buying and selling simultaneously in two separate markets, as Chicago and New York, when there is an abnormal difference in price between the two markets. It is called a back spreadwhen the difference in price is less than the normal one. | |
noun (n.) Surface in proportion to the depth of a cut stone. | |
verb (v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail. | |
verb (v. t.) To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space. | |
verb (v. t.) To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by abroad. | |
verb (v. t.) To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease. | |
verb (v. t.) To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance. | |
verb (v. t.) To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground. | |
verb (v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table. | |
verb (v. i.) To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand. | |
verb (v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty. | |
verb (v. i.) To be made known more extensively, as news. | |
verb (v. i.) To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city. | |
(imp. & p. p.) of Spread | |
() imp. & p. p. of Spread, v. |
spreader | noun (n.) One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propogates. |
noun (n.) A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning. |
sprechery | noun (n.) Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as have been collected by depredation. |
spree | noun (n.) A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal. |
sprew | noun (n.) Thrush. |
sprig | noun (n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley. |
noun (n.) A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement. | |
noun (n.) A brad, or nail without a head. | |
noun (n.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point. | |
verb (v. t.) To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin. |
sprigging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprig |
sprigged | adjective (a.) Having sprigs. |
(imp. & p. p.) of Sprig |
spriggy | adjective (a.) Full of sprigs or small branches. |
spright | noun (n.) Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. |
noun (n.) A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost. | |
noun (n.) A kind of short arrow. | |
verb (v. t.) To haunt, as a spright. |
sprightful | adjective (a.) Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. |
sprightless | adjective (a.) Destitute of life; dull; sluggish. |
sprightliness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity. |
sprigtail | noun (n.) The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail. |
noun (n.) The sharp-tailed grouse. |
springing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spring |
noun (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, springs. | |
noun (n.) Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant. |
springal | noun (n.) An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring. |
adjective (a.) Alt. of Springall |
springald | adjective (a.) Alt. of Springall |
springall | adjective (a.) An active, springly young man. |
springboard | noun (n.) An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising. |
springbok | noun (n.) Alt. of Springbuck |
springbuck | noun (n.) A South African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also springer. |
springer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game. |
noun (n.) A young plant. | |
noun (n.) The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring. | |
noun (n.) The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer. | |
noun (n.) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting. | |
noun (n.) The grampus. | |
noun (n.) A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel. | |
noun (n.) A species of antelope; the sprinkbok. |
springhalt | noun (n.) A kind of lameness in horse. See Stringhalt. |
springhead | noun (n.) A fountain or source. |
springiness | noun (n.) The state or quality of being springly. |
springle | noun (n.) A springe. |
springlet | noun (n.) A little spring. |
springtail | noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura. |
springtide | noun (n.) The time of spring; springtime. |
springtime | noun (n.) The season of spring; springtide. |
sprinkling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprinkle |
noun (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. | |
noun (n.) A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. | |
noun (n.) Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like drops. |
sprinkle | noun (n.) A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling. |
noun (n.) A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler. | |
verb (v. i.) To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc. | |
verb (v. i.) To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand. | |
verb (v. i.) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. | |
verb (v. i.) To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles. | |
verb (v. i.) To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles. | |
verb (v. i.) To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles. |
sprinkler | noun (n.) One who sprinkles. |
noun (n.) An instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot. |
sprinting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sprint |
sprint | noun (n.) The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed. |
verb (v. i.) To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. |
sprinter | noun (n.) One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a champion sprinter. |
sprit | noun (n.) A shoot; a sprout. |
verb (v. i.) To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out. | |
verb (v. t.) To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt. | |
verb (v. i.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate. |
sprite | noun (n.) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright. |
noun (n.) An elf; a fairy; a goblin. | |
noun (n.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. |
spriteful | adjective (a.) Alt. of Spritely |
spritefully | adjective (a.) Alt. of Spritely |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SPROULE:
English Words which starts with 'spr' and ends with 'ule':
English Words which starts with 'sp' and ends with 'le':
spaddle | noun (n.) A little spade. |
spadille | noun (n.) The ace of spades in omber and quadrille. |
spale | noun (n.) A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone. |
noun (n.) A strengthening cross timber. |
spangle | noun (n.) A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress. |
noun (n.) Figuratively, any little thing that sparkless. | |
verb (v. t.) To set or sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant bodies; as, a spangled breastplate. | |
verb (v. i.) To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter. |
sparable | noun (n.) A kind of small nail used by shoemakers. |
sparkle | noun (n.) A little spark; a scintillation. |
noun (n.) Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond. | |
noun (n.) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle. | |
noun (n.) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. | |
noun (n.) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine. | |
verb (v. t.) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. | |
verb (v. t.) To disperse. | |
verb (v. t.) To scatter on or over. |
spattle | noun (n.) Spawl; spittle. |
noun (n.) A spatula. | |
noun (n.) A tool or implement for mottling a molded article with coloring matter |
speakable | adjective (a.) Capable of being spoken; fit to be spoken. |
adjective (a.) Able to speak. |
specifiable | adjective (a.) Admitting specification; capable of being specified. |
speckle | noun (n.) A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself. |
verb (v. t.) To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface. |
spectacle | noun (n.) Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock. |
noun (n.) A spy-glass; a looking-glass. | |
noun (n.) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. | |
noun (n.) Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight. |
spellable | adjective (a.) Capable of being spelt. |
sperable | noun (n.) See Sperable. |
adjective (a.) Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for. |
spermophile | noun (n.) Any ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher. |
spermule | noun (n.) A sperm cell. |
sphericle | noun (n.) A small sphere. |
spherule | noun (n.) A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when poured upon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute spherules. |
spicule | noun (n.) A minute, slender granule, or point. |
noun (n.) Same as Spicula. | |
noun (n.) Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in most Alcyonaria. |
spile | noun (n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask. |
noun (n.) A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple. | |
noun (n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile. | |
verb (v. t.) To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask. |
spindle | noun (n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. |
noun (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. | |
noun (n.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. | |
noun (n.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. | |
noun (n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. | |
noun (n.) The fusee of a watch. | |
noun (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. | |
noun (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. | |
noun (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. | |
noun (n.) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb. | |
noun (n.) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus. | |
verb (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender. |
spinelle | noun (n.) A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium. |
spinnerule | noun (n.) One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders. |
spinule | noun (n.) A minute spine. |
spirable | adjective (a.) Capable of being breathed; respirable. |
spiracle | noun (n.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals. |
noun (n.) One of the external openings communicating with the air tubes or tracheae of insects, myriapods, and arachnids. They are variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are usually elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under Coleoptera. | |
noun (n.) A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft. | |
noun (n.) Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid. |
spiricle | noun (n.) One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers. |
spiritielle | adjective (a.) Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal. |
spittle | noun (n.) See Spital. |
noun (n.) A small sort of spade. | |
noun (n.) The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit. | |
verb (v. t.) To dig or stir with a small spade. |
splenocele | noun (n.) Hernia formed by the spleen. |
spoilable | adjective (a.) Capable of being spoiled. |
spondyle | noun (n.) A joint of the backbone; a vertebra. |
spongiole | noun (n.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet. |
sponsible | adjective (a.) responsible; worthy of credit. |
sportule | noun (n.) A charitable gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; a largess; a sportula. |
sporule | noun (n.) A small spore; a spore. |