spinnaker |
a large, triangular, usu. brightly colored or striped sail set on a long spar and swung out opposite the mainsail when the wind is coming from behind the boat, used esp. in sailboat and yacht racing. |
spinner |
a person or thing that spins. [4 definitions] |
spinneret |
an organ in spiders and caterpillars that produces the silky thread for webs and cocoons. [2 definitions] |
spinning |
the act or process of making thread or yarn from fibers or filaments. [2 definitions] |
spinning jenny |
an early spinning machine equipped with several spindles for spinning a number of threads at the same time. |
spinning wheel |
a simple machine for spinning thread or yarn that has a single spindle driven by a large wheel. |
spin-off |
something that results from the production or operation of another thing. [2 definitions] |
spin off |
of products, to come into being as the result of the creation of other products. |
spinose |
bearing or covered with spines; spiny. |
spinster |
a woman who has never married (sometimes used disparagingly). |
spinto |
of a singer's voice, both lyric and dramatic. |
spiny |
having or covered with spines or similar projections; thorny. [3 definitions] |
spiny anteater |
the echidna. |
spiny-finned |
having fins that are supported by spinelike, bony rays. |
spiny lobster |
any of several edible crustaceans having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers of the true lobsters. |
spiracle |
an opening or hole that allows for the passage of air for breathing or ventilation; air hole. [3 definitions] |
spiral |
a curve that begins from and continues to form a circle around a fixed point and that constantly increases or decreases in distance from it, in either a flat or a three-dimensional plane; coil or helix. [6 definitions] |
spirant |
in phonetics, a consonantal speech sound produced by the breath pushed through the constricted opening of the mouth and lips, as the "sh" or "v" sound in English; fricative. [2 definitions] |
spire1 |
a tall, narrow, cone-shaped roof or upward projection on a building or outer wall; steeple; pinnacle. [3 definitions] |
spire2 |
a spiral or helix. [2 definitions] |
spirea |
any of several shrubs related to the roses and bearing small clusters of small pink or white flowers. |