| soy milk |
a beverage made from ground, cooked soy beans consumed in ways similar to cow's milk. |
| soy sauce |
a thin, dark, salty sauce made from fermented soybeans and used esp. in Chinese and Japanese cooking. |
| SP |
abbreviation of "Shore Patrol," those members of the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, or Marines that are designated as military police on shore. |
| sp. |
abbreviation of "spelling," the way one or more words are spelled; orthography. |
| spa |
a mineral spring. [3 definitions] |
| space |
the three-dimensional expanse that contains the earth and everything beyond it. [12 definitions] |
| Space Age |
(often l.c.) the period characterized by the exploration of space by manned and unmanned spacecraft, regarded as having begun on October 4, 1957, with the launching of the first sputnik. |
| space bar |
a horizontal bar on a keyboard, as of a typewriter, that produces a blank space rather than a character. |
| spacecraft |
a vehicle designed to travel in outer space, beyond the earth's atmosphere. |
| spaced-out |
(slang) disoriented from or as if from using a drug; spacey. [2 definitions] |
| spaceflight |
the action or an instance of a flight beyond the earth's atmosphere. |
| space heater |
a small heating device designed to warm the air of a small confined area. |
| spaceless |
having no limits; unbounded. [2 definitions] |
| spaceman |
a man who travels in outer space, beyond the earth's atmosphere; astronaut. [2 definitions] |
| space out |
(informal) to let one's attention wander away completely, or to become disoriented. |
| spaceport |
a site for the maintenance, testing, launching, and landing of spacecraft. |
| spaceship |
a vehicle designed to carry people and cargo in outer space, as to the moon or the other planets. |
| space shuttle |
a space vehicle designed to transport astronauts and their equipment between the earth and an orbiting space station, or to carry out orbital missions. |
| space station |
a large artificial satellite in long-term orbit, designed to be used as a military outpost, scientific research laboratory, or site for the assembly and launching of other spacecraft. |
| spacesuit |
a pressurized protective suit enabling the wearer to survive in outer space. |
| space-time |
the four-dimensional continuum consisting of three dimensions of space and one of time, within which any object or event can be located. |