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springy, a. elastic, resilient, rebounding, recoiling; spongy, yielding, queachy.
sprinkle, v. scatter, strew; besprinkle, bedew, asperse.
sprinkling, n. aspersion, besprinkling.
sprinter, n. runner.
sprite, n. elf, goblin, pixy, fay, specter, phantom, ghost.
sprout, v. germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, grow, vegetate; branch, ramify; tiller.
sprout, n. shoot, tiller, chit, sucker, scion; aerospire, plumule; rattoon.
sprouting, n. germination.
spruce, a. natty, jaunty, neat, finical, trim.
spry, a. agile, nimble, quick, brisk, sprightly, alert.
s.p.u.n.k, n. touchwood, punk, amadou.
s.p.u.n.k, n. (Colloq.) spirit, mettle, pluck.
s.p.u.n.ky, a. (Colloq.) mettlesome, plucky, spirited.
spur, n. rowel, goad, p.r.i.c.k; snag, projection; incitement, stimulus, goad, incentive, instigation, impetus, provocation; spine (on a c.o.c.k's leg).
spur, v. goad, incite, urge, stimulate, instigate, impel.
spurious, a. counterfeit, sham, false, mock, adulterine, unauthentic.
spurn, v. reject, scorn, contemn, despise, scout.
spurn, n. rejection, disdain, scorning.
spurt, n. gus.h.i.+ng, spouting, jet, ejection.-- v. gush, spout, jet.
spy, n. scout; emissary (disguised).-- v. espy, see.
spying, n. espionage, espial.
squab, a. plump, stout, fat; unfledged, unfeathered.
squabble, n. wrangle, dispute, altercation. See quarrel.
squad, n. band, gang, knot, bevy, company.
squalid, a. filthy, foul, nasty, dirty.
squalidness, n. squalor.
square, n. quadrate, quadrature; block, area; equality, level, agreement.
square, a. equitable, true, just, honest, impartial; even, balanced, adjusted; quadrate, quadratic.
square, v. adjust, fit, suit; balance, settle; conform, agree, accord.
squares, n. pl. a.s.sociated Words: tessellate, tessellated, tessellation, mosaic, checkered.
squat, v. crouch, cower.
squeak, v. creak; (Colloq.) betray, tell, confess.
squeal, v. cry, yell; (Slang) tell, betray, confess.
squeeze, v. compress, gripe, pinch; oppress, extort; crowd, elbow, press.
squeeze, n. compression, pressure; (Colloq.) exaction, extortion.
squelch, v. (Colloq.) crush, silence, quell, stifle, abash.
squib, n. satire, lampoon, pasquinade.
squint-eyed, a. cross-eyed, c.o.c.k-eyed, gimlet-eyed.
squinting, n. strabismus; cross-eye.
squirm, v. wriggle, writhe, twist.
squirrel skin. vair.
s-shaped, a. sigmoid, sigmoidal, sigmate.
stab, v. pierce, thrust, gore, transfix; backbite, malign.
stab, n. thrust, wound, stoccado.
stability, n. fixedness, firmness, permanence, constancy, steadiness.
Antonyms: instability, unsteadiness.
stable, a. steady, firm, immovable, unwavering, constant, permanent.
stable, n. barn; mews. a.s.sociated Words: paddock, equerry.
stableman, n. groom, hostler.
stack, n. pile, rick.
