soundtables
plural of soundtable

sourveld
A veld characterized by low levels of moisture and rough brush.

sourvelds
plural of sourveld

spadebone
shoulder blade

spadebones
plural of spadebone

spadework
Work done by digging with a spade.
Work done in preparation for something else.

spambot
A bot that sends mass junk e-mail.
A bot that sends any type of spam content on the Internet.

spambots
plural of spambot

sparkline
A small graph of data presented as a line without axes.

sparklines
plural of sparkline

sparterie
Articles made from esparto.

sparth
A battle-axe or halberd.

sparthe
Alternative form of sparth (“battle-axe”).

sparthes
plural of sparthe

sparths
plural of sparth

spatulomancy
Divination, or foretelling of future events, through animals' shoulder blades.

spectrophotography
photography using a spectrophotometer or similar instrument

speuchan
Alternative form of spleuchan.

speuchans
plural of speuchan

spheroblast
A wood-ball on the beech and other trees, from a dormant eye, disconnected from its vascular bundles.

spheroblasts
plural of spheroblast

sphygmography
A measurement of the pulse.

spicebox
An ornamental box for keeping spices.
A hot-tempered person.
Synonym of spice bag.

spiceboxes
plural of spicebox

spickle
Alternative form of spicule.

spickles
plural of spickle

spicule
A sharp, needle-like piece.
A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials.
Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes.
A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun.
A small spike of flowers.
A unit of mass equal to 125 pounds.

spicules
plural of spicule

spiculite
A belonite shaped like a spindle

spiculites
plural of spiculite

spindleful
Enough to fill a spindle.

spindlefuls
plural of spindleful

spitfire
A cannon.
A person with a fiery temper, someone easily provoked to anger, especially a woman or girl.
A larva of the spitfire sawfly, Perga affinis.

spitfires
plural of spitfire

splashout
The splashing of liquid out of a container or reservoir.

splashouts
plural of splashout

spleuchan
A pouch, especially for tobacco or money.

spleuchans
plural of spleuchan

spleughan
Alternative form of spleuchan.

spleughans
plural of spleughan

splintwork
The weaving of baskets from strips of wood, or splints.

splitties
plural of splittie

splitwork
Synonym of splintwork.

splocket
Alternative spelling of sprocket.
Alternative spelling of sprocket.

splockets
plural of splocket

spokesdroid
A robot spokesman.

spokesdroids
plural of spokesdroid

spole
The small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel.

spoles
plural of spole

spongiostrata
plural of spongiostratum

spongiostratum
A layer of net-like anastomosing hyphae on lower surface of some ascomycetes

spoolie
A spool brush.

spoolies
plural of spoolie

sporangia
plural of sporangium

sporangium
A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.

sporoduct
A tiny tube in a gregarine cyst wall for oocyst exit

sporoducts
plural of sporoduct

sportsball
Any sport, especially one involving a ball; a sport that does not need to be specified or is not worth specifying.

sportweight
A weight of yarn, somewhat lighter than worsted.

sprayball
A ball-shaped spray head.

sprayballs
plural of sprayball

spraydeck
A cover, for a kayak or canoe, that prevents water entering during rough weather.

spraydecks
plural of spraydeck

sprayskirt
Synonym of spraydeck.

sprayskirts
plural of sprayskirt

springal
Alternative form of springald (“a youth”).
Obsolete form of springald (“military engine for launching stones and arrows”).

springalds
plural of springald

springals
plural of springal

springold
Alternative form of springald.

springolds
plural of springold

springwater
Water originating from a spring.
Water that is purportedly, and marketed as, originating from a spring, but is mostly or entirely filtered or tap water.

springwaters
plural of springwater

sprittie
A barge rigged with a spritsail

spritties
plural of sprittie

sprocket
A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
The tooth of such a wheel.
A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

sprockets
plural of sprocket

sprummer
Transition period between spring and summer: late spring.

spyder
A lightweight, open-topped horse-drawn carriage.
An open-topped sports car; a roadster.

spyders
plural of spyder

squoyle
A stick, loaded at one end with an iron weight, used by poachers

squoyles
plural of squoyle

stakebodies
plural of stakebody

stakebody
A type of truck body or wagon body composed of stakes, often easily removable from the bed, such that a flatbed can be reconverted as needed; suitable for certain kinds of loads, especially in nonhighway use, such as bales, bundles, sacks, barrels, or boxes.
A truck, trailer, or wagon with such a body.

standover
The height above ground of the top horizontal tube of the frame of a bicycle.
The use of intimidation or threats of force to coerce others into submission or compliance.

standovers
plural of standover

stapple
The stem of a pipe.

stapples
plural of stapple

stardock
A round dock with secured vessels resembling a star.

stardocks
plural of stardock

starwheel
A star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines.

starwheels
plural of starwheel

statfarad
A CGS unit (abbreviated statF) equivalent to the capacitance of a capacitor with a charge of 1 statcoulomb across a potential difference of 1 statvolt.

statfarads
plural of statfarad

stauroscope
An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.

stauroscopes
plural of stauroscope

steampipe
A pipe of a boiler, through which steam passes.
Any other pipe which conveys steam.

steampipes
plural of steampipe

steelware
Articles made from steel.

steelwares
plural of steelware

stemhead
The top and foremost end of a stem on a marine vessel.

stemheads
plural of stemhead

stempost
A vertical post, at the front of the keel, that forms the main part of the bow

stemposts
plural of stempost

stenotypist
The operator of a stenotype machine

stenotypists
plural of stenotypist

stepney
A spare wheel.

stepneys
plural of stepney

stepstone
A stone laid before a door as a stair to step on when entering or leaving the house; a doorstep.
A stepping stone

stepstones
plural of stepstone

stercomare
A mass of stercomata in an organic tube

stercomares
plural of stercomare

stereocomparator
A stereoscopic viewing instrument used in the creation of accurate maps based on multiple aerial photographs.

stereocomparators
plural of stereocomparator

stereoptican
Alternative form of stereopticon.

stereopticans
plural of stereoptican

stereopticon
A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.

stereopticons
plural of stereopticon

stereotrope
An optical instrument by which an object is brought into relief and made to appear as if in motion.

stereotropes
plural of stereotrope

stereotypography
The act or technique of printing from stereotype plates.

sternite
The ventral plate of each segment of an arthropod.

sternites
plural of sternite

sterraster
A ball-shaped spicule in certain sponges.

sterrasters
plural of sterraster

steth
A stethoscope

stethoscopist
One skilled in the use of the stethoscope.

stethoscopists
plural of stethoscopist

stethoscopy
The diagnostic use of a stethoscope

steths
plural of steth

stiddie
A smith's anvil.

stiddies
plural of stiddy
plural of stiddie

stiffware
Software that is inflexible, cannot be customized or upgraded, etc.