Putnam's Word Book
Chapter 218 : springy, a. elastic, resilient, rebounding, recoiling; spongy, yielding, queachy. spri

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.