Spi
81spi|cos|i|ty — «spy KOS uh tee», noun. the state of being spicous …
82spi|cous — «SPY kuhs», adjective. Botany. having spikes or ears like corn. ╂[< New Latin spicosus < Latin spīca spike, ear] …
83spi|der|let — «SPY duhr liht», noun. = spiderling. (Cf. ↑spiderling) …
84spi|der|ling — «SPY duhr lihng», noun. a little or young spider …
85spi|der|man — «SPY duhr MAN, muhn», noun, plural men. Especially British. a construction worker who erects the steel framework of a tall building: »The four wings, assembled by competing teams of French and Belgian spidermen, are suspended from giant steel… …
86spi|der|wort — «SPY duhr WURT», noun. any one of a genus of erect or trailing plants that bear clusters of blue, purple, or white flowers. One trailing species takes root at the knots of its stems …
87spi|der|y — «SPY duhr ee», adjective. 1. like the legs of a spider; long and thin: »a person with spidery arms. 2. suggesting a spider web or cobweb. 3. full of, or infested with, spiders: »a spidery attic …
88spi|lo|site — «SPY luh syt», noun. a greenish schistose rock resulting from metamorphism of slate. ╂[< Greek spílos spot, speck + English ite1] …
89spi|na|ceous — «spih NAY shuhs», adjective. 1. of or like spinach. 2. belonging to the family of plants that includes spinach. ╂[< New Latin Spinacia the spinach family (< Medieval Latin spinachia; see etym. under spinach (Cf. ↑spinach)) + English ous] …
90spi|nate — «SPY nayt», adjective. bearing spines …
