SPORADIC
SPORADIC, SPORADICAL, adjective [Gr., separate, scattered; whence certain isles of Greece were called Sporades.] Separate; single; scattered; used only in reference to diseases....
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SPORADICAL
SPORADIC, SPORADICAL adjective [Gr., separate, scattered; whence certain isles of Greece were called Sporades.] Separate; single; scattered; used only in reference to diseases. ...
SPORT
SPORT, noun1. That which diverts and makes merry; play; game; diversion; also, mirth. The word signifies both the cause and the effect; that which produces mirth, and the mirth ...
SPORTER
SPORTER, noun One who sports.
SPORTFUL
SPORTFUL, adjective1. Merry; frolicksome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; as a sportful companion.Down he alights among the sportful herd.2. Ludicrous; done in jest...
SPORTFULLY
SPORTFULLY, adverb In mirth; in jest; for the sake of diversion; playfully.
SPORTFULNESS
SPORTFULNESS, noun Play; merriment; frolick; a playful disposition; playfulness; as the sportfulness of kids and lambs.
SPORTIVE
SPORTIVE, adjective1. Gay; merry; wanton; frolicksome.Is it I that drive thee from the sportive court?2. Inclined to mirth; playful; as a sportive humor.
SPORTIVENESS
SPORTIVENESS, noun1. Playfulness; mirth; merriment.2. Disposition to mirth.
SPORTLESS
SPORTLESS, adjective Without sport or mirth; joyless.
SPORTSMAN
SPORTSMAN, noun [sport and man.]1. One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes and fowls.2. One skilled in the sports of the field.
SPORTULARY
SPORTULARY, adjective [Latin, a basket, an alms-basket.] Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions. [Little used.]
SPORTULE
SPORTULE, noun [Latin, a little basket.] An alms; a dole; a charitable gift or contribution. [Not in use.]
SPOT
SPOT, noun [We see this word is of the family of spatter, and that the radical sense is to throw or thrust. A spot is made by spattering or sprinkling.1. A mark on a substance m...
SPOTLESS
SPOTLESS, adjective1. Free from spots, foul matter or discoloration.2. Free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as a spotless mind; spotless behavior.A spotles...
SPOTLESSNESS
SPOTLESSNESS, noun Freedom from spot or stain; freedom from reproach.
SPOTTED
SPOTTED, participle passive Marked with spots or places of a different color from the ground; as a spotted beast or garment.
SPOTTEDNESS
SPOTTEDNESS, noun The state or quality of being spotted.
SPOTTER
SPOTTER, noun One that makes spots.
SPOTTINESS
SPOTTINESS, noun The state or quality of being spotty.
SPOTTING
SPOTTING, participle present tense Marking with spots; staining.
SPOTTY
SPOTTY, adjective Full of spots; marked with discolored places.
SPOUSAGE
SPOUSAGE, noun [See Spouse.[The act of espousing. [Not used.]
SPOUSAL
SPOUSAL, adjective [from spouse.] Pertaining to marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; connubial; bridal; as spousal rites; spousal ornaments.SPOUSAL, noun [Latin See Spouse....
SPOUSE
SPOUSE, noun [Latin, to engage.] One engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife. We say of a man, that he is the spouse of such a woman; or of a woman, she ...
SPOUSED
SPOUSED, participle passive Wedded; joined in marriage; married; but seldom used. The word used in lieu of it is espoused.
SPOUSELESS
SPOUSELESS, adjective Destitute of a husband or of a wife; as a spouseless king or queen.