| spar | (noun) making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer | Synonyms: sparring |
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| (noun) a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging | - |
| (noun) any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable | - |
| spare | (noun) a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls | - |
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| (noun) an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle | Synonyms: fifth wheel |
| (noun) an extra component of a machine or other apparatus | Synonyms: spare part |
| spareness | (noun) the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | Synonyms: sparseness, sparsity, thinness |
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| (noun) the property of having little body fat | Synonyms: leanness, thinness |
| sparer | (noun) someone who refrains from injuring or destroying | - |
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| sparerib | (noun) a cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off | - |
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| spareribs | (noun) cut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off | - |
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| (noun) baked or roasted with a spicy sauce | Synonyms: barbecued spareribs |
| sparge | (noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water | Synonyms: sprinkle, sprinkling |
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| sparid | (noun) spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth | Synonyms: sparid fish |
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| spark | (noun) merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | Synonyms: light, sparkle, twinkle |
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| (noun) a momentary flash of light | Synonyms: flicker, glint |
| (noun) a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction | - |
| (noun) electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field | Synonyms: arc, discharge, electric arc, electric discharge |
| (noun) a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger | - |
| sparker | (noun) a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack | Synonyms: spark arrester |
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| sparkle | (noun) the quality of shining with a bright reflected light | Synonyms: glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation |
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| (noun) merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | Synonyms: light, spark, twinkle |
| (noun) the occurrence of a small flash or spark | Synonyms: coruscation, glitter |
| sparkleberry | (noun) shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries | Synonyms: farkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum |
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| sparkler | (noun) a firework that burns slowly and throws out a shower of sparks | - |
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| (noun) diamonds | Synonyms: ice |
| sparkling | (noun) a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash | Synonyms: scintillation, twinkle |
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| sparling | (noun) the common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus |
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| (noun) common smelt of Europe | Synonyms: European smelt |
| sparring | (noun) making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer | Synonyms: spar |
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| (noun) an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage | - |
| sparrow | (noun) any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects | Synonyms: true sparrow |
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| (noun) small brownish European songbird | Synonyms: dunnock, hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis |
| sparseness | (noun) the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | Synonyms: spareness, sparsity, thinness |
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| sparsity | (noun) the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | Synonyms: spareness, sparseness, thinness |
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