| splash | (noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splashing, splattering |
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| (noun) the act of scattering water about haphazardly | Synonyms: splashing |
| (noun) a patch of bright color | - |
| (noun) the sound like water splashing | Synonyms: plash |
| (noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid | Synonyms: dab, splatter |
| (noun) a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event | Synonyms: stir |
| splashboard | (noun) protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side | Synonyms: washboard |
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| (noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: dashboard, splasher |
| splashdown | (noun) a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight | - |
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| splasher | (noun) a protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud | - |
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| (noun) protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. | Synonyms: dashboard, splashboard |
| splashiness | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness |
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| splashing | (noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splash, splattering |
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| (noun) the act of scattering water about haphazardly | Synonyms: splash |
| splat | (noun) a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair | - |
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| (noun) a single splash | - |
| splatter | (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering |
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| (noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid | Synonyms: dab, splash |
| splattering | (noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splash, splashing |
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| (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splatter, splutter, sputter, sputtering |
| splay | (noun) an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger | - |
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| splayfoot | (noun) a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out | Synonyms: flatfoot, pes planus |
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| spleen | (noun) a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses | Synonyms: lien |
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| (noun) a feeling of resentful anger | Synonyms: irascibility, quick temper, short temper |
| spleenwort | (noun) any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium | - |
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| splendor | (noun) a quality that outshines the usual | Synonyms: brilliancy, luster, lustre, splendour |
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| (noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | Synonyms: brilliance, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendour |
| splendour | (noun) a quality that outshines the usual | Synonyms: brilliancy, luster, lustre, splendor |
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| (noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | Synonyms: brilliance, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendor |
| splenectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the spleen | - |
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| splenitis | (noun) inflammation of the spleen | - |
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| splenius | (noun) either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck | Synonyms: splenius muscle |
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| splenomegaly | (noun) an abnormal enlargement of the spleen | - |
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| splice | (noun) joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together | Synonyms: lap joint |
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| (noun) a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together | Synonyms: splicing |
| splicer | (noun) a mechanical device for joining two pieces of paper or film or magnetic tape | - |
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| (noun) a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands | - |
| (noun) a woodworker who joins pieces of wood with a splice | - |
| splicing | (noun) a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together | Synonyms: splice |
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| spliff | (noun) marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | Synonyms: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick |
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| spline | (noun) a thin strip (wood or metal) | Synonyms: slat |
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| (noun) a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines | - |
| splint | (noun) an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg) | - |
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| (noun) a thin sliver of wood | - |
| splinter | (noun) a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal | Synonyms: sliver |
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| splintering | (noun) the act of chipping something | Synonyms: chip, chipping |
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| splinters | (noun) wood in small pieces or splinters | Synonyms: matchwood |
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| split | (noun) division of a group into opposing factions | Synonyms: schism |
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| (noun) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something | Synonyms: rent, rip |
| (noun) extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back) | - |
| (noun) an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity | Synonyms: split up, stock split |
| (noun) (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl | - |
| (noun) a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts | - |
| (noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | Synonyms: rent, rip, snag, tear |
| (noun) a lengthwise crack in wood | - |
| (noun) a promised or claimed share of loot or money | - |
| (noun) a bottle containing half the usual amount | - |
| splitsaw | (noun) a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood | Synonyms: ripsaw |
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| splitsville | (noun) separation or breakup or divorce | - |
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| splitter | (noun) a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics | Synonyms: divider |
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| (noun) a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone | - |
| (noun) a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences | Synonyms: rail-splitter |
| splitworm | (noun) greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm | Synonyms: Phthorimaea operculella, potato moth, potato tuber moth |
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| splodge | (noun) an irregularly shaped spot | Synonyms: blotch, splotch |
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| splotch | (noun) an irregularly shaped spot | Synonyms: blotch, splodge |
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| splurge | (noun) any act of immoderate indulgence | Synonyms: binge, orgy |
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| (noun) an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.) | - |
| splutter | (noun) an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) | Synonyms: sputter |
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| (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, sputtering |