| misspeak | (verb) pronounce a word incorrectly | Synonyms: mispronounce |
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| misspell | (verb) spell incorrectly | - |
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| misspelling | (noun) a spelling that is incorrect | - |
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| misspend | (verb) spend (money or other resources) unwisely | - |
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| (verb) spend time badly or unwisely | - |
| newspeak | (noun) deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public | - |
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| newsperson | (noun) a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories | Synonyms: reporter |
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| nonspeaking | (adjective) not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines | Synonyms: walk-on |
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| nonspecific | (adjective) not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides | - |
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| nonspecifically | (adverb) without specificity | - |
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| oligospermia | (noun) insufficient spermatozoa in the semen | - |
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| outdoorsperson | (noun) a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing) | - |
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| overspecialise | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialize |
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| overspecialize | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialise |
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| overspend | (verb) spend at a high rate | - |
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| (verb) spend more than available of (a budget) | - |
| panspermia | (noun) The hypothesis that microorganisms may transmit life from outer space to habitable bodies; or the process of such transmission. | - |
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| perisperm | (noun) the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds | - |
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| perspective | (noun) the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer | Synonyms: linear perspective |
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| (noun) a way of regarding situations or topics etc. | Synonyms: position, view |
| progymnosperm | (noun) an ancestral fossil type from which modern gymnosperms are thought to have derived | - |
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| prospect | (noun) a prediction of the course of a disease | Synonyms: medical prognosis, prognosis |
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| (noun) the visual percept of a region | Synonyms: aspect, panorama, scene, view, vista |
| (noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future | Synonyms: expectation, outlook |
| (noun) someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | Synonyms: candidate |
| (noun) the possibility of future success | Synonyms: chance |
| (verb) explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals | - |
| (verb) search for something desirable | - |
| prospective | (adjective) of or concerned with or related to the future | - |
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| prospectiveness | (noun) The quality of relating to or furnishing a future prospect. | - |
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| prospector | (noun) someone who explores an area for mineral deposits | - |
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| prospectus | (noun) a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university | Synonyms: course catalog, course catalogue |
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| (noun) a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise | - |
| prosper | (verb) make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance | Synonyms: flourish, fly high, thrive |
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| prospering | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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| prosperity | (noun) the condition of prospering; having good fortune | Synonyms: successfulness |
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| (noun) an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment | - |
| prosperous | (adjective) marked by peace and prosperity | Synonyms: golden, halcyon |
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| (adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | Synonyms: favorable, favourable, golden, lucky |
| (adjective) in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | Synonyms: comfortable, easy, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
| (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prospering, roaring, thriving |
| prosperously | (adverb) in the manner of prosperous people | - |
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| pteridosperm | (noun) an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae) | Synonyms: seed fern |
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| respect | (noun) behavior intended to please your parents | Synonyms: obedience |
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| (noun) a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard | Synonyms: deference |
| (noun) courteous regard for people's feelings | Synonyms: deference, respectfulness |
| (noun) (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point | Synonyms: regard |
| (noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem | Synonyms: esteem, regard |
| (noun) a feeling of friendship and esteem | Synonyms: regard |
| (noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | Synonyms: esteem, regard |
| (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prise, prize, value |
| (verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honor, honour, observe |
| respectability | (noun) honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation | Synonyms: reputability |
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| respectable | (adjective) characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals | - |
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| (adjective) large in amount or extent or degree | Synonyms: goodish, goodly, healthy, hefty, sizable, sizeable, tidy |
| (adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: admirable, estimable, good, honorable |
| respectably | (adverb) in a decent and morally reputable manner | - |
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| (adverb) to a tolerably worthy extent | Synonyms: creditably |
| respected | (adjective) receiving deferential regard | Synonyms: well-thought-of |
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| respecter | (noun) a person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative | - |
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| respectful | (adjective) full of or exhibiting respect | - |
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| (adjective) feeling or manifesting veneration | Synonyms: reverential, venerating |
| respectfully | (adverb) in a respectful manner | - |
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| respectfulness | (noun) courteous regard for people's feelings | Synonyms: deference, respect |
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| respective | (adjective) considered individually | Synonyms: several, various |
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| respectively | (adverb) in the order given | Synonyms: severally |
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| respects | (noun) (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem | - |
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| resuspend | (verb) put back into suspension | - |
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| resuspension | (noun) a renewed suspension of insoluble particles after they have been precipitated | - |
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| retrospect | (noun) contemplation of things past | - |
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| (verb) look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember | Synonyms: look back, review |
| retrospection | (noun) memory for experiences that are past | - |
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| (noun) reference to things past | - |
| retrospective | (adjective) concerned with or related to the past | - |
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| (noun) an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work | - |
| retrospectively | (adverb) in a manner contemplative of past events | - |
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| salesperson | (noun) a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) | Synonyms: sales rep, sales representative |
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| speak | (verb) express in speech | Synonyms: mouth, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize |
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| (verb) exchange thoughts; talk with | Synonyms: talk |
| (verb) use language | Synonyms: talk |
| (verb) give a speech to | Synonyms: address |
| (verb) make a characteristic or natural sound | - |
| speakable | (adjective) capable of being uttered in words or sentences | Synonyms: utterable |
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| speakeasy | (noun) (during prohibition) an illegal barroom | - |
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| speaker | (noun) electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | Synonyms: loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker system, speaker unit |
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| (noun) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | Synonyms: talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer |
| speakerphone | (noun) a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time | - |
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| speakership | (noun) the position of Speaker | - |
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| speaking | (adjective) capable of or involving speech or speaking | - |
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| (adjective) capable of speech | Synonyms: speech-endowed |
| (noun) delivering an address to a public audience | Synonyms: oral presentation, public speaking, speechmaking |
| (noun) the utterance of intelligible speech | Synonyms: speech production |
| spear | (noun) a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon | Synonyms: lance, shaft |
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| (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fishgig, fizgig, gig, lance |
| (verb) pierce with a spear | - |
| (verb) thrust up like a spear | Synonyms: spear up |
| spearfish | (noun) any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare | - |
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| spearhead | (noun) the head and sharpened point of a spear | Synonyms: spear-point, spearpoint |
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| (noun) the leading military unit in an attack | - |
| (noun) someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.) | - |
| (verb) be the leader of | - |
| spearmint | (noun) common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring | Synonyms: Mentha spicata |
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| spearpoint | (noun) the head and sharpened point of a spear | Synonyms: spear-point, spearhead |
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| spec | (noun) a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work | Synonyms: specification |
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| special | (adjective) for a special service or occasion | - |
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| (adjective) first and most important | Synonyms: particular |
| (adjective) adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose | - |
| (adjective) having a specific function or scope | Synonyms: limited |
| (adjective) surpassing what is common or usual or expected | Synonyms: especial, exceptional, particular |
| (adjective) added to a regular schedule | Synonyms: extra |
| (adjective) unique or specific to a person or thing or category | Synonyms: particular, peculiar |
| (noun) a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising | - |
| (noun) a television production that features a particular person or work or topic | - |
| (noun) a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant | - |
| specialisation | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty |
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| (noun) the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose | Synonyms: specialization |
| (noun) (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function | Synonyms: differentiation, specialization |
| specialise | (verb) become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | Synonyms: narrow, narrow down, specialize |
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| (verb) suit to a special purpose | Synonyms: specialize |
| (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: differentiate, specialize, speciate |
| (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialize, specify |
| (verb) devote oneself to a special area of work | Synonyms: specialize |
| specialised | (adjective) developed or designed for a special activity or function | Synonyms: specialized |
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| specialiser | (noun) an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning | Synonyms: specialist, specializer |
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| specialism | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialisation, speciality, specialization, specialty |
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| (noun) the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation | - |
| specialist | (noun) an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning | Synonyms: specialiser, specializer |
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| (noun) practices one branch of medicine | Synonyms: medical specialist |
| specialistic | (adjective) of or related to or characteristic of specialists | - |
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| (adjective) showing focused training | - |
| speciality | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialisation, specialism, specialization, specialty |
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| (noun) a distinguishing trait | Synonyms: distinctiveness, peculiarity, specialness, specialty |
| (noun) an asset of special worth or utility | Synonyms: forte, long suit, metier, specialty, strength, strong point, strong suit |
| specialization | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialisation, specialism, speciality, specialty |
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| (noun) the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose | Synonyms: specialisation |
| (noun) (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function | Synonyms: differentiation, specialisation |
| specialize | (verb) become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | Synonyms: narrow, narrow down, specialise |
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| (verb) suit to a special purpose | Synonyms: specialise |
| (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: differentiate, specialise, speciate |
| (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialise, specify |
| (verb) devote oneself to a special area of work | Synonyms: specialise |
| specialized | (adjective) developed or designed for a special activity or function | Synonyms: specialised |
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| specializer | (noun) an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning | Synonyms: specialiser, specialist |
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| specially | (adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | Synonyms: especially, particularly, peculiarly |
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| (adverb) in a special manner | Synonyms: especially |
| specialness | (noun) a distinguishing trait | Synonyms: distinctiveness, peculiarity, speciality, specialty |
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| (noun) the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance | Synonyms: particularity |
| specialty | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialisation, specialism, speciality, specialization |
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| (noun) a distinguishing trait | Synonyms: distinctiveness, peculiarity, speciality, specialness |
| (noun) an asset of special worth or utility | Synonyms: forte, long suit, metier, speciality, strength, strong point, strong suit |
| speciate | (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: differentiate, specialise, specialize |
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| speciation | (noun) the evolution of a biological species | - |
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| specie | (noun) coins collectively | Synonyms: coinage, metal money, mintage |
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| species | (noun) a specific kind of something | - |
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| (noun) (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed | - |
| specifiable | (adjective) capable of being specified | - |
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| specific | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique | - |
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| (adjective) being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides | - |
| (adjective) relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species | - |
| (adjective) stated explicitly or in detail | - |
| (noun) a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease | - |
| (noun) a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | Synonyms: particular |
| specifically | (adverb) in distinction from others | - |
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| specification | (noun) a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement | Synonyms: stipulation |
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| (noun) a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work | Synonyms: spec |
| (noun) naming explicitly | - |
| (noun) (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention | - |
| specificity | (noun) the quality of being specific rather than general | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being specific to a particular organism | - |
| specified | (adjective) clearly and explicitly stated | - |
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| specifier | (noun) someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent) | - |
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| specify | (verb) design or destine | Synonyms: designate, destine, intend |
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| (verb) define clearly | Synonyms: nail down, narrow, narrow down, peg down, pin down |
| (verb) select something or someone for a specific purpose | Synonyms: assign, set apart |
| (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize |
| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: define, determine, fix, limit, set |
| (verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: condition, qualify, stipulate |
| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimit, delimitate, delineate |
| specimen | (noun) a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes | - |
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| (noun) an example regarded as typical of its class | - |
| specious | (adjective) plausible but false | Synonyms: spurious |
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| (adjective) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing | Synonyms: gilded, glossy, meretricious |
| speciously | (adverb) in a specious manner | - |
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| speciousness | (noun) an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility | Synonyms: meretriciousness |
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| speck | (noun) a very small spot | Synonyms: pinpoint |
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| (noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, tinge, touch |
| (noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | Synonyms: atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle |
| (verb) produce specks in or on | - |
| specked | (adjective) having a pattern of dots | Synonyms: dotted, flecked, speckled, stippled |
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| speckle | (noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, spot |
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| (verb) mark with small spots | Synonyms: bespeckle |
| (verb) produce a mottled effect | Synonyms: stipple |
| speckled | (adjective) having a pattern of dots | Synonyms: dotted, flecked, specked, stippled |
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| speckless | (adjective) completely neat and clean | Synonyms: immaculate, spic-and-span, spic, spick-and-span, spick, spotless |
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| specs | (noun) (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | Synonyms: eyeglasses, glasses, spectacles |
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| spectacle | (noun) a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself | - |
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| (noun) an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale | - |
| (noun) something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight) | - |