| spat | (noun) a young oyster or other bivalve | - |
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| (noun) a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles | Synonyms: gaiter |
| (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, squabble, tiff |
| (verb) clap one's hands together | Synonyms: clap |
| (verb) spawn | - |
| (verb) engage in a brief and petty quarrel | - |
| (verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, clap |
| (verb) strike with a sound like that of falling rain | - |
| (verb) become permanently attached | - |
| (verb) come down like raindrops | - |
| spatchcock | (noun) flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed) | - |
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| (verb) interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story | - |
| (verb) prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock | - |
| spate | (noun) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow | Synonyms: freshet |
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| (noun) a sudden forceful flow | Synonyms: rush, surge, upsurge |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| spathe | (noun) a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence | - |
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| spathiphyllum | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental | Synonyms: peace lily, spathe flower |
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| spatial | (adjective) pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space | Synonyms: spacial |
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| spatialism | (noun) an art movement founded by Italian artist Lucio Fontana in Milan in 1947 in which he intended to synthesize colour, sound, space, movement, and time into a new type of art. | - |
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| spatiality | (noun) any property relating to or occupying space | Synonyms: spatial property |
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| spatially | (adverb) with regard to space | - |
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| spatiotemporal | (adjective) of or relating to space and time together (having both spatial extension and temporal duration) | - |
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| (adjective) existing in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration | Synonyms: spaciotemporal |
| spatter | (noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | Synonyms: spattering, splash, splashing, splattering |
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| (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | Synonyms: spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering |
| (verb) dash a liquid upon or against | Synonyms: plash, splash, splatter, splosh, swash |
| (verb) spot, splash, or soil | Synonyms: bespatter |
| (verb) rain gently | Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spit, sprinkle |
| spatterdock | (noun) common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water | Synonyms: cow lily, Nuphar advena, yellow pond lily |
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| spattered | (adjective) covered with bright patches (often used in combination) | Synonyms: dabbled, splashed, splattered |
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| spattering | (noun) the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface | Synonyms: spatter, splash, splashing, splattering |
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| (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | Synonyms: spatter, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering |
| spatula | (noun) a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances | - |
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| (noun) a turner with a narrow flexible blade | - |
| spatulate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base | Synonyms: spatula-shaped |
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