spic | (adjective) completely neat and clean | Synonyms: immaculate, speckless, spic-and-span, spick-and-span, spick, spotless |
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(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent | Synonyms: spick, spik |
spicate | (adjective) having or relating to spikes | - |
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spiccato | (noun) bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings | Synonyms: spiccato bowing |
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spice | (noun) the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored | Synonyms: spicery, spiciness |
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(noun) any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food | - |
(noun) aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative | - |
(verb) make more interesting or flavorful | Synonyms: spice up |
(verb) add herbs or spices to | Synonyms: spice up, zest |
spiceberry | (noun) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil | Synonyms: boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, wintergreen |
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(noun) shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India | Synonyms: Ardisia crenata, coralberry |
spicebush | (noun) deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries | Synonyms: American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Benzoin odoriferum, Lindera benzoin, spice bush |
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(noun) straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers | Synonyms: California allspice, Calycanthus occidentalis |
spicemill | (noun) a mill for grinding spices | - |
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spicery | (noun) the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored | Synonyms: spice, spiciness |
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spicily | (adverb) with strong spices; in a spicy manner | Synonyms: piquantly |
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spiciness | (noun) the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored | Synonyms: spice, spicery |
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(noun) behavior or language bordering on indelicacy | Synonyms: gaminess, raciness, ribaldry |
spick | (adjective) completely neat and clean | Synonyms: immaculate, speckless, spic-and-span, spic, spick-and-span, spotless |
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(noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent | Synonyms: spic, spik |
spicule | (noun) small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals | Synonyms: spiculum |
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spiculum | (noun) small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals | Synonyms: spicule |
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spicy | (adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety | Synonyms: blue, gamey, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, risque |
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(adjective) producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves | Synonyms: hot |