| sprig | (noun) an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers | - |
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| (noun) a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year | Synonyms: branchlet, twig |
| sprigged | (adjective) decorated with designs of sprigs | - |
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| sprigger | (noun) a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books | Synonyms: stemmer, stripper |
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| sprightliness | (noun) animation and energy in action or expression | Synonyms: life, liveliness, spirit |
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| sprightly | (adjective) full of spirit and vitality | - |
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| sprigtail | (noun) large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America | Synonyms: Pedioecetes phasianellus, sharp-tailed grouse, sprig tail |
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| spring | (noun) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | Synonyms: bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation |
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| (noun) a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed | - |
| (noun) the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length | Synonyms: give, springiness |
| (noun) a point at which water issues forth | - |
| (noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: fountain, natural spring, outflow, outpouring |
| (noun) the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring | Synonyms: springtime |
| (verb) develop suddenly | - |
| (verb) produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly | - |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, take a hop |
| (verb) move forward by leaps and bounds | Synonyms: bound, jump, leap |
| (verb) develop into a distinctive entity | Synonyms: form, take form, take shape |
| springboard | (noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched | Synonyms: jumping-off point, point of departure |
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| (noun) a flexible board for jumping upward | - |
| springbok | (noun) a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air | Synonyms: Antidorcas euchore, Antidorcas marsupialis, springbuck |
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| springbuck | (noun) a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air | Synonyms: Antidorcas euchore, Antidorcas marsupialis, springbok |
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| springer | (noun) a cow about to give birth | Synonyms: springing cow |
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| (noun) a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white | Synonyms: springer spaniel |
| (noun) the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs | Synonyms: impost |
| springiness | (noun) the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length | Synonyms: give, spring |
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| springless | (adjective) lacking in elasticity or vitality | - |
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| springlike | (adjective) resembling a spring or the action of a spring | - |
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| springtail | (noun) any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water | Synonyms: collembolan |
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| springtide | (noun) a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons | - |
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| (noun) a swelling rush of anything | - |
| springtime | (noun) the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring | Synonyms: spring |
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| springy | (adjective) (of movements) light and confidently active | - |
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| (adjective) elastic; rebounds readily | Synonyms: bouncy, live, lively, resilient |
| sprinkle | (noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water | Synonyms: sparge, sprinkling |
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| (noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | Synonyms: scattering, sprinkling |
| (verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly | Synonyms: besprinkle, sparge |
| (verb) cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force | Synonyms: splash, splosh |
| (verb) distribute loosely | Synonyms: disperse, dot, dust, scatter |
| (verb) rain gently | Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit |
| sprinkler | (noun) mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden | - |
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| sprinkles | (noun) bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream | Synonyms: jimmies |
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| sprinkling | (noun) the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) | Synonyms: aspersion |
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| (noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water | Synonyms: sparge, sprinkle |
| (noun) a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | Synonyms: scattering, sprinkle |
| (noun) a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly | Synonyms: scattering |
| sprint | (noun) a quick run | Synonyms: dash |
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| (verb) run very fast, usually for a short distance | - |
| sprinter | (noun) someone who runs a short distance at top speed | - |
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| sprit | (noun) a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally | - |
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| sprite | (noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | Synonyms: faerie, faery, fairy, fay |
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| sprites | (noun) atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves) | Synonyms: red sprites |
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| spritsail | (noun) a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit | - |
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| spritz | (noun) a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water) | - |
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| (verb) cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it | - |
| (verb) eject (a liquid) quickly | - |
| spritzer | (noun) a mixed drink made of wine mixed with a sparkling water | - |
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