Index of English words, starting with "sp"

(1) - Speculator (n.) One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price.
(2) - Speculator (n.) One who forms theories; a theorist.
(3) - Speculator (n.) One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.

(1) - Speculum (n.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
(2) - Speculum (n.) An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations.
(3) - Speculum (n.) A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below.
(4) - Speculum (n.) A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology.
(5) - Speculum (pl. ) of Speculum

(1) - Sped (imp. & p. p.) of Speed
(2) - Sped () imp. & p. p. of Speed.

(1) - Speech (v. i. & t.) To make a speech; to harangue.
(2) - Speech (n.) ny declaration of thoughts.
(3) - Speech (n.) formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.
(4) - Speech (n.) Talk; mention; common saying.
(5) - Speech (n.) A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.
(6) - Speech (n.) he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.
(7) - Speech (n.) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.