A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus.

To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.

the time during which humans engaged in space exploration; -- generally considered as beginning on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union placed the first artificial satellite into orbit around the earth.

a person who appears disconnected from reality, or living in his own world; -- sometimes used of people who are under the influence of mind-altering drugs.

the process or event in which vehicles travel into outer space.

a portable heating device used for warming the air of a single room; -- it may be electrical or use a combustible fuel.

an unmanned rocket carrying instruments to explore objects or conditions in outer space; -- used mostly for vehicles travelling beyond the earth's gravitational field, rather than in orbital or suborbital flight.

a reusable vehicle that can carry people or objects into orbit around the earth and return to be used again for subsequent trips; -- distinguished from rockets that are used only once. The present (1997) American space shuttle is a manned vehicle, having an external fuel tank that is expendable and not re-used.

a group of symptoms, prominently nausea, but sometimes including lethargy, headache, and sweating, occuring under the weightless conditions of space flight.

a manned artificial satellite orbiting the earth designed for extended occupation and use by multiple crews in succession.

a protective suit covering the whole body, completely airtight and designed to withstand internal pressure, worn by astronauts to protect them from the vacuum and other hazards of outer space. It typically contains an air supply and other life-support equipment to allow functioning independent of any other equipment for a period of time while in space.

the process of travelling in or into outer space.

any activity by a human outside of the protective environment of a spacecraft while it is in outer space, requiring a space suit to protect the person from the vacuum and other hazards of space.

the four-dimensional coordinate system in which all physical objects of the known universe are located, and in which all physical events occur; it consists of three spatial dimensions and one time dimension; -- also called the space-time continuum.

a vehicle capable of travelling in or into outer space; at present, all such vehicles are powered by rocket engine.

Wide; extensive.

Without space.

an astronaut.

a facility where vehicles are launched into space.

See Spatial.

See Spatially.

Extending far and wide; vast in extent.

A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

A bravo; a bully; a duelist.

A little spade.

To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.

Shoulder blade.

An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.

Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. Scaphiopus Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade toad.

As much as a spade will hold or lift.

One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.

Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color.

Spadiceous.

The ace of spades in omber and quadrille.

A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.

Same as Spade, 2.

A sword, especially a broadsword, formerly used both to cut and thrust.

To foretell; to divine.

A prophet; a diviner.

A female fortune teller.

A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.

A spagyrist.

Chemical; alchemical.

A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits.

Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry.

See 1st Spade.

imp. of Speak.

A net for catching crabs.

Specky.

A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.

To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface.

A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.

To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax.

To be matched, as horses.

Quite new; brand-new; fire-new.

A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient.

Of or pertaining to spanaemia; having impoverished blood.

To tie or hobble with a spancel.

An elastic textile material, used for clothing

A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber.

To wean.

A spangle or shining ornament.

To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.

One who, or that which, spangles.

Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.

A native or inhabitant of Spain.

To follow like a spaniel.

The language of Spain.

To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly.

A small coin.

Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing.

Incapable of being spanned.

One who, or that which, spans.

The full blooming of a flower.

The collar of a roof; sparpiece.

The larva of any geometrid moth, as the cankerworm; a geometer; a measuring worm.

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein.

A contest at sparring or boxing.

Hung with spar, as a cave.

A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.

A small California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.

A cerecloth.

Obs. or corrupt forms of Asparagus.

To scatter; to disperse; to rout.

The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

Sparing; chary.

Unsparing.

In a spare manner; sparingly.

The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.

One who spares.

A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them.

To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.

The act of sprinkling.

A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler.

The sparrow hawk.

Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.

To play the spark, beau, or lover.

A spark arrester.

Lively; brisk; gay.

Like a spark; airy; gay.

To disperse.

A tiger beetle.

A small spark.

Vivacity.

Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.

The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus). A young salmon. A tern.

The calf of the leg.

Of or pertaining to the Sparidae, a family of spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream. One of the Sparidae.

The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece.

To scatter; to spread; to disperse.

One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.

Asparagus.

An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (Erica passerina).

Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose.

To scatter; to disperse.

Sparsely.

In a scattered or sparse manner.

The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.

Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.

Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey. A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude.