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SPICES

"SPICES" is a plural of: spice.

Date "SPICES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: SPICES

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Bible

Spices aromatic substances, of which several are named in Ex. 30. They were used in the sacred anointing oil (Ex. 25:6; 35:8; 1 Chr. 9:29), and in embalming the dead (2 Chr. 16:14; Luke 23:56; 24:1; John 19:39, 40). Spices were stored by Hezekiah in his treasure-house (2 Kings 20:13; Isa. 39:2). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Food & Agriculture

Group of vegetable products, rich in essential oils and aromatic principles, mainly used as condiments. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

The dried seeds, bark, root, stems, buds, leaves, or fruit of aromatic plants used to season food. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Spice

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Spices are strongly flavoured or aromatic parts of plants used in small quantities in food as a preservative, or flavouring in cooking. Spices are distinguised from other plant products used for similar purposes, such as herbs (which are green, leafy parts of plants), aromatic vegetables, and dried fruit.

Spices were some of the most valuable items of trade in the ancient and medieval world. Many spices were formerly used in medicine, though this use has decreased somewhat in later years.

List of spices

Table salt is an extremely common seasoning, often used as and sometimes considered a spice; however, it is a mineral.

Common spice mixtures:

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SPICE

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis) is a general purpose analog circuit simulator. This powerful product is used to check the integrity of circuit designs and to predict circuit behavior.

In real-world circuits, performance is affected by component value tolerances (1%, 5%, 10%); designers want to use cheaper components if they wish to mass produce their products. In radio applications, especially UHF and microwave, parasitics cannot be ignored and must be built into a generic model of the circuit being simulated. In both these cases it is usual to perform Monte Carlo simulations which are difficult or impossible to calculate by hand.

SPICE was originally developed at the Electronics Research Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley in 1975 by Donald Pederson. Versions 1 and 2 were coded in Fortran (2G.6 in 1983 was the last) but version 3 and later are coded in C.

The original SPICE program was released under a restrictive license, which makes it difficult to improve upon the original software. A new circuit simulator, based on SPICE, called ng-SPICE (for next-generation) is licensed under the GPL. Development on the main branch of ng-SPICE arrested around 2001, but there is an active branch called tclspice. If you want a free SPICE that works on windows, consider LTSPICE.

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Synonym: SPICES

Synonym: Pepper (Spice). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: spicing (food & agriculture, european union).

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Crosswords: SPICES

English words defined with "SPICES": Balachong, Bragget, brayCaudle, chutney, coffee roll, comminute, cross bun, crunch, Curry powdergingery, glogg, grindhot, hot cross bun, hot toddyIndian relishmarinade, mash, milk punch, Mince-meat, mull, mulled cider, mulled winepeppery, piquantly, potpourriraitaseasoned salt, spice, spice cake, spice cookie, spice rack, spice up, spicemill, spicily, spicy, Stacte, sweet rollterra alba, toddyUsquebaughwassail, Worcester sauce, Worcestershire, Worcestershire sauce. (references)
Specialty definitions using "SPICES": baker, bench, BENCH HANDdough molder, handFISH-CAKE MAKER, FOOD TESTER, FROZEN PIE MAKERMINCEMEAT MAKERO'lioRELISH BLENDER, relish makerSheba, Specie, Species, spice blender, SPICE CLEANER, SPICE MIXER, spiced wine, SUPERVISOR, TEA AND SPICETOBACCO BLENDER, Tropical Products. (references)

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Modern Usage: SPICES

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Screenplays

The air is full of spices. (Sense and Sensibility; writing credit: Emma Thompson)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: SPICES

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References

  • The 2003 World Market Forecasts for Imported Manufactures of Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, and Spices (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Ethiopia (reference)

  • The 2001 Report on Herbs, Spices and Seasonings: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

  • The 2002 World Forecasts of Manufactures of Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, and Spices Export Supplies (reference)

  • The 2003 World Forecasts of Manufactures of Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, and Spices Export Supplies (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Dangerous Tastes: The Story of Spices (reference)

  • Herbs and Spices for Florida Gardens: How to Grow and Enjoy Florida Plants With Special Uses (reference)

  • Herbs, Spices and Flavorings (reference)

  • Magic Spices: 200 Healthy Recipes Featuring 30 Common Spices (reference)

  • Mountains of Spices (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: SPICES

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Photo Album: SPICES

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Bulk spices in a wholesale club in VA. Credit: USDA.

Low-Sodium Seasonings : Skip the salt - and try these spices and flavorings with your favorite foods. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Unidentified shelf of kitchen utensils and jars of spices. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: SPICES
 

"Spices everywhere" by Luis Alexandre
Commentary: "It must be one of the supporting trades they live by.. selling spices and guiding tourists throught the city.. this was in Tangier's Medina."
"Spices 2" by Frank Manno
Commentary: "Spices taken from the backyard garden... I thought the colours were beautiful... feedback is welcomed!."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: SPICES

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Health

Some spices for commercial use have been irradiated. (references)

Some people find their symptoms are made worse by milk, alcohol, hot spices, or fiber. (references)

Buy plain, frozen, or canned vegetables and season with herbs, spices, or sauces made with allowed ingredients. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

Export crops such as spices and foliage increased. (references)

Sweden

Also, the Swedish market is strong for spices and condiments. (references)

Tanzania

Zanzibar's spices attracted ships from as far away as the United States. (references)

Political Economy

Bhutan

Citrus fruit, cardamom, and other spices are the leading agricultural exports. (references)

Indonesia

Over 40 percent of the adult working population is employed in agriculture, which in Java, Bali, and southern Sulawesi primarily involves rice and other food crops but elsewhere concentrates on cash crops such as oil palm, rubber, coffee, tea, coconut, and spices. (references)

INDONESIA

For example, restrictive marketing arrangements for cement, paper, cloves, other spices, and plywood were eliminated in February 1998. Indonesia opened its wholesale and large-scale retail trade to foreign investment, lifting most restrictions in March 1998. Some retail sectors are still reserved for small-scale enterprises under another 1998 decree. (references)

Travel

Chad

Colorful clothing, gum arabic, local spices such as ginger, foods, grains, mats, curdled sour milk, are all for sale. (references)

Thailand

Eating is an important part of the Thai group-oriented culture . Thai food has become internationally popular because of its sophistication and variety . The staples of this cuisine include rice, noodles, vegetables, meats, fish, spices and chilies . Thai food can be enjoyed in a wide variety of venues, from street-side kiosks to elegant world-class restaurants . In addition, all other international cuisines are available in the major cities and resort areas ranging from European fine dining, to other Oriental and ethnic restaurants, to American fast food . (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: SPICES

"SPICES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 95.65% of the time. "SPICES" is used about 207 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)95.65%19821,729
Noun (proper)2.42%5157,705
Lexical Verb (-s form)1.93%4175,879
                    Total100.00%207N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: SPICES

Expression using "SPICES": mixture spices. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SPICES

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

badia spices.com

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SPICES

Language Translations for "SPICES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

speserye. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(fragment, salted vegetables), (fragment), 香料 (SPICE). (various references)

   

Czech

  

koření (condiment, salt, seasoning, spice, zest). (various references)

   

Danish

  

krydderier (spice). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

specerijen. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tee (tea), mausteet ja niiden jalosteet (cocoa, coffee, spices and manufactures thereof), kahvi (coffee), kaakao (cocoa). (various references)

   

French

  

épices. (various references)

   

German

  

Gewürze. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μπαχαρικά. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מרקחת (confection, jam, marmalade, mixture spices), מרקחה (mixture spices, spicing). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

bumbu (seasoning). (various references)

   

Italian

  

spezie (spice). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

香辛料 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かやく (adding extra ingredients, gunpowder, powder, seasoning, temporary extra work), こうしんりょう, こうりょう (advance for manuscript, bleak, broad-hearted, collar, comparison, condolence gift, consideration, copy-money, deliberation, desolate, dragon which has already ascended to the heavens, duchy, dukedom, flavoring, general plan, generosity, hidden genius, hill, imperial mausoleum, main points, neck, perfume, principality, proofreading completed, radiation intensity, rain dragon, rations, summary). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

향미료 (Basil, SPICE). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

icesspay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

especiarias (spice). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

специя (flavoring, flavouring, spice). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

especias (spice). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

baharat (condiment, seasoning, spice, spicery). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

perlysiau (aromatic herbs). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: SPICES

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

mun-gazi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: SPICES

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 19, Verse 40
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintElabon oun to swma tou ihsou kai edhsan auto oqonioiV meta twn arwmatwn kaqwV eqoV estin toiV ioudaioiV entafiazein
Latin405VulgateAcceperunt ergo corpus Iesu et ligaverunt eum linteis cum aromatibus sicut mos Iudaeis est sepelire
Old English990West SaxonHyo naman þas hælendas lichaman.& be-wunden hine mid linene claðe midwyrt-ge-mangun swa iudea þæw is. to be-berigenne.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd thei token the bodi of Jhesu, and boundun it in lynun clothis with swete smellynge oynementis, as it is custom to Jewis for to birie.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThen toke they the body of Iesu and wounde it in lynnen clothes with the odoures as ye maner of the Iewes is to bury.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThen took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Victorian English1833WebsterThen they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Basic English1964OgdenThen they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: SPICES

LanguageJohn Chapter 19, Verse 40
CebuanoUg ilang gikuha ang lawas ni Jesus ug gibugkosan kinig mga panapton nga lino lakip ang mga pahumot, sumala sa batasan sa mga Judio sa paglubong.
CroatianUzmu dakle tijelo Isusovo i poviju ga u povoje s miomirisima, kako je u Židova obièaj za ukop.
DanishDe toge da Jesu Legeme og bandt det i Linklæder med de vellugtende Urter, som Jødernes Skik er at fly Lig til Jorde.
DutchZij namen dan het lichaam van Jezus, en bonden dat in linnen doeken met de specerijen, gelijk de Joden de gewoonte hebben van begraven.
FinnishNiin he ottivat Jeesuksen ruumiin ja käärivät sen hyvänhajuisten yrttien kanssa käärinliinoihin, niinkuin juutalaisilla on tapana haudata.
FrenchIls prirent donc le corps de Jésus, et l`enveloppèrent de bandes, avec les aromates, comme c`est la coutume d`ensevelir chez les Juifs.
GermanDa nahmen sie den Leichnam Jesu und banden ihn in leinene Tücher mit den Spezereien, wie die Juden pflegen zu begraben.
Haitian CreoleYo tou de rive, yo pran Jezi. Pandan yo t'ap vlope l' nan bann twal fin yo, yo mete lwil santi bon sou li jan jwif yo te konn fè lè y'ap antere moun.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKedua orang itu mengambil jenazah Yesus lalu membungkusnya dengan kain kafan bersama-sama dengan ramuan wangi itu menurut adat penguburan orang Yahudi.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaLalu mereka itu mengambil mayat Yesus, dan mengapankan dengan kain kapan beserta dengan rempah-rempah itu, sebagai adat orang Yahudi menguburkan.
MaoriNa ka tango raua i te tinana o Ihu, takaia ana ki nga kakahu rinena me nga mea kakara, ko ta nga Hurai ritenga hoki tera mo te tanu.
NorwegianDe tok da Jesu legeme og svøpte det i linklær med de velluktende urter, således som det er skikk hos jødene ved jordeferd.
PortugueseTomaram, pois, o corpo de Jesus, e o envolveram em panos de linho com as especiarias, como os judeus costumavam fazer na preparação para a sepultura.   
RumanianAu luat deci trupul lui Isus wi l-au knfqwurat kn fqwii de pknzq de in, cu miresme, dupqcum au obicei Iudeii sq kngroape.
ShuarNuyá Jusé Nikiutémujai Jesusa Ayashín Júkiar kunkuinian kuérar jaanch esarmajai penuararmiayi. Israer-shuar tuke nunisar Ikiúu ármiayi.
SpanishTomaron, pues, el cuerpo de Jesús y lo envolvieron en lienzos con las especias, de acuerdo con la costumbre judía de sepultar.
SwahiliBasi, waliutwaa mwili wa Yesu, wakaufunga sanda pamoja na manukato kufuatana na desturi ya Wayahudi katika kuzika.
SwedishOch de togo Jesu kropp och omlindade den med linnebindlar och lade dit de välluktande kryddorna, såsom judarna hava för sed vid tillredelse till begravning.
UmaTo rodua toera mpo'ala' woto Yesus, raputu' hante kain to bula, pai' ragelai' hante anu mohonga toe, ntuku' ada popatana to Yahudi.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: SPICES

Derivations

Words ending with "SPICES": allspices, aruspices, auspices, haruspices, hospices. (additional references)


Misspellings

"SPICES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pspice, scipes, siccus, sices, spances, spcie, speces, speices, spica, spicata, spicey, spiche, spicies, spiece, spiles, spocs, sricams. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "SPICES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "SPICES" (pronounced spī"suz)
4-ī" s u zdevices, ices, prices, slices, splices, suffices, vices.
3-s u zabsences, abuses, acceptances, accomplices, aces, acquaintances, actresses, addresses, advances, affixes, albatrosses, aliases, allegiances, alliances, allowances, amaryllises, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, apparatuses, appearances, appendixes, appliances, apprentices, asses, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, axes, congresses, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, balances, bases, basses, biases, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bonuses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, businesses, Busses, buttresses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, Casas, cases, caucuses, cayuses, ceases, censuses, chances, chases, choices, choruses, circumstances, circuses, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crevices, crocuses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embarrasses, embraces, eminences, encompasses, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, eyewitnesses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fences, fetuses, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, focuses, forces, fortresses, foxes, fragrances, furnaces, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, geniuses, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, goddesses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grimaces, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, harnesses, headdresses, hindrances, hippopotamuses, hisses, hoaxes, horses, hospices, hostesses, houses, hyraxes, illnesses, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, injustices, instances, insurances, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, irises, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, justices, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, likenesses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, mattresses, medusas, messes, minibuses, minuses, misses, missus, mistresses, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, necklaces, nieces, nixes, notices, novices, nuances, nurses, observances, occurrences, offenses, offices, omnibuses, ordinances, orifices, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, palaces, paradoxes, passes, penises, performances, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, porpoises, possesses, poultices, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, prejudices, premises, presences, presses, pretenses, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, promises, pronounces, prospectuses, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purchases, purposes, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, refocuses, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, repurchases, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, retroviruses, reverses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, seamstresses, senses, sentences, sequences, services, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sinuses, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, solstices, sources, spaces, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stewardesses, stresses, substances, successes, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surfaces, surpasses, surpluses, surtaxes, taxes, terraces, tolerances, tortoises, tosses, townhouses, traces, treatises, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, verses, versus, viruses, voices, waitresses, walruses, waltzes, waxes, weaknesses, witnesses, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: SPICES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-i-p-s-s"

-1 letter: epics, sepic, sices, sipes, specs, spice, spics, spies.

-2 letters: ceps, cess, epic, ices, pecs, pice, pics, pies, piss, psis, secs, seis, sice, sics, sipe, sips, spec, spic.

-3 letters: cep, cis, ess, ice, pec, pes, pic, pie, pis, psi, sec, sei, sic, sip, sis.

-4 letters: es, is, pe, pi, si.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-i-p-s-s"
 

+1 letter: cesspit, septics, species, spicers, splices.

 

+2 letters: auspices, bicepses, capiases, capsizes, cesspits, crispens, crispers, crispest, cuspides, discepts, eclipses, eclipsis, episcias, escapism, escapist, hospices, inscapes, inspects, misspace, precises, princess, scampies, sceptics, scrapies, skeptics, slipcase, spaciest, spadices, specials, specious, spherics, spiciest, spicules, splicers.

 

+3 letters: airscapes, airspaces, allspices, aruspices, bioscopes, campiness, campsites, capeskins, comprises, conspires, coreopsis, crispiest, crispness, disciples, displaces, episcopes, escapisms, escapists, incorpses, midspaces, miscopies, misplaces, misprices, misspaced, misspaces, parchesis, parecisms, pastiches, perisarcs, piecrusts, pinschers, piscaries, pistaches, popsicles, postiches, practises, precisest, precrisis, prescinds, preslices, priceless, princesse, puissance, rescripts, resplices, sapiences, scrimpers, scripters, seapieces, simplices, sixpences, slipcased, slipcases, spaceship, spacesuit, speciates, specifics, specifies, specimens, spicebush, spiceless, spiceries, spiciness, spinaches, spiracles, spruciest, surplices, tieclasps, tricepses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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