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- spelter/ˈspɛltə/Commercial zinc, especially in the form of ingots or sheets.nounRare
- spelunk/spɪˈlʌŋk/to explore caves, especially as a recreational activity.verb-intransitiveRare / Low
- spelunker/spɪˈlʌŋkə/A person who explores caves, especially as a hobby.nounLow
- spemann/ˈʃpeɪˌmɑːn/A surname of German origin, most famously belonging to Hans Spemann (1869–1941), a German embryologist and Nobel laureate.nounVery Low
- spence/spɛns/an archaic or dialectal term for a pantry or lardernounRare
- spencer/ˈspɛnsə/A short, close-fitting jacket, typically worn by women in the 19th century.nounrare
- spencer gulf/ˈspɛnsə ɡʌlf/A large inlet of the Indian Ocean on the southern coast of South Australia.nounVery Low
- spencerian/spɛnˈsɪəriən/Relating to the Spencerian script, a style of cursive handwriting developed by Platt Rogers Spencer.adjectivenounVery low
- spend/spɛnd/to use money to pay for goods or servicesnounverbverb-intransitive+1A1 (very high frequency)
- spender/ˈspɛndə/A person who spends money, especially in a particular manner.nounmedium
- spending money/ˈspendɪŋ ˌmʌni/A small amount of money, often given to a child or carried for incidental personal expenses.nounB1
- spends/spɛndz/Third person singular present tense of the verb 'spend.' To use money or other resources (such as time or energy) to pay for goods, services, or activities.plural-nounHigh frequency (C1 in CEFR).
- spendthrift/ˈspɛn(d)θrɪft/A person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way.adjectivenounC1
- spendthrift trust/ˈspɛndθrɪft trʌst/A legal arrangement where a beneficiary cannot access trust assets directly and creditors cannot claim them, designed to protect assets from the beneficiary's own spending habits.nounLow
- spener/ˈspiːnə/A variant spelling of 'spendthrift', meaning a person who spends money wastefully or extravagantly.nounExtremely Rare / Archaic
- spengler/ˈʃpɛŋlə/A proper surname, most famously associated with Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), German historian and philosopher, author of 'The Decline of the West' (Der Untergang des Abendlandes).nounC2 (Very Low Frequency / Proper Noun / Specialized)
- spenser/ˈspɛnsə/A proper noun, primarily referring to Edmund Spenser (c. 1552–1599), an English Renaissance poet best known for his epic allegorical poem 'The Faerie Queene'.nounVery Low
- spenserian/spɛnˈsɪə.rɪ.ən/Relating to the English poet Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599) or his works.adjectivenounVery Low (C2)
- spenserian sonnet/spɛnˈsɪəriən ˈsɒnɪt/A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE), named after the poet Edmund Spenser.nounvery low
- spenserian stanza/spɛnˌsɪər.i.ən ˈstæn.zə/A fixed verse form consisting of nine iambic lines, where the first eight are pentameters and the final line is a hexameter (alexandrine), with a rhyme scheme of ababbcbcc.nounLow
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