Words that start with S

A spade is very similar to a shovel but a spade tends to have a flat end for moving loose materials like dirt or gravel.

Spanish is the language spoken in Spain, someone from Spain, or describes anything to do with Spain.

Sparring is a term for a fight, usually one for training purposes. Sparring might also mean a fight as part of a competition, and can be used to talk about a non-physical contest, such as verbal sparring. Once a fight is fueled by emotion and gets out of control, it isn't sparring.

Something sparkles when it gives off little sparks, or it looks like it gives off sparks. If something reflects lots of small points of light, like the sparkling wave in the picture, it is said to sparkle. Wine or other drinks that have bubbles in are also described as sparkling.

Something is described as sparse if the things on it or in it are spread quite far apart from each other. The picture is of a sparse forest, with big spaces between the trees. The opposite of sparse is dense or thick.