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spaekalation, speckilation, speckillation, speculation, spekilation,
speculation [ˈspɛkəleʃən]
n. A spectacle. A subject for remark or gossip. An object of contempt, a sight.
spache, speach, speech,
speech [spitʃ]
n. Speech. The subject, theme or occasion of topical conversation often current gossip or rumour, the talk of a place etc.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
speechless: Speechless.
come_ill_speed, spede, speed, speedy, speid,
speed [spid]
n. Speed. Success, prosperity, good fortune.
v. To speed.
pt. pp. sped
 
speedy
adj. Speedy
adv. Speedily.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
come ill speed: Progress slowly.
speeder, speedir, spehder, speider,
speeder [ˈspidər]
n. A spider. A trout-fly dressed without wings. A penny-farthing bicycle.
adj. Of speech: thin and mincing.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
speeder-jennie: S. A crane fly.
bark-speiler, baurk-speeler, berk-speeler, speal, spealed, spealer, speel, speelack, speeld, speeled, speeler, speelock, speels, speelt, speil, speiler, speils, speyl, spiel, spieler, spiels, tree_speiler, tree-speeler, trie-speiler, trie-spieler,
speel [spil,ˈMN. spel]
n. The act of climbing, a climb.
v. To climb, clamber up, mount, ascend.
pt. pp. speelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bark-speeler: NEC. The treecreeper Certhia familiaris.
speeler [-ər]: A climber. A spiked iron or crampon for climbing.
tree-speeler, speelock: The treecreeper Certhia familiaris.
speeach, speeoch, speeock,
speeock [spiək NN.a. spiəx]
n. An oak stake or log of wood. A branch of an oak tree with the bark off.
 
See spaik also.
speer, speerin, speir, spir,
speer [I.Sh. spiːr]
v. To spirt, squirt like liquid from a syringe,
speerit, speerited, speeritie, speeritit, speeritless, speerits, speeritual, speeritwal, speerity, speirit, speirits, sperit, sperrit, spierit, spiritool, spreet, spreit, spurit,
speerit [ˈspiːrɪt]
n. Spirit.
pl. speerits Spirits, the mind and source of emotion.
 
speerity
adj. Spirited, vivacious, full of energy. Of animals: mettlesome.
 
speeritit
adj. Spirited.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
speeritual [ˈspiːrɪtwəl]: Spiritual.
speeritless: Spiritless.
speet, speit, turnspeet, turnspit, turn-spit,
speet [spit]
n. A roasting spit. A skewer for holding meat over a fire. The axis of a spinning wheel.
v. To hang fish up by the heads or gills on a skewer or spit to dry.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
turnspeet: A dog kept to turn the roasting-spit by running in a kind of tread-wheel.
especially, espeeshily, espeeshully, espeeshully, espeicially, inspecially, ispaishully, spacial, spacialist, spaicial, spaicialist, spaishal, spaishalist, spatyel, spatyelist, speciaal, speciaalist, speciaaly, speciaalyist, specially, specil, specilist, speecial, speecialist, speecially, speeshal, speeshalist, speeshally, speeshil, speeshul, speeshulist, spehshul, spehshulist, speicial, speicialist, speshall, speshallist, speshly, speshwal, speshwalist,
speicial [ˈspiʃəl, ˈspeʃ(ə)l]
adj. Special.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
espeicially: adv. Especially.
speicialist: A Specialist.
speicialty A specialty.

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