Reverse Dictionary: SPEL – SPIS

SPELL (curse/magic) – ADJECTIVES
– MALEFICIATE bewitched; spec., rendered impotent by spells …a1613 obs.

SPELL (curse/magic) – NOUNS
– ARSE-VERSE a spell written on the side of a house to ward off fire or witchcraft …1888 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
– BADMOUTH a curse, a spell …1960s sl., orig. African-American & W. Indies
– BLACK HAND a witchcraft spell, a charm …1928 Amer. dial.
– CAMPROL a gypsy spell …1925 Sc.
– CANTRAP a mischievous trick; a magic spell …1830 Amer. dial.
– CANTRIP a spell or charm of necromancy or witchcraft; a witch’s trick or mischievous device …1719
– DOSE a curse, a spell…1982 Bahamas sl.
– FASCINATION the casting of a spell; sorcery, enchantment, an instance of this, a spell, an incantation …1605 obs.
– FASCINATION the state of being under a spell …1651
– GOOFER;  GOOFFER;  GOOPHER;  GOPHER;  GUFFER the practice of voodoo or other magic; a magic spell or something used to cast such a spell …1880 Amer. dial.
– HACK an evil spell; a curse …1962 Amer. dial.
– HEEBIE a spell or hex …1969 Amer. dial.
– HEX a curse, a spell …L19 sl.
– KAHUNA a spell or curse …1938 Hawaii
– MOJO a charm, amulet, or spell; magic …1926 Amer. dial., orig. chiefly African-American
– MOOJOO a charm, amulet, or spell; magic …1938 Amer. dial., orig. chiefly African-American
– TRICK a spell or act of conjuration; an object used in such an act …1893 Amer. dial.
– VAAM a spell, a hypnotic influence …1879 Sc.
– WANG;  WANGA;  WONGAH in the practice of voodoo: a magical charm or spell …1851 Amer. dial.

SPELL (curse/magic) – VERBS
– BADMOUTH to speak ill of someone; to slander; to curse, to put a spell on …1941 Amer. dial.
– FASCINATE to cast a spell over a person, animal, etc., by a look; said esp. of serpents …1641 obs.
– HAG to cast spells; to cast a spell on, to bring misfortune to …1938 Amer. dial.
– HEAVE A PROJECT to cast a spell …1908 Amer. dial.
– HEX to curse, to cast a spell against …M19 sl., orig. US
– KAHUNA to practice sorcery; to cast a spell …1938 Hawaii
– MALEFICIATE to bewitch; to affect with enchantments; to render impotent by spells; to do evil to; to hurt; to harm …1621 obs.
– PUT THE BAD MOUTH ON to put a curse or spell on …1853 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
– TRICK to cast a spell on, to bewitch …1829 Amer. dial.
– VAAM to bewitch, to cast a spell on …1904 Sc.
– WITCHCRAFT to cast a spell on; to work magic …1898 Amer. dial.

SPELL, SPELLER, SPELLING – ADJECTIVES
– CACOGRAPHIC pert. to bad writing or incorrect spelling …1838
– CACOGRAPHICAL pert. to bad writing or incorrect spelling …1838

SPELL etc. – NOUNS
– CACOGRAPHY incorrect spelling; a bad system of spelling, such as that of current English …1580
– UGLYOGRAPHY bad handwriting; uncouth spelling …1804

SPELL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– CACOGRAPHER a bad writer or speller …1880

SPELL etc. – VERBS
– ORTHOGRAPHIZE  to spell a word according to usage; to correct in regard to spelling …1611
– ORTHOGRAPHIZE to spell, esp. to spell correctly …1787
– UGLYOGRAPHIZE to spell uncouthly; to write in an uncouth manner …1834

SPELLBOUND – VERBS
– to hold spellbound, to fascinate; to disorientate DUDDLE 1548 obs. rare

SPEND, SPENDING – ADJECTIVES
– IMPENDIOUS lavish, extravagant, over-liberal; spending more than is needed …1623 obs. rare
– NIGGER RICH foolishly or vulgarly extravagant; spending money immediately …1930 Amer. dial., derogatory
– SUMPTUOUS of persons, etc.: spending largely, squandering, prodigal; hence, magnificent in equipment or way of living; extremely splendid …1538 obs.
 
SPEND etc. – NOUNS
– ASPENDICITIS a notional medical condition of a symptomatic need to spend money …1961 US sl.
– FLANDERS RECKONING spending money in a place that has no links to the place where one received the money …E17 sl.
– IMPENDIOUSNESS liberality, extravagant spending …1727 obs. rare
– POPPING spending money recklessly and enthusiastically …1940s African-American sl.
– WARING spending, investing of money …c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
SPEND etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BALLA;  BALLER a person, esp. a drug dealer, who spends money freely and ostentatiously …1990 sl., orig. & chiefly African-American usage
– BIG BUTTER-AND-EGG MAN a wealthy big spender …1925 New York sl.
– BIG LEGS a big spender; a rich man …Bk1972 homosexual sl.
– BIG ROLLER one who spends extravagantly; one who gambles for high stakes; a ‘high roller’ …1973 US sl.
– BIG-TIME SPENDER -omeone who spends a lot of money …Bk1995 Amer. sl. 
– BUTTER-AND-EGG MAN a man who is a farmer or small-town businessman and who spends money extravagantly; used derisively …1924 Amer. sl.
– HIGH ROLLER a person who spends money extravagantly or gambles recklessly; a big-time spender …1881 sl., chiefly US & Can.
– SPENDAHOLIC a person who is addicted to spending money …1982
 
SPEND etc. – PHRASES
– MONEY BURNS IN ONE’S POCKET one is impatient to spend one’s money …1702
– MONEY BURNS A HOLE IN ONE’S POCKET one is impatient to spend one’s money …1875
 
SPEND etc. – VERBS
– AXE to lessen expenditure …1923 Eng. sl.
– BADDLE to spend profligately …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BEWARE to lay out money etc., to expend, to spend …c1374 obs.
– BIRL to spend money freely in drink or gaming …1776 Sc. 
– BIRL THE BAWBEE to make the money fly, to gamble or spend in drink …1776 Sc.
– BLOW to spend money recklessly; to squander …1874 sl.
– BLOW IN to spend money recklessly; to squander …1886 sl., chiefly US
– BLOW ONESELF to spend money freely …1896 Amer. dial.
– BLUE to spend money recklessly; to squander …1846 sl.
– BREAK to begin spending …Bk1911 Sc.
– BURST to spend money extravagantly …1892 sl.
– DEBAUCH to dissipate, to spend prodigally, to squander …1632 obs.
– DEBOISE to spend prodigally, to squander …1632 obs.
– DO IN to spend money recklessly; to squander …1889 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
– DO ONE’S CASH to spend all one’s available funds …20C Aust. sl.
– DO ONE’S DOUGH to lose one’s money; to spend up …1910s sl., orig. Aust.
– DROP to spend or lose money; to give a tip …L19 sl.
– DROP SOME IRON to spend some money …1987 US teen & high school sl.
– DWINDLE OUT to spend …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– FLASH THE DIBS to show or spend one’s money …Bk1893 sl.
– GALTEE to spend …L19 UK tramps’ sl.
– HANG IT ON ONE’S BACK of a woman: to spend too much on clothes, or to overdress …1968 Amer. dial.
– HAVE MONEY TO BURN to be rich, to have plenty to spend …20C sl.
– IMPEND to pay to someone; to spend, to expend; to apply money; to bestow …c1486 obs.
– KNOCK DOWN to spend all one’s money on a spree, drinking bout, or celebration …1845 Aust. & NZ sl.
– LASH OUT to spend money recklessly; to squander; to be extravagant in spending …1513 Brit. colloq.
– LAY FORTH to spend, to expend …1584 obs.
– MAFFLE to spend recklessly; to squander, to waste in trifles …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAGGOT to waste money; to spend foolishly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAKE AWAY WITH to spend too freely; to squander …Bk1905 Eng. dial. 
– MELT of money: to spend in drink …1843 Sc.
– MISGUIDE to mismanage; to waste, to squander; to mis-spend …1792 Sc. 
– OBLIGURATE to spend all on the belly …1623 obs. rare
– SAVE ONE’S POCKET to avoid spending one’s money …1883
– SCARE to spend, to consume …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHOOT ONE’S WAD to spend all one’s money …1950s African-American sl.
– SKITTLE DOWN to spend or lose money prodigally; to squander …1883
– SPLASH to spend money extravagantly …1910s sl.
– SPLASH OUT to spend money recklessly; to squander …1934 sl.
– SPLASH OUT ON to spend money unrestrainedly …1930s sl.
– SPLURGE to spend money recklessly; to squander …1934 sl., orig. US
– SPORT to spend money freely or extravagantly …M19 sl.
– TAP to ‘turn on the tap’ of gifts; to open the purse or pocket; to spend or ‘bleed’ freely, to incur expense …1712 obs.
– VENT to spend, to get rid of a fortune …1610 obs.
– WALK INTO to spend money freely …M19 sl.
– WARE to spend, to lay out money or goods …a1417 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.

SPENDTHRIFT – ADJECTIVES
– RATTLE-BAG wild, spendthrift, harum-scarum …1886 Eng. dial.
– RATTLE-BRAIN wild, spendthrift, harum-scarum …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SLIDDERY squandering, spendthrift …1892 Sc.

SPENDTHRIFT – NOUNS, PERSON
– DANGWALLET a spendthrift …1679 Eng. dial.
– DECOCTOR one who wastes or squanders; a ruined spendthrift …1615 obs. rare
– DINGTHRIFT one who ‘dings’ or drives away thrift, i.e. prudence and economy; a spendthrift, a prodigal …1567 obs.
– EAT THE PACK, AN a spendthrift …Bk1905 Sc.
– EXTRAVAGANT a person who exceeds the bounds of moderation in expenditure, expensive living, etc.; a wasteful person, a spendthrift …1745 obs.
– FORK a spendthrift, a wastrel …L17 sl.
– GILLIAN-SPEND-ALL a woman who is a spendthrift; an unthrifty woman …1573 obs.
– LAND-WASTER a prodigal; a spendthrift …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LETTER-GO one who ‘lets go’; a spendthrift; a squanderer …a1637
– LICKPENNY one who ‘licks up’ the pennies; a greedy, covetous person; a miser; a spendthrift; an extortioner …a1400 obs.
– MONEY-CUFFEE;  MONEY-CUFFIE a foolish spendthrift …1894 W. Indies sl. 
– NEVE a spendthrift, a squanderer …c1440 obs. rare
– RABBIT-SUCKER a young spendthrift ‘taking up goods upon tick (credit) at excessive rates’ …17C cant
– RACKLE a spendthrift …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– RAMMACK a dissolute spendthrift; a false-hearted fellow; a backbiter; a double-dealer …19C Sc.
– RANNACK a dissolute spendthrift, a rake …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RATTLE-BRAIN a confused, silly, or stupid person; a wild, harum-scarum person; a spendthrift …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SCATTER-BRASS a spendthrift …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCATTER-CASH a spendthrift …1898 Sc.
– SCATTER-GOOD a spendthrift …1819 Sc. obs.
– SPILL-GOOD a spendthrift …1626 obs.
– WORLD’S WASTER a spendthrift …1825 Sc.

SPHERICAL – ADJECTIVES
– spherical, rotund, round or rounded ROTUNDIOUS 1614 rare

SPICE, SPICY – ADJECTIVES
– AROMATICAL sweet of savour, smelling like spice …1578 obs.
– HIGH-SEASONED enriched with spices or other seasoning …1675
– ZAPPED spicy … 1983 US sl.

SPICE etc. – NOUNS
– GARBLE refuse of spices; extraneous matter …1502 obs.
– SORTS spices …1530 obs.

SPICE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– AROMATARY a dealer in spices …1657 obs. rare
– AROMATOPOLA a seller of spices, a grocer, a druggist …Bk1708 obs.

SPICE etc. – VERBS
– AROMATIZATE to spice; to render fragrant …1576 obs.
– AROMATIZE to spice, to season with spices, to perfume …1480

SPIDER – NOUNS
– AERONAUT a gossamer spider which floats on films …1845
– ALLY-LONG-LEGS the ‘daddy-long-legs’ or crane-fly …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ARAIN a spider; a cobweb …1691 Eng. dial.
– ARANEOLOGY the study of spiders …1884
– ATTERCAP a spider …1808 Sc.
– ATTERCOB a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person …1742 Eng. dial.
– ATTERCOP a spider …c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BITIES a collective term for spiders, snakes, scorpions, etc. …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– DADDY a daddy-longlegs …1899 Amer. dial.
– DADDY BUG a daddy-longlegs …1859 Amer. dial.
– EARTH-SPIDER the tarantula …1883
– EDDER-COP a spider …1854 Eng. dial.
– EDDERCROP a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person …1742 Eng. dial.
– EDDICOP a spider …1854 Eng. dial.
– EDDICROP a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person …1742 Eng. dial.
– EDDYCROP a spider …1854 Eng. dial.
– ETTERCAP a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person …1742 Sc.
– ETTERCROP a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person …1742 Eng. dial.
– FATHER LONGLEGS a daddy longlegs …1792
– HARRY-LONG-LEGS the crane-fly or daddy-long-legs …1781
– HATTER-CROPPER a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person …1742 Eng. dial.
– HEDIKROP a spider …1854 Eng. dial.
– JAYHAWKER a tarantula …Bk1942 Amer. Western sl.
– JENNY-LONG-LEGS a daddy-long-legs …Bk1901 Sc.
– JENNY-SPINNER the crane-fly or daddy-longlegs …1817
– KATIE-LAILIE;  KATIE-LAYLIE a daddy-long-legs …1931 Sc.
– LEATHERJACK a daddy longlegs …1911 Amer. dial.
– LEATHER-JACKET a daddy longlegs …1905 Amer. dial.
– LOB a spider …c1000 obs.
– LONG-LEGGED SPIDER a daddy-longlegs …1967 Amer. dial.
– LONGLEGS a daddy-longlegs …1911 Amer. dial.
– MERRY WIDOW the black widow spider …1965 Amer. dial.
– MICHAELMAS GNAT the daddy-longlegs …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MONEY-SPINNER a spider; if you don’t hurt or kill them, they’ll bring good luck …1884 Amer. dial.
– MOSKEET SPIDER a daddy longlegs …1966 Amer. dial.
– NAPLES SPIDER the tarantula …1840
– NET a spider’s web …c1000
– NETHER-CROP a spider …1896 N. Eng. dial.
– NETTERCAP a spider …1896 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– NETTERIE;  NETTRIE a spider; a daddy-long-legs …1874 Sc. 
– SANTAPEE a scorpion …1950 Amer. dial.
– SCARAPIN a scorpion …1915 Amer. dial.
– SCORRIPIN a scorpion …1909 Amer. dial.
– SCRONCHER a scorpion …1950 Amer. dial.
– SHEPHERD SPIDER a daddy longlegs …1858 Amer. dial.
– SIT BESIDE ‘ER a spider …Brit. rhyming sl.
– SPINCOP a spider …1474 obs.
– TAILOR a daddy-long-legs …1840
– TAILOR-TARTAN a daddy-long-legs or crane-fly …1896 Eng. dial.
– TAKER the nippers or claws of a scorpion, etc. …1608 obs.
– TARENTINE SPIDER the tarantula …1668 obs.
– TEXAS STRONGBACK a scorpion …1984 Amer. dial.
– THUMMEL-SPIDER a large spider …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TOMMY-LONG-LEGS the daddy-longlegs …1863
– TRANTLER a tarantula …1923 Amer. dial.
– VAMPIRE the tarantula spider …1843 rare
– VIOLIN SPIDER a recluse spider …1963 Amer. dial.
– WABSTER a spider …1788 Sc.
 
SPIDER – NOUNS, PERSON
– ARANEOLOGIST one versed in the study of spiders …1875

SPIDER WEB – see COBWEB

SPIGOT – NOUNS
– a spigot, a tap BUTTLE 1970 Amer. dial.

SPILL, SPILLING – NOUNS
– EFFUSION a pouring out, a spilling of liquid …c1400

SPILL etc. – VERBS
– AYET to pour out; to shed; to spill …a1000 obs.
– BESLOBBER to eat in a slovenly manner; to render wet or dirty by spilling food on the clothes …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BLOB to spill …1912 Amer. dial.
– GERBIL to spill …20C teen & high school sl.
– JAB to spill …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– JABBLE to spill; to bespatter, to wet, to bedew …Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– JAIL to crack; to spill …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– JUTTLE to shake liquids; to spill over by shaking …1824 Sc.
– SCALE to spill, to upset; to overflow …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCAW to scatter, to spill …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCEDE to spill …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCOAD to scatter; to pour, to spill; to throw up earth, as moles …1777 Eng. dial.
– SCOOTLE to spill anything while carrying it …1824 Sc. obs.
– SKAIL to pour out; to shed; to spill, to upset; to overflow …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SKAW to scatter, to spill …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SKEDADDLE to spill milk, etc. …1862 Eng. dial.
– TED to scatter, to spread abroad; to spill …1813 Sc.

SPIN – VERBS
– to spin,; to twirl round; to revolve with a whirring sound BIRL 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to spin, to twirl; to cause to rotate or revolve; to turn over and over; to move by rolling TIRL 1543 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

SPINACH – NOUNS
– dried spinach or other dehydrated vegetables ALFALFA 1920s sl.
– spinach WOOLWICH AND GREENWICH Brit. rhyming sl.

SPINE – NOUNS
– an injury to the spine causing deformity KECK Bk1901 Eng. dial.
– a segment of the backbone RACK 1615 obs.
– a vertebra RACK-BONE 1615 obs.
– the spine BACK-BONE-LINKS 1785 Sc. obs.
– the spine or backbone RIDGE-BONE a1000 rare or obs.
– the spine, the backbone BACKSPRENT 1820 Sc.

SPINELESS – NOUNS, PERSON
– a spineless, feeble, silly person WAFFLE 1887 Sc.

SPINNING – ADJECTIVES
– busied in spinning wool LANIFIC 1806 rare
– engaged in weighing or spinning wool LANIPENDIOUS 1656 obs. rare

SPINNING – NOUNS
– a spinning or weaving of wool LANIFICE 1626 obs. rare

SPINNING – NOUNS, PERSON
a workman who operates a jack in spinning (a coarse bobbin and fly-frame operating on the sliver from the carding-machine and passing the product to the fine roving-machine, or fitting it for that purpose) JACK-SPINNER 1875

SPINNING TOP – NOUNS
– a child’s teetotum JENNY-SPINNER 1824
– a spinning-top; a teetotum, esp. one made with a disc of a button SCOPPERIL Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– a spinning-top; a teetotum, esp. one made with a disc of a button SKOPPERDIDDLE Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– a teetotum (spinning top) DALLY  Bk1900 Eng. dial.

SPINSTER – NOUNS
– SINGLEHOOD the state of being single or unmarried; spinsterhood …1840

SPINSTER – NOUNS, PERSON (also see OLD MAID)
– BACHELOR-WOMAN a spinster …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BAND OF HOPE a spinster who hopes to marry an eligible man, esp. a clergyman …Bk1958 Eng. sl. 
– CANDLE-BASHER a spinster; a female masturbator …E20 Brit. sl.
– MAN-HUNTERS women, esp. spinsters and widows …L19 Brit. jocular usage
– QUAIL an old maid; a spinster …M19 US tramps’ sl.
– SINGLE WOMAN a spinster …c1449

SPIRAL – ADJECTIVES
– GYRAL moving in a circle or spiral; whirling …1750
– GYRANT having a circular or spiral course …1844 rare
– GYRATORY moving in a circle or spiral; revolving, whirling …1815
– GYROUS circular, spiral …1688 rare
– QUISTED twisted, spiral …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

SPIRAL – NOUNS
– GYRATION motion in a circle or spiral; revolution round a fixed centre or axis; a turning round, wheeling, or whirling …1615
– GYRE a ring, a circle, a spiral …1590 poetic & literary usage
– RUNDLE a coil, curve, spiral …1565 obs.

SPIRAL – VERBS
– GYRATE to move in a circle or spiral; to revolve; to rotate, to whirl …1830

SPIRIT, SPIRITED, SPIRITEDLY – ADJECTIVES
– ABOVE PAR in excellent health or spirits …1937 UK sl.
– ALL OAK AND IRON BOUND feeling in the best of health and spirits …1969 Amer. dial.
– AMBITIOUS of persons or animals: spirited, vivacious, unruly; vicious; angry; enraged; quick-tempered; hot-tempered …1853 Amer. dial.
– ANIMOUS spirited, courageous, bold …1620 obs. rare
– BEANY spirited; fresh …1852 sl.
– BIRKIE lively, smart; spirited in speech and action …1821 Sc. 
– BIRKY sharp in speech; lively, spirited …1821 Sc.
– BOBBER in high spirits, saucy, pert; venturesome, bold …1864 Eng. dial.
– BOBBERSOME in high spirits, bold, forward, venturesome; impatient …1750 Eng. dial.
– BOBBISH well, in good health and spirits; lively, cheerful; often used with ‘pretty’ …1730 Eng. dial. & sl.
– BOBBY in good health and spirits …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
​- BRAINY unmanageable, high-mettled; spirited, lively …Bk1911 Sc.
– CADDY hale, hearty, in good health and spirits; convalescent …1790 Eng. dial.
– CADGIE;  CADGY cheerful, merry; glad; friendly and hospitable; in good spirits; lively, excited, spry …1725 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
– CAGEY;  CAGIE in good spirits, gay, cheerful, sportive, wanton …1725 Sc.
– CAMP in good spirits …1830 Sc.
– CAPERSOME lively, spirited, sprightly…1852
– CHEERIO cheerful, merry, in good spirits …1918 rare
– CHEERO cheerful, merry, in good spirits …1915 obs.
– CHERK;  CHIRK;  CHURK in good spirits; cheerful, lively, brisk …1789 Amer. dial.
– CHIRKY in good spirits; cheerful, lively, brisk …1843 Amer. dial.
– CHIRP in good spirits; cheerful, lively; in a good or pleasant mood …1824 Amer. dial.
​- CHIRP AS A CRICKET in good spirits; cheerful, lively …1863 Amer. dial.
– CHIRP AS A FLOCK OF BLACKBIRDS in good spirits; cheerful, lively …1824 Amer. dial.
– CHIRPER in good spirits, chipper …1967 Amer. dial.
– CHIRPY in good spirits; cheerful, lively; in a good or pleasant mood …1838 Amer. dial.
– COBBY stout, hearty, brisk, lively, pert, saucy, in good spirits, merry, cheerful, well in health …1691 Eng. dial.
– FAT AND FINE in good health and spirits …1968 Amer. dial.
– FAT AND FUNKY in good health and spirits …1967 Amer. dial.
– FAT AND RAGGED in good health and spirits …1893 Amer. dial.
– FAT AND SASSY in good health and spirits …1928 Amer. dial.
– FAT AND SAUCY in good health and spirits …1843 Amer. dial.
– FAT, RAGGED, AND SASSY in good health and spirits …1857 Amer. dial.
– FINE AS A FIDDLE very fine; in excellent health or spirits …1836 Amer. dial.
– FRUNTY free in manner; spirited, implying the idea of forwardness; keen, eager; passionate …19C Sc.
– FULL OF THE OLD NICK feeling in the best of health and spirits …1965 Amer. dial.
– GAILY of a person: well, in good health or spirits …1903 Amer. dial.
– GALLIARD lively, brisk, gay, full of high spirits …c1386 arch.
– GAME AS NED KELLY very spirited, daring, brave; very willing …1927 Aust. sl.
– GAMEY;  GAMY spirited, plucky; showing fight to the last …1844
– GANTY spirited, frolicsome …Bk1900 Eng. dial.  
– GOOD-WOOLLED used of a plucky, spirited person …M19 sl.
– GUNG-HO very zealous; totally committed; dedicated; spirited; enthusiastic; wholeheartedly fervid about doing something…1942 US sl., orig. US Marine Corps usage
– GUNGI;  GUNGY enthusiastic; spirited, brave …1961 US sl.
– GUTS earthy or spirited …1962 Amer. sl.
– GUTSBALL courageous, spirited, plucky; robust …1963 Amer. sl.
– GUTSY courageous, brave, spirited, plucky, robust …1890 Amer. sl.
– GUTTY courageous, brave, spirited, plucky, robust …1942 Amer. sl.
– HALE-HEARTED with unbroken spirit, undaunted, unmoved, unaffected …1875 Sc.
– HANTY wanton, unruly; full of spirit, mettlesome; excited, frisky (generally used of horses) …1721 Eng. dial.
– HAPPY AS A BOX OF BIRDS in high spirits …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– HAUNTY full of spirit, mettlesome; excited, frisky (generally used of horses) …1721 Eng. dial.
– HEARTED full of heart, spirited, courageous …1538 obs.
– HEARTFUL in high spirits, cheery …1876 Eng. dial.  
– HEARTLY courageous, spirited …1340-70 obs.
– HEARTSOME courageous, spirited, bold …1567 obs.
– HIGH-STOMACHED haughty, disdainful, proud, obstinate, of high courage or spirit …1548 obs. or arch.
– HINGUM-TRINGUM in low spirits …B1900 Sc.
– HODDY in good condition, physically or mentally; healthy; in good humour or spirits; pleasant, cheerful …1664 Eng. dial.
– IMPIDENT in good spirits …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– IN FINE TWIG in high spirits or good order …19C sl. 
– IN FULL FEATHER in good condition, in fine fettle, in high spirits …1855 Amer. dial.
– IN GOOD LEG in high spirits, elated …1986
– IN HIGH FEATHER in good condition, in fine fettle, in high spirits …1865 Amer. dial.
– IN HIGH LEG in high spirits, exalted …1808
– IN ONE’S ALTITUDES in high spirits …Bk1903 sl.
– IN RARE BLOW in good health or spirits …1896 Eng. dial.
– JAM UP feeling in the best of health and spirits …1966 Amer. dial.
– JOLLY AS A SAND-BOY very happy, high-spirited …1823
– KEDGE brisk, lively; in good spirits …c1440 Eng. dial.
– KINKY lively, energetic, in high spirits …1903 Amer. dial.
– KINKY AS A BOBCAT lively, energetic, in high spirits …1958 Amer. dial.
– KIPPER lively, in good spirits, chipper …1977 Amer. dial.
– LIKE A POSSUM UP A GUMTREE supremely happy; in high spirits; in a state of contentment …1840 Aust. sl.
– MALEDDY in high spirits, boisterous, elated …1923 Sc.
– METTLE spirited; active; capable of enduring fatigue …1806 Sc.
– ON ONE’S OPODILDOCS spirited; usually said of a horse …1892 Amer. dial.
– ON THE HIGH ROPES elated, in high spirits …a1700
– ON THE KEVEE on the alert or lookout; in high spirits, worked up,  having a bee in one’s bonnet …1825 Sc.
– QUERTY;  QUIRTY lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief …1790 Sc. obs.
– QUICKISH somewhat spirited …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAH-RAH characterized by excessive spirit and enthusiasm …1914 US sl.
– RAMBUSTIOUS spirited, boisterous, lively; unruly, riotous …1853
– RAMP wild, bold, wanton, unrestrained, rompish; full of rude health and spirits …1713 Sc.
– RAMPACIOUS lively, spirited, boisterous; wild, unruly, outrageous; rampageous …1837 rare
– RAMPING high-spirited; promiscuous …M15
– RARE GAM plucky, spirited …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– REVOYLT wild; frisky; in very high spirits …Bk1904 Sc.
– RIP-ROARING vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy …1834 colloq., orig. US
– RIP-SNORTING vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy …1846 colloq., orig. US
– SASSY cheeky, spirited, back-talking …1833 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
– SKITTISH spirited, active, lively; frolicsome …a1592
– SPARKY lively; vivacious; spirited
– SPUNK spirited, courageous, mettlesome …1788 obs.
– SPUNKEY;  SPUNKIE;  SPUNKY spirited, courageous, mettlesome …1786
– STOMACHFUL spirited; brave
– TABASCO excited, dramatic, spirited …1920s sl.
​- UP ON ONE’S BEAN-WATER feeling very lively, strong, frisky; to be in high spirits …1917 Amer. dial.
– UP ON TOP OF THE FENCE in the best of health and spirits …1970 Amer. dial.
– VADY proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry …1733 Sc.
– VOUDIE adj. proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry …1733 Sc.
– WADDIE;  WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry …1733 Sc.
– YEPPER;  YIPPER brisk, active, in good spirits …1893 Eng. dial.
 
SPIRIT etc. – ADVERBS
– GAILY in good health and spirits; very well; satisfactorily, prosperously …1778 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HEAD UP AND TAIL OVER THE DASHBOARD in a lively, spirited manner …1912 Amer. dial.
– SKITTISHLY in a spirited or lively manner 1598
 
SPIRIT etc. – NOUNS
– AFRICKY fighting spirit; temper …1838 Amer. dial.
– BALLS virile courage; virility; guts; strength of character; energy, spirit …a1890 US sl.
– BLUE DEVILS. melancholy, depression, low spirits, the blues …1810 Amer. dial.
– BLUES, THE depression of spirits, despondency …1807 colloq.
– BOUNCE energy, vitality; spirit, exuberance, verve …1909 
– BRAIN spirit, mettle …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRIO liveliness, vivacity, spirit …Ital.
– CAMEL’S COMPLAINT low spirits; the ‘hump’ …Bk1891 sl.
– DANDER temper, anger, spirit, mettle …1831
– DAUBER spirit; enthusiasm …1915 US sl.
– DOBBER spirit, morale; enthusiasm …1910s US sl.
– FANTODS a feeling of excitement, of high spirits …1942 Amer. dial.
– GIZZARD courage, spirit, life …1892 Amer. dial.
– GUTSINESS courage, energy, spirit …c1890
– HAYDIGEES high spirits; merriment, roistering …1829 Eng. dial.
– HEYDAY a state of high spirits or passion …L16 rare
– HIGH-DEGREES high spirits; merriment, roistering …1829 Eng. dial.
– HIGHDIGEES high spirits; merriment, roistering …1829 Eng. dial.
– HYPO, THE hypochondria; generally, depression, anxiety, irritability, or low spirits …1701 obs.
– JAZZ spirit, vigour, energy; excitement …1913 Amer. sl.
– KELTER good condition; good health or spirits …1643
– KILTER good condition; good health or spirits …1643
– LAG a humour, mood, temper; a state of excitement or high spirits …1899 Sc.
– LEVITY lightness of spirit; freedom from care …1630 nonce use obs.
– OATS spirit …1831 Amer. sl.
– ODOCITY ability, gumption; spirit, energy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OLD BAKER a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
– RAMAGE wildness, high spirit, courage …1456 obs. rare
– RAMAGENESS high spirit, liveliness, vigour …1686 obs.
– SAUCE spirit, courage …1997 US sl.
– SAVOUR wit, spirit, pluck …Bk1904 Sc.
– SPUNK spirit, mettle; courage, pluck …1773
– TABASCO spirit …1920s sl.
– TEETH;  TETH temper, disposition; spirit, mettle …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
 
SPIRIT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BEARCAT a beautiful, spirited, or passionate girl or young woman …1929 Amer. sl. 
– BELLONA the Roman goddess of war; a spirited woman of commanding presence …1605
– B’HOY a ruffian; a young rowdy; a gay or spirited fellow …1837 colloq., orig. US
– BLUE HEN’S CHICK a good fighter; a person with spirit or pluck …1965 Amer. dial.
– BLUE HEN’S CHICKEN a good fighter; a person with spirit or pluck …1799 Amer. dial.
– BROTH OF A BOY a high-spirited fellow …Bk1999 
– GALLIARD a man of courage and spirit …1532 obs.
– GAME-COCK a person likened to a gamecock, esp. in pugnacity or fighting spirit; a spirited person …1653
– GASSED-UN a daredevil; a hot-headed, high-spirited person …1893 Eng. dial.
– GASTON a daredevil; a hot-headed, high-spirited person …1893 Eng. dial.
– GIMPER a highly competent airman; a special and most dependable buddy; a spirited, reliable fellow   … 1918 US sl. 
– HEART a man of courage or spirit …c1500
– HIGH-FLY a lively, spirited person, usually a woman …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– LAD a man of spirit and vigour …a1553 obs.
– LADDO a spirited youth, a bit of a lad …1870 Ireland
– LAD OF WAX a fine spirited fellow; a sharp, clever youth …1826 Eng. dial.
– MARY AMBREE a woman of strength and spirit …1839
– RAMP a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute …M15
– SPUNKIE;  SPUNKY a spirited, mettlesome, or courageous person; a smart or lively fellow …1806 Sc.
– THUSKER a person who does anything with great energy and spirit …1884 Eng. dial.
– WITCH-CAT a mischievous, high-spirited person, esp. a child; a frolicsome girl, a roguish boy …1844 Amer. dial.
 
SPIRIT etc. – PHRASES
– WITH ONE’S HEAD UP AND TAIL OVER THE DASHBOARD in a lively, spirited manner …1876 Amer. dial.
 
SPIRIT etc. – VERBS
– BE IN TALL COTTON to be prosperous, to do well, to be in a good situation; to have good luck; to be in good spirits …1941 Amer. dial.
– BE METTLE TO ONE’S TEETH to be full of spirit …1887 Sc.
– BE ON ONE’S BEANWATER to feel lively or animated; to be in high spirits …1907 Amer. dial.
– BINGE to raise the spirits of …1915 sl.
– BREAK ONE’S GALL to break the spirit, to cow, to subdue …c1460 obs.
– DROOP to flag in spirit or courage, to lose heart …ME
– CHOP TALL COTTON to be prosperous, to do well, to be in a good situation; to have good luck; to be in good spirits …1985 Amer. dial.
– CONK OUT to lose energy and spirits suddenly; to become abruptly exhausted …1920s Amer. sl.
– FEEL LIKE GOING to feel in good health and spirits …1954 Amer. dial.
– FEEL ONE’S KEEP to be in good health and spirits; to feel confident, ambitious …1966 Amer. dial.
– FEEL ONE’S KEEPING to be in good health and spirits; to feel confident, ambitious …1927 Amer. dial.
– FEEL ONE’S OATS to be high-spirited …1831 Amer. sl., orig. of horses
– HAVE THE TAIL OVER THE DASHBOARD to be in high spirits …Bk1942 Amer. West. sl.
– KICK HIGH to feel in good health and spirits …1986 Amer. dial.
– LIVE IN TALL COTTON to be prosperous, to do well, to be in a good situation; to have good luck; to be in good spirits …1984 Amer. dial.
– PULL DOWN to depress in health or spirits …arch.
– RELEVATE to raise the spirits of a person; to restore to cheerfulness …1597 obs.
– SPUNK UP to show spunk or spirit; to assert oneself spiritedly or courageously …c1850
– TAKE THE STARCH OUT OF to break the spirit of someone or something, to make weary or less arrogant …M19 sl.
– UP of mood or spirits: to raise, to pick up, to lift …M18 sl.
– UP ON ONE’S BEANWATER to feel lively or animated; to be in high spirits …1917 Amer. dial.

SPIRIT (supernatural) – ADJECTIVES (also see EVIL SPIRIT)
– CALODEMONIAL pert. to beautiful or good spirits …1522 nonce word obs.
– EERIE apprehensive, frightened, in dread of spirits …1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.

SPIRIT (supernatural) – NOUNS
– BOO-HAG a witch, the dead spirit of a dead person, sometimes supposed to cause nightmares …1938 Amer. dial.
– FETCH a spirit that foretells early death, a ‘token’ …1930 Amer. dial.
– HAUNT a ghost or spirit …1869 Amer. dial.
– KELPIE;  KELPY the Lowland Scottish name of a fabled water-spirit or demon assuming various shapes, but usually appearing in that of a horse; it is reputed to haunt lakes and rivers, and to take delight in, or even to bring about, the drowning of travellers and others …1747 Sc.
– MIZZEN a spirit, an imp …1901 Amer. dial.
– NELLY LONG ARMS a ‘boggart’; a spirit supposed to inhabit wells, and children were told that Nelly Long Arms would pull them in if they went too near …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OLD DELPH WILL a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
– OLD GOGGIE a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1889 Eng. dial.
– OLD HOB a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
– OLD JENNY GREENTEETH a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1870 Eng. dial.
– OLD LOB a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1870 Eng. dial.
– OLD MOSS a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
– OLD PACK a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
– SKOOKUM a ghost, a demon, a spirit …1900 Amer. dial.
– TOMMYKNOCKER a ghost or spirit said to live in mines; the noise made by such a spirit …1910 Amer. dial.
– WALLIMAN a familiar spirit …Bk1905 Sc.
– WATER-KELPIE the Lowland Scottish name of a fabled water-spirit or demon assuming various shapes, but usually appearing in that of a horse; it is reputed to haunt lakes and rivers, and to take delight in, or even to bring about, the drowning of travellers and others …1747 Sc.

SPIRIT (supernatural) – NOUNS, PERSON
– BARGHEST one who has the power of perceiving the disembodied spirits of living men …1865 Eng. dial.

SPIRIT (supernatural) – PHRASES
– BOUND AND SOT of the spirit of a dead person: prevented by a spell from wandering away from the burial place …1889 Amer. dial.

SPIRITLESS, SPIRITLESSLY- ADJECTIVES
– ALL AMORT dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected …L16 arch.
– ANAEMIC lacking in vigour, strength, or spirit …1898 colloq.
– DAFFISH spiritless; stupid …1470-85 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
– DEAD-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless; stupid …1591 chiefly US
– DEAD-AND-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless, stupid …a1862 chiefly US
– DEAD-ASS lacking animation, energy, or spirit; lifeless; usually considered vulgar …1961 Amer. sl.
– DEAD-BUTT lacking animation, energy, or spirit; lifeless; usually considered vulgar …1958 Amer. sl.
– DEEDLESS helpless, spiritless, inefficient …1876 Eng. dial.  
– DOWF lacking spirit or energy; gloomy …E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– DUMPISH dull, stupid, slow-witted; inactive, inert, spiritless; destitute of sensation; abstracted, insensible to outward things; dull, uninteresting …1545 obs.
– FAINT wanting in courage, spiritless, cowardly …a1300 obs. or arch.
– FAINT-HEART faint-hearted; timid; spiritless; cowardly …1590
– FAINTLING faint-hearted, timid, cowardly, spiritless …1712 obs.
– HALTER BROKE submissive, lacking in spirit …1910 Amer. dial.
– HEARTLESS destitute of courage, enthusiasm, or energy; spiritless; disheartened, dejected …c1330
– HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched …1581 arch.
– MEACOCK effeminate, cowardly, timorous, spiritless …1587 obs.
– SAVOURLESS spiritless, listless, indifferent, wanting in wit or pluck …1804 Sc.
– THAVELESS listless, spiritless, wanting in energy or force; aimless, ineffectual, bootless …1835 Ireland
– THIEVELESS listless, spiritless, wanting in energy or force; aimless, ineffectual, bootless …1835 Sc.
– THOWLESS wanting in energy, inactive, weak, spiritless, lazy; useless; insipid …1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNABLE TO FIGHT ONE’S WAY OUT OF A PAPERBAG ineffectual; lacking strength; lacking spirit …Aust. sl.
– UNABLE TO FIGHT ONE’S WAY OUT OF A WET PAPERBAG ineffectual; lacking strength; lacking spirit …Aust. sl.
– UNLISTING disinclined, spiritless, unwilling …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WAFF of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective …1822 Sc.
– WAFF-LIKE of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective …1822 Sc.

SPIRITLESS etc. – ADVERBS
– DAIVILIE;  DAVIELY listlessly, spiritlessly …1788 Sc.
– FAINTLY in a spiritless manner, like a coward; timidly …1297 obs.

SPIRITLESS etc. – NOUNS
– DOWFNESS lack of spirit …E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– FAINT-HEART the fact or having a faint heart; want of spirit …1580 obs.

SPIRITLESS etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– CALDERA a wretched-looking person; a spiritless person; a coward …Ireland
– DAKES-HEAD a spiritless, stupid person …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DOWF a spiritless, stupid, or gloomy person …LME Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– DRUGGLE a term of contempt or reproach: apparently a heavy, stupid, spiritless or cowardly fellow …1611 obs.
– DUD a person dressed in ragged clothing; hence, a feeble, spiritless, or indolent person…1721 Sc. obs.
– FAINTLING one who is faint-hearted, timid, spiritless, or cowardly …1614 obs.
– LEVERET a spiritless person …1630 obs.
– MEACOCK a silly effeminate fellow; a spiritless or timorous fellow; a coward, a weakling; a henpecked husband …1526 obs.
– NESCOCK a delicate, spiritless, or timid person …1775 colloq.
– NESTCOCK an effeminate man who stays much at home; a man who has never travelled; a delicate, spiritless, or timid person …1674 obs.
– NESTLE-COCK a delicate, spiritless, or timid person …1662 colloq.
– SIMMY a weakling, one lacking in spirit or vigour …1968 Amer. dial.
– WRECK a weakling; one without spirit …c1925 UK public schools’ usage

SPIRITUAL, SPIRITUALISM – ADJECTIVES
– spiritual, incorporeal, unsubstantial, visionary AERIE;  AERY 1586
– spiritual, mental; addicted to thought, thoughtful; having the faculty of thought THOUGHTSOME 1611 obs. rare

SPIRITUAL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who follows or believes in spiritualism, mysticism, clairvoyance, etc.; a mystic; a seer YOGI-BOGEY 1901 rare, disparaging usage
– a spiritual guide; a guru BABA 1977

SPIRITUAL etc. – VERBS
– BE INWARDLY GIVEN to be pious, spiritual …Bk1902 Eng. dial.