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— English words —

• spike n. A sort of very large nail.
• spike n. A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.
• spike n. (By extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
• spike n. An ear of corn or grain.
• spike n. (Botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
• spike n. (Informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.
• spike n. A sharp peak in a graph.
• spike n. A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented…
• spike n. The rod-like protrusion from a woman’s high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
• spike n. A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected…
• spike n. (Volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send…
• spike n. (Zoology) An adolescent male deer.
• spike n. (Slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.
• spike n. Spike lavender.
• spike n. (Music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.
• spike n. (Theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.
• spike n. (Software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.
• spike v. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
• spike v. To set or furnish with spikes.
• spike v. To embed nails into (a tree) so that any attempt to cut it down will damage equipment or injure people.
• spike v. To fix on a spike.
• spike v. (Figurative, journalism) To discard; to decide not to publish or make public.
• spike v. To increase sharply.
• spike v. To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink.
• spike v. To add a small amount of one substance to another.
• spike v. (Volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight…
• spike v. (Military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
• spike v. (American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown…
• spike v. (Slang) To inject a drug with a syringe.
• Spike prop.n. A male nickname.
• Spike prop.n. A surname transferred from the nickname.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• spike n. Grote spijker.
• spike n. Aar.

— English words, defined in French —

• spike n. Crampon.
• spike n. (Sport) (Chaussure) Pointe, clou d’une chaussure à pointes; attache.
• spike n. (Au pluriel) (Par métonymie) (Sport) (Vêtement) Spikes, chaussures à pointes.
• spike n. (Volley-ball) Smash.
• spike n. (Chemin de fer) Attache.
• spike v. Transpercer d’une pointe, empaler.
• spike v. Empoisonner une boisson.
• spike v. (Volley-ball) Smasher.
• Spike prén. Prénom masculin.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• spike s. Punta.
• spike s. Pinchapapeles.
• spike s. Pincho.
• spike s. Clavo.
• spike s. Pico.
• spike s. Espina.
• spike v. Alcanzar un máximo.
• spike v. Alcanzar el máximo.
• spike v. Agregar alcohol.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• spike s. Punta.

— In Dutch —

• spike n. (Sport) (atletiek) een van de harde punten, bevestigd onder…
• spike n. (Sport) (atletiek) sportschoen met metalen punten onder de zool.
• spike n. (Sport) (nordic walking) punt onderaan de wandelstok.
• spike n. (Kleding) metalen punten die uitsteken als stoere versiering.
• spike n. (Muziek) kegelvormig pootje onder luidsprekerboxen.

— In French —

• spike n.f. (Athlétisme) chaussure à pointes utilisée en athlétisme…
• Spike n.f. Missile antichars guidé de 4^e génération, développé par…

195 English words from 31 English definitions

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36 English words from 28 foreign definitions

Aar alcohol als attache ball chaussure chaussures Chemin␣de␣fer clou Crampon die een empaler Espina fer Grote masculin met Missile nordic par Pico Pincho pointe pointes punt Punta Smash Smasher Spikes Sport van Volley Volley-ball walking zool.

40 foreign words from 28 foreign definitions

Agregar Alcanzar antichars athlétisme atletiek boisson chaussure␣à␣pointes chaussures␣à␣pointes Chemin Clavo de␣fer développé Empoisonner génération guidé harde kegelvormig Kleding luidsprekerboxen máximo metalen métonymie Muziek nordic␣walking onder onderaan pluriel pootje Prénom punten spijker sportschoen Transpercer uitsteken une utilisée versiering Vêtement wandelstok zool

83 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

spiked spiker Spiker spikes Spikes spikey spikein spike-in spikers Spikers spikery spike␣up spikeins spike-ins spikelet spikenel spike␣oil spikebill spikefish spike␣heel spikehorn spikeless spikelets spikelike spikemoss spike␣moss spikenail spikenard spike␣oils Spike␣Park spikerush spiketail spike␣team spiketime spikewise spike␣a␣temp spikebills spikedness spikegrass spike␣heath spike␣heels spikehorns spikenails spikenards spike␣plank spikeproof spike␣strip spiketails spike␣teams spiketimes +33 words

44 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

despiked despiker despikes unspiked unspikes despikers dogspikes dog␣spikes nonspiked prespikes aerospikes backspikes butt␣spikes handspikes hand-spikes minispikes nanospikes polyspikes rail␣spikes road␣spikes tailspikes Doverspikes fruitspikes microspikes morris-pikes track␣spikes golden␣spikes marlinspikes marlin-spikes marlin␣spikes liberty␣spikes marlinespikes marline␣spikes marlingspikes marling␣spikes traffic␣spikes voltage␣spikes pseudospikelet railroad␣spikes pseudospikelets Japanese␣spikenard Japanese␣spikenards ploughman's-spikenard ploughman's␣spikenard

39 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

despike unspike dogspike dog␣spike prespike aerospike antispike backspike butt␣spike handspike hand-spike minispike nanospike polyspike rail␣spike tailspike afterspike Doverspike fruitspike interspike intraspike microspike morris-pike multispike oil␣of␣spike superspike track␣spike golden␣spike marlinspike marlin-spike marlin␣spike chickenspike liberty␣spike marlinespike marline␣spike marlingspike marling␣spike voltage␣spike railroad␣spike

5 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ike pike Pike SPI spik

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eki iPS IPs IPS kip Kip kips Kips

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

kepis kipes pikes Pikes Sipek

23 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

epicks Kipers kipsie kispet Kneips Knipes Lipkes Pekies Pekins Peskin Piekos Pieske pikers pikeys pikies piskie pokies spiked spiker Spiker spikes Spikes spikey

32 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

EIKs epis Epis EPIs EPKs IEPs Ikes ipes kepi kipe kips Kips Kise KPIs Peis pies PIEs pike Pike pisé Seik Seip seki sike sipe Sipe skep skie skip Skip spie spik

21 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

slike spake Spake speke Speke spice Spice SPICE spide spife spiks spiky spile spime spine spire 'spire spite spoke stike swike

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

pike Pike sike spie spik

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