spike | sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes, spikes provide greater traction |
spike | a large stout nail, they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie |
spike spindle | any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object, the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order |
spike | a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal), one of the spikes impaled him |
spike | a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur) |
spike | each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves), the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game, golfers' spikes damage the putting greens |
spike heel spike stiletto heel | a very high narrow heel on women's shoes |
spike mike | a contact microphone for listening through walls |
surge suppressor surge protector spike suppressor spike arrester lightning arrester | electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current |
spike | a transient variation in voltage or current |
spike | a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline, the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor |
Lee Spike Lee Shelton Jackson Lee | United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in ) |
Texas purple spike Hexalectris warnockii | orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers, of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas |
spike rush | a sedge of the genus Eleocharis |
needle spike rush needle rush slender spike rush hair grass Eleocharis acicularis | fine-leaved aquatic spike rush, popular as aerator for aquariums |
creeping spike rush Eleocharis palustris | cylindrical-stemmed sedge |
spike heath Bruckenthalia spiculifolia | small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers |
spike lavender French lavender Lavandula latifolia | Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil |
spike lavender oil spike oil | pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics |
spike | (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis |
ear spike capitulum | fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn |
spikemoss spike moss little club moss | any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella |
spike | manifest a sharp increase, the voltage spiked |
spike lace fortify | add alcohol to (beverages), the punch is spiked! |
spike spike out | bring forth a spike or spikes, my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now |
spike | secure with spikes |
transfix impale empale spike | pierce with a sharp stake or point, impale a shrimp on a skewer |
spike | stand in the way of |