blot
smear
smirch
spot
stain | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it, he made a huge blot on his copybook |
| spot check | a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning, spot checks ensure a high level of performance by employees |
spot welding
spot-welding | creating an overlapping joint by welding at small points |
| spot pass | a pass to a designated spot on the field, the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does |
position post
berth
office spot billet
place
situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
spot jamming
selective jamming | electronic jamming of a specific channel or frequency |
yellow-breasted bunting
Emberiza aureola | common in Russia and Siberia |
yellow-breasted chat
Icteria virens | American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds |
red-breasted nuthatch
Sitta canadensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast, of northern coniferous forests |
white-breasted nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast, of eastern North America |
red-breasted sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius ruber | western North American sapsucker |
red-breasted merganser
Mergus serrator | widely distributed merganser of America and Europe |
| plover | any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings, closely related to the sandpipers |
piping plover
Charadrius melodus | small plover of eastern North America |
killdeer
kildeer
killdeer plover
Charadrius vociferus | American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry |
| golden plover | plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots |
lapwing
green plover
peewit pewit | large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs |
upland sandpiper
upland plover
Bartramian sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda | large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands |
red-breasted snipe
Limnodromus scolopaceus | a dowitcher with a red breast |
stilt stiltbird longlegs
long-legs
stilt plover
Himantopus stilt | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons |
| beauty spot | a spot that is worn on a lady's face for adornment |
| double-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons |
| double-breasted suit | a suit with a double-breasted jacket |
eight-spot
eight | one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face |
five-spot
five | a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips |
four-spot
four | a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips |
hot spot
hotspot | a lively entertainment spot |
nine-spot
nine | one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face |
| one-spot | a domino or die whose upward face shows one pip |
seven-spot
seven | one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face |
| single-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons |
| single-breasted suit | a suit having a single-breasted jacket |
six-spot
six | a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips |
| spot | a business establishment for entertainment, night spot |
| spot | a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value, an eight-spot |
spotlight
spot | a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area, used to focus attention of a stage performer |
| spot market | a market in which a commodity is bought or sold for immediate delivery or delivery in the very near future |
spot weld
spot-weld | each of the welds made by welding at a separate point |
ten-spot
ten | one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face |
spot speckle
dapple
patch
fleck
maculation | a small contrasting part of something, a bald spot, a leopard's spots, a patch of clouds, patches of thin ice, a fleck of red |
worn spot
fret | a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion |
smudge
spot
blot
daub
smear
smirch
slur | a blemish made by dirt, he had a smudge on his cheek |
| point spot | an outstanding characteristic, his acting was one of the high points of the movie |
weak part
weak spot
soft spot | a place of especial vulnerability |
| liver spot | a type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin |
| plague spot | a spot on the skin characteristic of the plague |
macula
macula lutea
macular area
yellow spot | a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision |
blind spot
optic disc
optic disk | the point where the optic nerve enters the retina, not sensitive to light |
fontanelle
fontanel
soft spot | any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus |
| blind spot | a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment, golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it |