7-Letter Words That Start With: SPIR

• a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top

• To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.

• To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.

• To make a strong effort for a short period of time.

• an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

• a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae

• a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming

• any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers

• a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center

• a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

• a continuously accelerating change in the economy

• ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

• a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

• flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

• in the shape of a coil

• to wind or move in a spiral course

• form a spiral

• move in a spiral or zigzag course

• a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

• of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

• a small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral